max s. gerber(the latest shot)

jeremy is the manager of new business development for best buy. this is a title that probably means a lot more to you if you’re not a photographer and you work for a real company. to me, it could mean nearly anything. three things i know, though:
first, the inside of a best buy store is [...]

corporal bennett has the misfortune of living in orange county, which means last weekend in between obligations in the real southern california (i.e., LA county) he stopped by my place to kill time. he was coming from a marine wedding (not his own) and going to shoot an event later in the evening in beverly [...]

my mother hates nearly every picture i take of her, but through some maternal grace still allows me to take them. i think if tommy wasn’t here at the same time she never would’ve gone for it. it’s hard to refuse when you have an audience, even for the camera shy.

i first met tommy almost fifteen years ago. i used to do sound for the bands that came to play at the school (yes, i was that geek), and geggy tah was a staple in town. tommy lived nearby in pomona. he was one of the first people to give me any credit as a [...]