Museum of Craft & Design - Exhibit photography

Photographing the exhibits and artworks of the Museum of Craft and Design in SF's Dogpatch neighborhood.

It's as though I see more and understand better when the camera is between the works and my eye.

The lovingly restored Airstream of the Archive of Creative Culture

The award winning MofC&D museum store

Felt Decoded

Felt Decoded by Janice Arnold

Anja Ulfeldt: Of Sound Mind and Culture

Marianne Lettieri: Reflections

Wendy Maruyama: The WildLIFE Project

Janice Arnold: Felt Decoded

SFMOMA Fisher Expansion 1 year anniversary

The re-opening of SFMOMA after a 3 year hiatus couldn't happen quickly enough! That was one year ago; the museum has presented so many good exhibits ( Conner! Hernandez! Kentridge! to name a few) and Sight Glass has served countless delicious espressos since then. Here's a look back at a few of the thousands images I made during the construction and several of the final photographs which ran in practically every architecture and art publication. 

The Snøhetta designed Fisher addition. East facade at dusk.

Reflected in the black glass of Linkedin HQ

Richard Serra's Sequence

Ellsworth Kelly gallery

Roy Lichtenstein, Figures With Sunset

Mark Rothko, No 14

Art install

Security guard

Shadow play

Ceiling panels

Schwab Hall

Alexander Calder, Marquette for Trois disques formely Man

Courtyard staircase

Howard Street facade

Sight Glass perfection

Re-branding a New York landmark - From MetLife to Salesforce

Late last fall I got an assignment from Salesforce to fly to NY and photograph the building on Bryant Park in Midtown Manhattan to which they had recently been granted the right to re-brand. Only about a dozen buildings NYC are allowed logos/brands in prominent positions i.e. on the top.

In a super short amount of time I managed to make contacts, send proper insurance papers and secure appointments to photograph from 3 high vantage points around the park, at sunrise and sunset. The 2 thrilling helicopter rides came courtesy of the video shoot happening at the same time.

Sunrise from the top of a beautiful art deco tower

Sunrise from The Empire State Building

Early afternoon from heli. Central Park in the background.

Ice skating in Bryant Park

Above the NY Public Library and across Bryant Park

Waiting for the light.

Hudson River and NJ in the distance.

The glow of Times Square.

Sunset from the 53rd floor.

Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects - Salesforce Tower SF Pt. 2

Pier 70 rooftops and towers. 10-10-2016

Distant view framed by tree along the bayshore. 12-21-2016

Defunct shipyard crane. 10-11-2016

Sunset light bursting through storm clouds. 10-28-2016 from Potrero Hill

Cranes and more cranes. 12-21-2016

Rainy night. 1-4-2017

Clearing morning fog. 3-9-2017 from Potrero Hill

Getting ready for the last pieces of steel. 3-29-2017

St. Ignatius and Mt. Diablo. 2-15-2017

Far off city. 11-7-2016 south of SFO

 

Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects - Salesforce Tower SF

 61 floors, reaching 1,070 ft (326 m)

I have been photographing the rapidly changing urban landscape around the Transbay Terminal in San Francisco's SOMA neighborhood since the demolition of the original Timothy Pfluger designed edifice. Below is a brief selection of images chronicling the rise of the Salesforce Tower which stands on Mission St. between First and Fremont Streets.

The topped-out Salesforce Tower has a commanding presence on the San Francisco skyline, dwarfing the BofA building and the Transamerica Pyramid. 4-12-2017 from near Land's End.

New Years Day 2016 and the reinforced concrete core is rising above ground level. 1-1-2016 corner of First and Mission Streets