Till Death Parts Us [Photo]

Description: I met up with Jeremy Brooks and Thomas Hawk for an evening shoot on Treasure Island.  The building was completely abandoned and boarded up.  There was plenty of evidence that people had been in and out of this building over the years, but while we were there, we did not run into anyone.  As [...]

Categorized: Photo Share

Black and White Dollar Portraits (BW$P)

Thomas Hawk has been doing his $2 Portrait Project and when I first read about it, I thought it was a great idea.  I’ve been trying to think of a way to alter his project in my own unique way.
I know $2 is not a lot of money, but while walking down Haight Street the [...]

Categorized: Projects

SFMOMA Responds to the August 8 Incident involving Thomas Hawk

On August 8, Thomas Hawk was forcibly removed from the SFMOMA.
I just read SFMOMA’s response.  First, I must say I am very happy they finally released a response.
However, I am a bit perplexed on their wording and complete dismissal of their “visitor” (Thomas Hawk).  They could have easily stood behind the actions of their employee [...]

Photography is Not a Crime!

This post will be a quick and to the point.
Thomas Hawk was forcibly ejected from the SFMOMA on Friday, August 8, 2008 for doing what he loves most, taking photographs. More importantly, the SFMOMA recently lifted their ban on taking photographs in the Atrium of the museum.

Thomas writes:
“…because of this change in policy, I [...]

A Photowalk with Thomas Hawk

Last Thursday, July 24, 2008, I found out, via FriendFeed (what else), that Robert Scoble and Thomas Hawk were venturing out on a last second photowalk in San Francisco the following day, Friday.
Luckily, I was able to make the neceesary arrangments and met up with them at the Ferry Building.  We walked along Embarcadero to [...]

Categorized: Photography

The FriendFeed Community at Work

I am absolutely blown away right now by the FriendFeed community!
I started this blog on July 11, 2 weeks ago today, because J. Phil from [scribkin] encouraged me to do so when I suggested my use of FriendFeed as an RSS Reader/Organizer on FriendFeed. Well, since I set up the blog, I had been [...]

Categorized: The Social Web