by Victor Prieto Vonnie has lived in the building for 11 years. 50 Golden Gate is about meeting my neighbors, I wonder about the people that live around me. What are they like? Where do they come from? How long have they lived here? I have become a part of the building’s history, along with the long list of hundreds of previous tenants. I wanted to explore the history of the building I lived in by by meeting the people that inhabit it.
by Victor Prieto Margarita is Igor's wife, also a marathon runner and loves cats. 50 Golden Gate is about meeting my neighbors, I wonder about the people that live around me. What are they like? Where do they come from? How long have they lived here? I have become a part of the building's history, along with the long list of hundreds of previous tenants. I wanted to explore the history of the building I lived in by by meeting the people that inhabit it.
Victor Prieto, by looking at your images it looks like you're comfortable photographing people you don't know. What is your approach? I usually just approach people on the street, I don't ask but I don't do it secretly so they don't think I'm doing something bad. Sometimes, depending on the person, and the situation, I ask. The thing is that a lot of people don't mind, because it's flattering to get your portrait taken.
images by: Jennifer Ahn , San Jose | Nancy Ahn, San Jose| Emilio Bañuelos, San Francisco | Elena Carrasco, San Francisco | Tim Gonzalez-Mena, Oakland | Francisco Graciano, San Jose | Kija Lucas, Oakland | Vu Nguyen, San Jose | Colt Peterson, Alamo | Victor Prieto, San Francisco | Diana Sánchez, Oakland Keeping IT Out Why we should do away with [...]
Workshop No. Two: Mt. Shasta BBI & NRCPA | Workshop The Visual Narrative and Landscape as Portrait Instructors: Emilio Bañuelos | Elena Carrasco | Tim Gonzalez-Mena | Kija Lucas | Rika Noda | John Rickard April 18- 20, 2008 WORKSHOP NO. TWO: MT. SHASTA PARTICIPANTS: Chi Kwong Chow, San Francisco | Alexcia DeVásquez, San Francisco | Rami Hyun, San Francisco [...]
