PEOPLE

In my opinion photographing people is the all around favorite of photographers. Me too! Studying my brothers and sisters of the human race is by far one of the most stimulating ways to get to know and to learn about people. What makes a person visually or "photographically" interesting can vary as much as the different kinds of people that we are subjected to photograph.
As I age in this process of photographing people and looking at nature I have come to the following conclusion: There is probably a limit of the different ways that a person can be or can look like on earth. Based upon heights, weights, orientation to movement, energy, physical structure and shape of the various physical components, I am convinced there are a finite number of "types". I become so open that I see these characteristics across cultural, racial and even gender lines. The older and more experienced I become, the more I feel as if I have seen people before in similar roles. As I age, people remind me someone that I have already met. It's just a personal perception, but entertaining nonetheless. Maybe it is true that "the whole world really is a stage and that all of us are really playing a part."
By being these characters is how we really learn about the behavior of people. Only the environment social class and wiring makes those who look similar different from one another. Just for fun, mind You!
We have come to trust complete strangers with our cameras to capture us in unique times and locations. It creates a brotherhood of sorts where we are all happy to contribute to the magic of this wonderful medium. Regardless of whether you use a camera or not, it seems as if we digitally record all of the faces, and memories of those faces in our heads. We can go days at a time seeing people we have really never seen before but remembering those that we have. Or is it just me?

"Brendolyn" Oakland, California February 2012	"Mildred, ?,Cheryl, Laverne" Berkeley, California December 2011

"Stranger Waiting for A bus" Berkeley, California October 2011	"Ron amid Boggenvilla" Oakland, California October 2011	"Dianne and Wanxin"Berkeley, California October 2011

"Lara our waitress in Pringle" Rapid City, South Dakota July 2011	"Wells Fargo Attendant" Berkeley, California October 2011	"Vickie on a motorcycle adventure"Rapid City, South Dakota July 2011

"Mother and Daughter on BART" Berkeley, California June 2011	"Corinne, Rhea, Sissell, Beverly" Berkeley, California April 2011

"Timiza and Xavier" April 2011	"Mildred Howard" Berkeley, Calfornia April 2011	"Mildred's Party Guests" April 2011

"Dakota and Sailor" April 2011	"Ti'Moune" Berkeley, Calfornia April 2011	"Mildred and Party Guest" April 2011

" Friends at Mildred's Party " April 2011	"Family trio at Mildred's Party" April 2011

" Bernadette and Jacinta" April 2011	"Mary Joe" April 2011

" Marie Calloway at 92 years young" April 2011	" Susan at El Piquante" April 2011	"Bert, Gloria, Mike, Ti'Moune" April 2011

"My Wife Susan" March 2011	"Demersseman-Holbert Clan" Berkeley, California March 2011	"Jupiter waitress and singer Ayumi" January 2011

"Portrait of Vismaya the soprano" December 2010	"Husband and Wife at Peets Coffee" March 2011	"Anonymous Mural Kisser" January 2011

"Berkeley Neighbors: Howard and Mark" December 2010	"Portrait of Tahudi" December 2010	" Anonymous store employees" December 2010

"Anonymous woman on Solano Avenue" December 2010

" Annual Madeleine Daughters and Mothers portrait" December 2010	" Annual Madeleine Daughters and Mothers portrait" December 2010

" Annual Madeleine Daughters and Mothers portrait" December 2010	" Annual Madeleine Daughters and Mothers portrait" December 2010

" John and Gayle" Oakland, California December 2010	" Giovanni Giotta, Original owner of Caffe Trieste" Berkeley, California December 2010

" Two Men at Oakland Street Festival" Oakland, California July 2010	" Two Men at Oakland Street Festival" Oakland, California July 2010	" Two Women at Oakland Street Festival" Oakland, California July 2010

" Woman in Restaurant Window" New York City October 2010	"Sara and Wendy Damon" New York City October 2010

" Self Portrait on Flight from New York " November 2010	"Self Portrait on Flight from New York" November 2010

" Fred Kling at Piedmont Mural" Oakland, California 2010	"Susan and Mary Joe" San Francisco December 2010

"Louis Mendes" New York City October 2010	" Two Harlem Police Officers" New York City October 2010	"Street Bible Vendor" New York City October 2010

" Paris at Solano Stroll, September 2010	"Male Singer at Oakland Pride , October 2010
" School of the Madeleine Reunion Mothers, September 2010	"School of the Madeleine Reunion Daughters, September 2010
"Lady and Her Dog" Rapid City, South Dakota July 2010	"Alley Cats" Rapid City, South Dakota July 2010

"Cody Silhouette" Berkeley, California July 2010	"Cody Silhouette" Berkeley, California July 2010

"Brian and Cody Silhouette" Berkeley, California July 2010	"Brian and Cody Silhouette" Berkeley, California July 2010

Brian and Ayumi in Berkeley, California May 2010	Ayumi and Brian in Berkeley, California May 2010

Virginia Jew at work. City College of San Francisco, April 2010	Nikki Brown and Friends April 2010

Bikers at Civic Center. Rapid City South Dakota 2008	My studio in Richmond California 2010

Two Middle Eastern Women, Berkeley, California 2009	Sisters Aida and Amani Algazali 2009

Pattie Gerrie, Berkeley, California 2010	Two long term friends, Berkeley, California 2010

Self-Portrait at Neighbor's pool 2009	Berkeley couple at Stone Face Park, California 2009

David Kafton and wife in reflection, San Francisco, California 2009	Local bicycle entrepreneur, Oakland, California 2006

Candice, Oakland, California 2009	Anonymous woman, San Francisco, California 2009

Wendy Obernauer: New York City 2008	Brian and unidentified woman at bayside restaurant 2010

Lauren Dakota Holbert at Skates in Berkeley, California 2010	Lauren Louise Dakota Demersseman-Holbert. San Francisco, California. June 2009 2008

"Gretchen Greene at Piedmont Avenue mural" 2009	Toni Sparkelle 2010

Dakota, Onika and Brian Holbert 2009	Vonseal Johnson and Jean Ashley, Richmond, California 2010

Statue of farmer in Monterey, California 2008	Toni and David in Central Park, New York City 2008

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