A photo journal comprised of my thoughts on motherhood and other life happenings, as well as some of professional work as a photographer. Southern California is home.
Can’t say the sign didn’t warn them | Baja, Mexico
Janet gave me a copy of Hamburger Eyes for Christmas and the collection of everyday, totally random, gritty images has yet to leave my mind. It prompted me, in fact, to go through several of my own photos; photos I snapped years ago, with a fresh eye and a comparatively shitty camera. The result has been falling in love with images I had totally forgotten I took and others I knew I had but never really knew what I’d do with; images I snapped for the same reason the folks at Hamburger Eyes select the images to print that they do: to document and record “the continuing story of life on earth”; the tragic, the comedic, the ironic. And so, I’ve spent much of my morning sifting through several of my images from Nicaragua, Mexico, Dominican Republic, Thailand, India, Egypt, and more. And now, I just can’t stop.
When I was a teenager, I used to always buy Jones soda at this little grocery store on PCH near Zuma Beach. I bought it because I liked their Root Beer, but more than that, I was always drawn to the photos they picked to put on their custom labels. They had information on the bottle about how you could submit your own photos to potentially end up on one of their labels. And they’d pick the most random, awesome, images. Hamburger Eyes, for me, is reminiscent of Jones Soda labels only with more edge and grit, because – well – not many supermarkets will carry a soda with an image of a bride sniffing cocaine. But in a world where anything would go, I have no doubt Jones Soda would have gone for it.
So grateful to Hamburger Eyes for having a place for these kinds of photos to potentially breath and live. Even if they look at my submission and tell me to eat dirt, the time I’ve spent sorting through them has been a walk down memory line and just the reminder I needed as we kick off this new year that life is short and experiences are everything.
And just like that, I sent my first (in what I hope will be many) emails to the lady who hooks us up with information on how to get back to Cuba. Let’s do this, 2015.
Ronald’s Play Place (a standalone structure, not connected to a McDonalds) | Panama
Protect yo’ lady | San Juan Del Sur, Nicaragua
He’s got party confetti spilling out of his right pocket | San Juan Del Sur, Nicaragua
Words for the wise | Nicaragua
Remember when Brittany Spears got a lot of shit for driving with her kid on her lap? Me too | Granada, Nicaragua
Piss happens | Granada, Nicaragua
Juxtaposition | Granada, Nicaragua
Juxtaposition, part II | Granada, Nicaragua
Street style | Dominican Republic
Stickball | Dominican Republic
Beach style | Dominican Republic
The birds and the bees, and the dogs too | Dominican Republic
Prey | Bayahibe, Dominican Republic
Childhood | Bayahibe, Dominican Republic
What Hooper looks like when carrying all his shit to bed | Dominican Republic
Caution: water may be shallow | Baja, Mexico
If the man in the painting came to life and if the scooter was moving | New Orleans, Louisiana
See no evil | Casablanca, Morocco
The tooth fairy’s recycling center | Marrakech, Morocco
A couple somewhere in middle America
Marrakech, Morocco
Don’t worry, it’s fake — I think | Malta
Did you know that VW’s trunks are in the front? | Alexandria, Egypt
Merman | Alexandria, Egypt
Move over bicyclists, share the road | Delhi, India
You can help by getting me out of here | Kashmir, Pakistan
“Fancy” ice cream is the best ice cream in town. You can find it just behind the piles of rubble and trash | Kashmir, Pakistan
Giving Santa Monica street performers a run for their money | Kashmir, Pakistan
Hopefully the little guy has a Wu-Tang sword | Kashmir, Pakistan
When shade is limited | Jaipur, India
Shop ’til you drop | Bangkok, Thailand
Men will always find pussy | Bangkok, Thailand
When American culture meets Thai religion | Bangkok, Thailand
The sign in our hostel that basically says no bringing Thai hookers upstairs, or up stays… you decide | Bangkok, Thailand
The Salton Sea, where the locals are always prepared | Bombay Beach, California
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