max s. gerber(the latest shot)

home from the conference in florida – a success, i think – and scrambling through a busy week. another busy week to follow after this one. there’s much to update here but i’ve been distracted by offline things, scheduling shoots and logistical matters. soon, though, i promise. in the meantime, this was the view in [...]

i was in san francisco a couple months back for amy mac’s wedding, and made sure to get there a couple days early to hang out. russ and i went to high school together, he’s the brains behind wangston’s law, and he’s always got a bead on the good eats in any place you can [...]

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 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, [...]

when kenny maestas was in his early twenties he was riding shotgun in a truck driven by a buddy of his. this buddy was agitated. he had just had a fight with his girlfriend. kenny was only trying to get a ride to work, but his buddy was driving erratically. the truck crashed. the friend [...]

i just got back from a very stressful week in new york. stressful because of random scheduling difficulties, family pressures and the general feeling of unrest and unease that new york city causes me. i’m the only person i know who hates traveling. i’ve recently given up thinking that everyone else is wrong and i [...]

last weekend i rode the LA subways for an afternoon. i rode from eastern pasadena (the gold line) to union station and then up to north hollywood (red line) and back. i’d never been on the subway in any city but new york before, so it was an interesting experience. the trains were (mostly) clean [...]

in the second half of september i managed somehow to drive over 2,300 miles. more than half of that took place in one week when i drove to las vegas (and back) twice. i did one job in las vegas on a wednesday (drove there and back the same day) and then the next day [...]