Today we did a presentation at the California College of Arts in Oakland and had an informal chat with the students.
Looking at Vanessa's Georgia book dummy.
We were invited by photographer, Jim Goldberg, a professor at the college and this years Deutsche Borse winner with Open See, a project he completed when he received the Henri Cartier Bresson award in 2007. You can see more of his images here and a Guardian review of Open See.
Also on the staff at the college is Todd Hido, a photographer Vanessa has had some email correspondence with these last 2 years. Todd is the author of a number of beautiful books. He also has a huge library of photobooks, which he has promised to show us, hopefully we will have time to see them.
We arrived in San Francisco on the 4th and are staying with a friend from our days in Turkey, the photographer, David Gross and his partner Mieke Strand. David is not only a photographer but also the designer of our websites. He has now developed and designed a program for making iPad books and is currently working on one with Ed Kashi.
David and Mieke
Just before we left London, my laptop broke. I ordered a new one to arrive at Mieke's place. David is getting it into shape for me.
Mieke has recently changed careers to become a photographer, and has
been a really generous host. Also she is originally from Minnesota,
where much of Fargo
by the Coen brothers was shot. Every now and again she slips into that
accent, which is the main reason we will eventually go there. If you
haven't seen the film, you must.
