Squid manhole cover in Hakodate, Japan
More in the Japanese Manhole Covers group, so much variety!
Squid manhole cover in Hakodate, Japan
More in the Japanese Manhole Covers group, so much variety!
2nd: The Face of Defeat looks great. Highlights include second place finishes in air guitar, bull riding and pillow fighting. If the photo of Tim Ho from the Lego competition doesn’t break your heart, I don’t know what will.
You can view a photo gallery or a PDF preview of the book. Via Lens Culture.
I’ve posted photos from Christmas 2008 in South Dakota. You can view it as a slideshow below.
Over the Thanksgiving weekend, Nana dug some old cameras out of storage for me to fool around with and see if they still work. The haul includes a Brownie Six-20, a Minolta AL (with 45mm f/2 Rokkor lens), a Brownie Holiday Flash Outfit, a Yashica Auto Focus Motor, a Kodak Tele-Instamatic 708, and most interestingly, a twin-lens reflex Yashica 44A (like the one pictured above, photo via Mike Graham). There are quite a few examples of its output on Flickr. Now I just need to order some 127 format film (still made in Croatia!) to try it out. For film processing and scanning I like Oscar’s Photo Lab in SOMA.
The California Academy of Sciences in Golden Gate Park was a fixture of my childhood. So many indelible memories, countless family outings, and a lifelong inspiration to discover, question and explore.
After a multi-year remodeling project, the academy opened back up on September 27, 2008. Luckily, my mom is a charter member, so we were able to visit two weeks early and check things out before the crowds hit.
I was able to visit again a few weeks ago with Erin and Peggy, my new mother-in-law, on a Stanford alumni night. Amazing building and a great mix of fun stuff, serious science and advocacy projects. Oh, and the new planetarium is amazing.
You can view my photo set on Flickr, or check out the embedded slideshow below.
The 10th Annual Clarion Alley Block Party is taking place on Saturday from noon to 8pm, near Valencia and 17th Street. Here’s more about the Clarion Alley Mural Project.
I checked out the Red Bull Soapbox Race 2008 in Dolores Park yesterday (unrelated to the ILLEGAL soapbox derby on November 2 that I posted about below). Apparently there were ~75,000 spectators in attendance. You can view a video from the SF Chronicle. Here are a couple of great shots from cory411 on Flickr.
