For sale, lost and found.

Panasonic G1, kit lens.

No entry.

Panasonic G1, kit lens.

Slices of color.

The great Austrian photographer Ernst Hass (1921 – 1986) was the master of this sort of thing and a significant influence for me. You can see some of his magical images here. Good color work is far harder than monochrome.

Nikon D700, 200mm Nikkor-Q.

Bobby by Ernst Haas.

And farewell.

Speakers’ Corner, Hyde Park, 1975.

Leica M3, 90mm Elmar. TriX.

Fisherman’s Wharf.

I asked him to pose outside his store, which sells tourist tickets in Fisherman’s Wharf. A pretty serious character.

August Sander undertook the massive task of documenting German personality types in the 1930s, and his fine work can be seen in many photography books. The style is the same – direct, unblinking, humorless.

Nikon D3x, Sigma 35mm f/1.4.