max s. gerber(the latest shot)

here we are, another july 2nd. that means today is the birthday of my good friend amy macwilliamson. i could go on and on about amy’s many talents and the depth of her photographic vision, and i probably have. for now, though, i will depart from my norm and favor brevity over endless rambling. suffice [...]

at the end of march i went to san francisco to be a speaker at the CASE editor’s conference. i hadn’t been to san francisco for a long while, except for a couple times where i’d have a shoot there, fly up to oakland in the morning, drive straight to the location, do the job, [...]

i met dana in the summer of 2001, at a party at peter gilstrap’s house. it was a fluke that i was even at this party, i really try to avoid parties as much as i can. when i do have to go to a party i generally stand in the corner and read the [...]

i met vic one day by accident. i was taking pictures at the research lab where she works, it was the summer, it was hot, and i was lugging my gear around by myself. she was standing outside smoking a cigarette. i had a long list of subjects i was supposed to shoot that week, [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

during an impromptu, last minute, non-photo-related trip to new york last week, i managed to sneak away a moment to visit marshall in his studio. always a good idea. if you don’t know marshall arisman, you really should take a moment to check out his website. marshall is the chair of the graduate illustration-as-visual-essay department [...]

mark’s been one of my dearest friends since we lived in the same suite in college, nearly fifteen years ago. true, it took a while to warm up to the guy as the first thing he ever said to me wasn’t “hello”, but rather “i heard you’re loud. you better not make too much noise.” [...]

helen and i went to high school together. the high school of the stars, though she was more of a star than i was. i first met her in my US history class in summer school, between 10th and 11th grade, and i was immediately scared to death of her. at crossroads we did summer [...]

the nice thing about living in los angeles is that everyone i know eventually comes through here at some point, so i never really have to truly lose touch with anyone. a few weeks ago trillium came to town to visit her godmother, mary lambert (also pictured below). trillium and i went to college together, [...]