I took up photography in 1997 after a trip to the Amazon rainforest I'd always use photography as a basis in my painting referring to Harrell Avidon Irving pen and others as source material I love street photography because you don't have to be clever you just have to be awake my favorite camera is my life a digital but it weighs 10 pounds and having trouble walking I just can't get around with my Leica anymore and I'm not the type of street photographer I can just sit in one place and watch the world go by plus San Francisco is a boring city for a street photography I do travel all over the world and now I take photos with my cell phone which I've learned through my expertise and Photoshop to be able to expand to various sizes and get a really good quality print. These images are all analog. I prefer black-and-white to color unless color is an important part of the story and then because I'm a painter I use the psychology of color to continue and edit the story