San Francisco Chinatown

[AdamW]

Here's some from a recent walk through Chinatown:

The remains of a Shepard Fairey poster:
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Detail of the roof of St. Mary's:
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Graffiti:
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contrasts:
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Signs 1:
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Signs 2:
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[AdamW]

part 2:



Signs 3:
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Signs 4:
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Signs 5:
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Signs 6:
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[AdamW]

Comments anyone?

[TheWengler]

I like the 3rd one the best. That door gets a lot of action. Not too crazy about the 2nd one. Maybe I'd like it more in some better light.

[AdamW]

Thanks, Lukas. I'm still captivated by the signs. The church looked cooler in the viewfinder (or my imagination), I guess. I showed the doorway shot to one of my daughters. She's friends with a lot of the muralist/graf scene in the Bay Area, and she's a really good photographer (she likes film.) She says to me, "Dad, I took a picture of that doorway a couple of years ago." Now I remember. It's a B&W. It's better than mine.

[Rooz]

adam, the biggest issue i have with these is the lighting. its got that colourless noon kinda feel to it. i'm not the biggest fan of sign pics either so i cant really comment on the subject matter.

[AdamW]

Rooz, that's 'cause I was there with some students in the middle of the day.

[TheWengler]

Rooz, that's 'cause I was there with some students in the middle of the day.

This a high school class you teach Adam? I vaguely remember a thread about it awhile back.

[AdamW]

Yeah, Lukas, it's the same class I taught last year. Here's the thread where I explain it:

http://www.dcresource.com/forums/showthread.php?t=38474

My fellow teacher is retiring at the end of this year, so next year it will be just me and 20 kids (instead of two teachers and 40 kids.) I also have to start thinking of different places to go in SF--I'm tired of the same spots.

I've posted much of the stuff I did this year in various forums over the last month, but here's some of the kids' work that I liked best:

http://ohs.juhsd.net/photo_interim_2009/album/index.html

[TheWengler]

I wish my school had something like that. Photography and camping in Yosemite sounds pretty good to me.

[AdamW]

They went to the Pinnacles this year; Yosemite is a bit too far. Also this year: Driver's Ed, Oceanography, Artists' Studio, Musical Theater, Film Analysis, Visiting Bay Area Colleges, Farm, Europe, Japan, and more. Costs range from $1500 for overseas trips (we provide fundraising opportunities) to free. Mine was $14 for BART and Muni fares.

It's a pretty awesome school. One of the most diverse in California. The kids are great and I really like working there.

I went to Berkeley High School in the late 1970s. There were 3400 students. I majored in punk rock and drugs, with minors in not living up to my potential and poor decision making.

Now I'm some kind of role model. Go figure.