A torrent of images. We live in a world of exploding photographic documentation. Not only is it certain is that the number of photographs taken every year is growing, its growth rate is growing. Years ago, I remember reading that the average American is exposed to as many images in a day as his great-grandparents...
The difference between the bay and the coast In my mind, the coast always conjures visions of heavy surf and a battering sea, whereas the bay always suggests a placid body, ripples lapping the shore. The bay reminds me of the Great Lakes and the ocean of a tempest. Of course, the first early morning...
The Sutro Highlands. I hosted a small workshop last month on the western edge of San Francisco – along the cypress trees and paths that lead visitors above and among the Sutro Baths. The baths were built by the eponymous mayor of San Franciso, who owned the nearby Cliff House (visible in the last photograph...
