Every week, photographer Joshua Cobos shoots a roll of film just for us. He picks the best 13 photos and we post them here, and it’s called “Bad Blood with Joshua Cobos.” Here’s what Joshua has to say about this week’s installment:
I’d been saving a roll of Portra 800 in my fridge for too long. A friend let me know that she was on spring break and she’d never been to the SFMOMA before so I took her there on a quiet Tuesday afternoon. The Dutch artist Rineke Dijkstra has a retrospective up now. She’s been a strong inspiration of mine since I first viewed her work last winter. A contemporary female artist that is constantly pushing psychological barriers, heavy and emotionally compelling photographs shot on film. This series also includes a walk through the Haight with DJ Jackie Sugarlumps, in my opinion the vinyl queen of San Francisco. Fellow photographer Amy Harrity also joined me on a jaunt through some of the Richmond’s storefront aquariums, sneaking around dark and damp hallways snapping photos and doing our best not to get kicked out.
Thanks, Joshua! Ten more shots after the jump:
Ha! That mural of the mushroom and flower lined garden path was painted by my friend back when we were in high school. The years (and a couple disrespectful taggers) have not been kind to it, although the colors have held up well.
Great post
Myspace called and said NICE SELF PORTRAIT DUDE.
Just kidding. Love the mural shot with Jackie.
Josh, your photos are KILLER!!!
comment on the 6th Ave plant/fish store: do NOT buy your fish here! Our goldfish died within a matter of HOURS after bringing them home. We read reviews afterward that said the fish aren’t very healthy and the water gets circulated through all of the tanks (gross).
That girl Amy Harrity is stunning. These photos are stunning. Great work.
I especially like this one:
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The reflection on the glass makes it.
Ah, the narrative of the carefree white San Franciscan continues…
So, because these people are in photographs and be cause this guy takes them, and occasionally these people like to go out and do things. They don’t care about anything?
Take from them what you will.
only take photos angry and concerned. fun is the for the elites!
I’m actually half-white and in one of the photos… judge much!
eh.