maybe she's a wildflower

lomography at the beach - 2010

photog friday: constantine manos

If you guessed Constantine Manos for yesterday's trivia question, you were right!

Constantine Manos. He is best known for his photography book American Color, a collection of color photographs capturing the eccentricities of American life. The thing I love a about these particular photos besides the obvious - color - is the composition and the found in between moments. I can imagine the photographer walking by, snapping the photo, and walking away, the subject never aware that their image remains on Kodachrome celluloid.

Here is a link to some unpublished photos from the American Color collection and a video of the photographer discussing his book.

Folsom Street, San Francisco - September 26, 2010

Folsom Street, San Francisco - September 26, 2010

american color

In honor of the photographer for tomorrow's Photog Friday, I'm posting a clue today. Can you guess who the photographer is going to be?

I love this photograph. This is one of those photos where I was looking through the take and tagged it, but skimmed it over quickly and never took the time to really appreciate it. Folsom Street Fair is one of those things that is, well, how do you explain it? Kyle says it better than myself -- "a celebration of any alternative lifestyle that isn't 'vanilla.'" This photo is definitely not the greatest or craziest moment of the day; it's a quiet moment. A feeling of bravery washes over me as I look at it, as if the man in the photo is peeking out of the shadows, not afraid to stand in the light that shows us for who we are.

Check out this video if you want more Folsom.

American Color - Folsom Street Fair - September 26, 2010

lisa

Happy twenty-third birthday to my dear friend Lisa! This is from my trip to visit her in San Francisco two years ago. I had just bought a Diana mini downtown and lots of film to go with it. This one was taken under the bell tower on the UC Berkley campus.

Lisa - Berkley, CA - 2010

something found

I have finally started to scan my color film shots over the last year. Here is the first of many to come.

Lisa - Point Reyes, CA - 2010

crossing the golden gate

48 Hours Series
photos & text by Lauren Gerson
The Daily Texan
originally published June 29, 2010

CROSSING THE GOLDEN GATE

The Golden Gate Bridge, completed in May 1937, connects the City of San Francisco and Marin County. The suspension bridge remains a popular tourist attraction in the Bay Area and its “International Orange” color is iconic to the San Francisco skyline. 


Northern Cali offers taste of city and rural life

Editor's Note: This is the fourth in a series of stories and photos bringing the U.S. and the world to UT. 
 
A trip to the northern California coast may be just the right escape from the Texas heat this summer. Urban life surrounds San Francisco and the Bay Area. Spanning across just 46.7 square miles, the “City by the Bay” is home to more than 800,000 people. The Golden Gate Bridge, Frisco’s rolling hills, Chinatown, and its Victorian architecture make San Francisco a year-round international tourist destination. With its winding roads and spanning coastline, Point Reyes National Seashore, 30 miles north of San Francisco, is a breath of fresh air in contrast with the hustle of city life.  


The historic Point Reyes Lighthouse, located on the tip of Point Reyes National Seashore, warned mariners of danger in foggy weather until it retired in 1975.

Cows from one of the dairy farms gather in the pasture along Sir Francis Drake Boulevard in Point Reyes National Seashore.  

The City Lights Bookstore, founded in 1953, is an independent bookstore located on Columbus Ave. in Little Italy. It is known as an underground literary meeting place and published American poet Allen Ginsberg’s “Howl and Other Poems.

A business man walks past the Goorin Brothers Hat Shop down Geary Street towards Union Square. Known as the heart of the city, Union Square is the central shopping, hotel, and theatre district in San Francisco.