“DEAR LEADER”

I had originally thought that I would not discuss photography, or photographers, for that matter, but it seems that I am unfortunately and inexorably drawn to it. Rather than point out photographers I actually do like, I’ll stick, for the most part to photographers I either do not like or flat out dislike (there is […]

Today is Gabriel’s birthday. In the process, a loot of major league proportion was duly acquired. An avid soccer fan and its associated fashions he was showered with some of his favorite team jerseys, as well as a Key-tar courtesy of Koichi. I made Shabu-Shabu, Korean fish fry and spicy tofu treats, washed down with […]

I shot this picture for Forbes as part of a story on robots in a windowless basement at John’s Hopkins University. For whatever reason John’s Hopkins’ campus gave me the creeps. As a matter of fact, the whole East coast gives me the creeps; I do not know why and mean no disrespect. May be […]

There is a great quote by Fellini: “Don’t tell me what I am doing, I don’t want to know”. Consequently, don’t ask me what I am doing, I don’t want to know. But it just so happens that everyone wants to know, present company excluded. Me don’t need to know.
Experience trumps reason. I like […]

Brie Takahashi is obviously a bright and creative doctoral student at UCLA. She has managed to put proteins to music. The resulting sounds remind me of the MIDI files we used to download in the internet’s infancy to color and pepper otherwise dull grey and blue websites with a touch of whimsy. I miss those […]