Photos
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Touching Grass
I was always a big city person. I liked nature, but not excessively. Now that I'm almost 5 years into being a Californian, that's starting to change. I don't just like the outdoors, I love it. I survived (and thrived) at a five day backcountry Yosemite backpacking trip with no toilets or showers. I scaled Half Dome. I…
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Review: How Daido Moriyama Takes Photographs
Finished reading: Daido Moriyama: How I Take Photographs by Takeshi Nakamoto 📚 Daido Moriyama is one of the photographers I admire the most. His work (black and white street photography) is an influence on the kind of work I am trying to do in my photography; and his shooting style most resonates with me. He is known…
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Borders Real and Imagined
San Francisco's Chinatown is one of the oldest ones in the United States. Chinese people, mostly from the "Sze Yap" region of Toishan and surrounding areas, came to northern California almost two centuries ago. They were boxed in in certain areas, within cities and regions, both in the city and outside it.…
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A Sense of Home
Rollei QZ 35T, Ektar 100, developed and scanned by Underdog Film Lab in Oakland. I talk about this sometimes: for various reasons, my cultural identity as a Teochew / Chaoshan / Diojiu / Chiu Chow person is important to me. Speaking the language regularly is important to me. Being able to eat this food is important to…
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Fisheye at Pak Ou Caves
I had the good sense to have brought a toy camera then, since I was concerned about my nicer cameras falling into the river. No such concern for my own physical safety... Holga fisheye, probably. When I was in my early 20s I thought it would be a super swell, super safe idea to get on the 'fast boat to Laos'. I met T,…