Photography. Max Aydinoglu

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Cass Street Apartments

San Diego, CA, Residential

4655 Cass St, San Diego

A facade study capturing the sculpted bay window detail at 4655 Cass Street. Each unit pushes out at the corner with chamfered concrete frames that catch the San Diego light differently through the day.

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David Geffen Galleries at LACMA

Los Angeles, CA, Peter Zumthor

Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Peter Zumthor's David Geffen Galleries. The curved concrete and glass volume floats above the ground on supporting pavilions, crossing Wilshire Boulevard.

03 / 04

Sutter Health Building

San Francisco, CA, Healthcare

Sutter Health, San Francisco

Looking straight up the deep vertical fins of the Sutter Health facade. The repeating concrete ribs frame the sky into narrow vertical strips of cloud.

04 / 04

California Pacific Medical Center

San Francisco, CA, Healthcare

CPMC, San Francisco

A close study of the deep coffered facade at CPMC. The aggregate concrete surround pushes each window into its own recessed cell.

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01 / 08

Hello, Friend

Black and White, Animal

California

A horse leans down to greet the camera through the stable rail. Shot tight enough that the muzzle nearly fills the frame.

02 / 08

Convertible at Crissy Field

Black and White, Portrait

Crissy Field Beach, SF

An older driver parked at the edge of Crissy Field looking out at the bay.

03 / 08

Chinatown Afternoon

Black and White, Street

Chinatown, San Francisco

A quiet street in Chinatown caught in the middle of the afternoon. A figure resting against a parking post under the weathered KEE CO. sign.

04 / 08

King Size Hug

Black and White, Street

San Francisco

A street performer in a King Kong costume embracing a smaller figure.

05 / 08

Two Fishermen, One Skyline

Black and White, Street

Golden Gate, San Francisco

Two fishermen silhouetted against the San Francisco skyline, lines out into the bay.

06 / 08

He Knows

Black and White, Animal

Marina Green, San Francisco

A seagull standing on a railing at Marina Green looking out at the bay during the early COVID days, January 2020.

07 / 08

Talk to Me

Black and White, Animal

California

A horse looking out from behind a wood fence rail. The grain of the wood bisects the frame.

08 / 08

The Crow and the Kids

Black and White, Street

San Francisco

A large crow in the foreground, two small kids in the background. A trick of perspective makes the bird look giant against the children.

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01 / 08

Private Playground

Color, Street

Baker Beach, San Francisco

September 2020. A man standing at the edge of Baker Beach holding a golf club, facing the Pacific like the entire ocean is his private green. The world is yours.

02 / 08

Hotel Hartland Mural on Polk

Color, Street

Polk Street, San Francisco

A Polk Street mural. Hotel Hartland, Woerner's Cigars and Liquors, and a giant blue cat painted across the wall. A woman rests at the base of it on a quiet afternoon.

03 / 08

Two Rowers in the Fog

Color, Landscape

Torpedo Wharf, San Francisco

Two single sculls cutting through silver water under heavy SF fog. The horizon dissolves; the sun is just bright enough to make the water shine.

04 / 08

Silently Speaks

Color, Still Life

San Francisco

July 2019. A lone slipper with 'LOVE' across the strap, abandoned on the asphalt and half buried in fallen leaves.

05 / 08

Stay Organized

Color, Street

North Beach, San Francisco

February 2021. An entire life strapped to the back of a pickup truck on a North Beach street at night, baskets, golf bag, lamps, antlers, a DANGER WATCH YOUR STEP sign holding the center.

06 / 08

Salute in Color

Color, Street

First Street Alley, Downtown SF

February 2020. A small downtown alley off First Street. The sun cutting down precisely between two buildings to land right on the painted soldier in the mural.

07 / 08

Moon Over Dewey

Color, Architecture

Union Square, San Francisco

March 2016. The Dewey Monument at Union Square photographed against a daytime moon.

08 / 08

The War Is Coming

Color, Architecture

Union Square, San Francisco

February 2016. Another perspective of the Dewey Monument, tilted up against drifting clouds.

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