Monday, May 20, 2013

Gray City


Lincoln Park, 2012

Thursday, May 16, 2013

Gray City


Golden Gate Park, 2012

Monday, May 13, 2013

Gray City


Octavia Street, 2012

Friday, May 10, 2013

San Francisco


Greenwich Street, 2012

Wednesday, May 08, 2013

San Francisco


Pacific Street, 2011

Monday, May 06, 2013

San Francisco


Pacific Street, 2011

Thursday, May 02, 2013

North Coast


Santa Cruz, 2012

Monday, April 29, 2013

North Coast


Santa Cruz, 2012

Friday, April 26, 2013

Paris


Musee du Louvre, 2012

Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Paris


Musee du Louvre, 2012

Friday, April 19, 2013

Paris


Le Marais, 2012

Thursday, April 18, 2013

Paris


Le Marais, 2012

Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Waxahatchee



Just good.

Tuesday, April 16, 2013

The Knife



Insane but good.

Monday, April 15, 2013

The Feelies


Crazy Rhythms, 1980

 Old but good.

Friday, April 12, 2013

San Francisco


Sacramento Street, 2012

Wednesday, April 10, 2013

San Francisco


Lyon Street, 2012

Monday, April 08, 2013

San Francisco


Legion of Honor, 2011

Friday, April 05, 2013

Paris


Musee du Luxembourg, 2012

Wednesday, April 03, 2013

Paris


Musee du Louvre, 2010

Monday, April 01, 2013

Clinic



If at first you don't succeed . . .

(Actually, the first one was pretty good, but this is better.)

Friday, March 29, 2013

Paris


Jardin du Luxembourg, 2012

Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Paris


Musee du Louvre, 2012

Monday, March 25, 2013

Paris


Jardin des Tuileries, 2010

Friday, March 22, 2013

San Francisco


Marina, 2011

Wednesday, March 20, 2013

San Francisco


Union Square, 2011

Monday, March 18, 2013

Mea Culpa, Garry Winogrand


Garry Winogrand, Untitled (Fish), 1967

I have a confession.  I don’t love Garry Winogrand.

I like him well enough.  I think I understand what he was trying to do.  And I know how hard it is to wrest meaning from daily life.  But I’m not sure degree of difficulty really counts in art.


There’s also something about Winogrand that rubs me the wrong way.  He had tremendous energy, and I admire that.  But I don’t like people in my face.  And Winogrand is definitely in your face.


I'm also not quite sure how he fares in comparison to the (other?) giants of his age.  Personally, when I want formal inventiveness, I look to Friedlander.  Psychological acuity, or at least the willingness to look dysfunction in the eye?  Arbus.  Political truth?  Robert Frank.


What does Winogrand bring to that party?  Is he just the guy on the table in the clown hat?  He had a great sense of humor, no question.  But beyond that, what?  Well, there is that pervasive sense of sadness and desperation.  I used to think it arose from his subjects.  Now I wonder if it wasn’t a price he paid for attempting to elevate coincidence to something it’s not.
 

The interracial couple with the monkeys, for example.  Not profound.  Not very funny, either.

Thursday, March 14, 2013

Gray City


Near Aquatic Park, 2012

Monday, March 11, 2013

Gray City


Fort Mason, 2012