Delicious meat-on-a-stick eatery The Kebabery opened down the street from me, with food by chef Traci Matsumoto-Esteban. Photographed for the East Bay Express.
Thrilled to have worked on this month's cover for San Francisco magazine's Food issue! They wanted to incorporate their three food critics' favorite Bay Area dishes, with visual inspiration from 1950s cookbooks. Prop styling by Joanna Andreoni and food styling by Amanda Anselmino from Kern Represents.
I created some new imagery for San Francisco Botanical Garden's annual Garden Feast, featured on their invitations and printed materials. Myself and art director, Valerie Shagday, have been able to collaborate on this project for the past two years. We start with a morning foraging hunt with an SFBG gardener to collect approved materials, then hustle back to the studio to start pushing petals. It's a weirdly exciting process --we can't be certain what direction the collage will go since our available ingredients depend on many factors, and we're working against the clock with organic material, but the client gives us lots of creative freedom and I'm always delighted with the results.
A new still life series inspired by the art of ikebana flower arrangement (morimono = the art of arranging with fruits and vegetables) with a touch of 80s interior design with stylist Grace Suh.
From a recent e-commerce shoot with one of my fav clients Kris Nations Jewelry. I usually work with them on seasonal lookbooks, but this time they wanted a clean and timeless look focusing on images for their web shop. We shot about a hundred of their classic best-selling earrings, necklaces and bracelets. It was a great team of ladies working with founders/sisters Kim and Kris, stylist Liz Baca, hair and makeup artist Victoria Boggiano and Sophia Jackson from Scout Models.
Some new work for San Francisco magazine. I will forever be excited about shooting dumplings. I visited the San Francisco Chinatown destination, China Live, a new sort of restaurant and emporium of curated goods.
New restaurant, Neptune's on Alameda, serves Southern and Asian inspired food and is housed in a former Foster's Freeze. Chef Naomi Elze-Harris heads up their kitchen.
Owners and wifies, Tiff and Sylvie, at their restaurant Hella Vegan Eats in Oakland, CA.
Housemade hot sauces from across the world, shot for a great spread in the current food issue of East Bay Express. Prop assistance by Grace Suh.
Some shots for Taste magazine at Tartine Manufactory in San Francisco! Liz has a beautiful new book out called Tartine All Day.
Always the best time working with Kris Nations on the upcoming season's lookbook. For SS17 we shot in the studio keeping it minimal but fresh. A stellar collab with stylist Liz Baca, makeup and hair by Maria Lee and model Sophia Jackson repped by Scout Modeling Agency.
I photographed a colorful cookbook with delightful recipes from Cartoon Network's Adventure Time! Scrumptious recipes from culinary wizard Jordan Grosser. Here are some quickie phone pics!
On assignment for one of my very favorite food magazines, Lucky Peach!
I photographed Nick Balla, chef at Bar Tartine, making the most verdant fisherman's stew for Lucky Peach's Fantasy Issue.
So excited to see the cover story out for Jarry Magazine's Relationships issue, featuring Christian Reynoso, John Herbstritt and their Little Blue truck.
Here's a new project I've been working on with Chinatown Pretty collaborator/writer Valerie Luu! These past few months we've been photographing and interviewing classic SF Chinatown restaurants that have been operating over 40 years. The Chinatown Community Development Center invited us to put on an exhibit highlighting some of our favs. Eat Chinatown will be up through April 9th --here's a peek. You'll also find old menus and ephemera at the show!
Dates: 1/20-4/9
Location: 41 Ross Alley, SF, CA
Gallery hours: Th-Sun 11-4p
So honored to be awarded a PDN Food Photography Taste award!
This fruit picnic snap is from a photoshoot with Vietnamaese restaurant Rice Paper Scissors.
A fun assignment photographing Chef Gabriela Cámara, who helms Cala in San Francisco. She talks to Lucky Peach Magazine about her new restaurant in Hayes Valley and employing the formerly incarcerated.
Hina Yakitori opened last year in Oakland's Temescal neighborhood. There is real artistry on the binchotan (charcoal) grill by Chef Tommy Cleary. I enjoyed observing his careful timing and precision. You can read Luke Tsai's review in East Bay Express.
A few favorite phone + camera snapshots from our vacation in Norway. You should go! Let me know if you need recs. Good coffee, heated floor, waterfalls galore, nicest sheep.
