max s. gerber(the latest shot)

lately most of the things i do that seem to work out do so in no small part because of the influence, assistance and efforts of paul. for nearly every picture i publish there’s a similar shot with paul in it, standing in place of the final subject. here are a collection of those, from [...]

it seems my mother has appointed me the unofficial, implied future custodian of the photo archives of the family. there really is nothing more sacred to her than the giant stash of photos overflowing a box in her living room. most days when i visit my mother i return home with envelopes full of things. [...]

going through some of my mother’s files tonight i found this proof sheet, labeled december 10th, 1963. ten years before i was born. the man in some of the shots with her looks like my uncle howard. i asked my mother who took these pictures, since there isn’t a credit anywhere, and nothing written on [...]

it’s long overdue but i’ve taken a step into the 21st century (of the internet) finally. with many sincere thanks to the efforts and skills of bill smith who as usual went above and beyond any call of duty to pull this thing together. so please go visit the new and improved, shiny and sleek [...]

i was very sad to hear today that william claxton died over the weekend of congestive heart failure. he was eighty years old. claxton took one of my favorite photos of all time (above), of chet baker and helima in 1955. i’ve always loved this picture, have seen it in galleries from time to time, [...]

last week our fair city of angels was graced with the presence of jonathan saunders, who brought a shotgun with him. ignoring the fact that we’re a bunch of bleeding heart liberals out here, he somehow managed to convince a few of his photographer friends to travel to sylmar and shoot at fluorescent pink clay [...]

so i was at a wahoo’s in burbank a couple weeks ago getting some lunch and i happened to come across a copy of LA citybeat with my lili haydn cover on it. this was surprising because the issue came out in april, and the copy left on the stand here was in perfect condition. [...]

mark just sent me this link, to a contraption with a funny name. the image fulgurator. it’s a crazy thing designed to mess with tourists vacation snapshots.
it senses other cameras flashes and projects it’s own image onto whatever they’re shooting. of course, they don’t find out about it ’til later. for more understandable info, look [...]

late last night paul sent me a link to a story about the marines involved in the haditha massacre. it seems they have all been cleared, except for one.
as a bit of background, this is from the NPR website:

Staff Sgt. Frank Wuterich, the leader of a Marine squad that killed 24 civilians in the Iraqi [...]

i got to meet up with van ditthavong last weekend, at the tail end of a cross country road trip he was taking. the trip served to deliver a car to van’s sister in irvine, and also to further a personal project of his to photograph fire hydrants in all 50 states. still, on a [...]