Right Under My Nose

There is so much out in the Ocean Beach area that I need to explore. I was guided on by a friend on a 19 mile loop from the Mission, out to Ocean Beach via the wiggle and Golden Gate Park, then back through the Excelsior and Outer Mission. Next time I'm waiting for the right lighting and lugging my 6x6 for sure.

Monopolies

I've been playing Monopoly lately. We all know the idea of the game and how closely it mimics the principles of our economic system. It's so clear and concise, clean. There was a San Francisco edition of Monopoly created in the mid 90's. The properties are listed on this website. The original concept I had was to photograph those places now. But after reviewing the list, that seems dry, devoid of any real meaning. All these locations are fluff, tourist spots. The game's simplicity could be coupled with something so much more powerful.

Now to come up with locations that actually belong on this game board from the Bay Area. Is jail poverty? The power company PG&E? I'd say the lesser worth properties are definitely in West Oakland, the TL, and Bayview/Hunter's Point.

This is going to take some real research and time, but I'm up to such a project to focus on. I'm open to any comments/suggestions any of you may have. Please leave me some words on this one!

New Ideas

I'm coming out of a slump, finally. I've got some hop to my step again and I'm venturing out into the sun. Caring a camera everywhere has helped quite a bit. Nothing like a light meter and little TLR friend to help you out.



The combination of my Yashica Mat and some expired chrome really brought these scenes to life for me. They've sparked some ideas of following the business world's affect on my city. While I was scanning these negatives, I was checking my email. Gmail wanted me to know about this cool new feature, called "Auto-pilot". Basically, Gmail will detect and automatically formulate a response to certain types of emails. It made me realize what a monopoly Gmail. There is a lot of good that has come out of their innovations, but some seem invasive and damaging. What kind of culture will we have when robots live our lives for us?

At any rate, these ideas have ingited my spark again. Stay tuned for more.

Edit: I got fooled! Autopilot was Google's April Fool's joke this year. God damnit. So much misdirected hatred.