03690025Garbage Man!  Found this guy diggin through the dumpster where I throw my trash. California, 2013.

03690001Steve Brandi and Josh Stewart lying in the middle of one of San Francisco’s busiest streets filming for the new Rice-a-Roni commericial.  SF, CA 2013

03690023China-Town Cacoon Street dweller as seen on the streets of SF, CA 2013

03690013Carlos Young, China-town, SF, CA 2013

03690021Graffiti truck in SF, CA 2013

03690020Closing Sale?  Looks like you already closed bro!  China-town, SF, CA 2013

03690019The great divide!  The line that separates SF’s China-town from North Beach.  SF, CA 2013

03690018Washington Square Park, SF, CA 2013

03690016Trans America Building Peeking out from behind this store front in China-town, SF, CA 2013

03690015Jay-walking tourists in China-town, SF with some new head gear.  SF, CA 2013

03690014Carlos Young in the line up, China-town, SF, CA 2013

03690012San Jose, CA 2013

03690008Rest In Pieces Old Building of China-town, SF, CA 2013

03690004Mike Lemnitzer with a Frontside Boardslide on some Heavy equipment, SF, CA 2013

03690003Evan Kinori breaking out a freestyle rap for us while we scout filming locations for the new Rice-a-Roni commercial.  SF, CA 2013

03690005Wolverine, Union Square, SF, CA 2013

03690006Graffiti Truck near Civic Center, SF, CA 2013

03690009The Trans America Building behind a sea of flying Books.  SF, CA 2013

During one of my thrifting adventures, I ran into an underwater disposable camera.  A disposable camera with underwater casing for taking underwater photos, making it….Water Proof.  It was $1.  I bought this camera.  I then carried it around for a couple months, took pictures with it, had those pictures developed, and got the images that live above this body of text.

Common Places is a three part documentary series centered around Drama in a Common Place, a recent street photography show at Book and Job Gallery in San Francisco California. The series takes a closer look at the correlation between street photography and skateboarding, proposing the idea that both skateboarding and photography lend each other a hand when approaching and appreciating the day to day treasures that surround us.

 

Filmed & Edited By:
Jarod Taber

Super 8 Footage By:
Jarod Taber
Shawn Whisenant

Featuring:
Chris Taylor
Brandon Getty
Shawn Whisenant
Ben Gore
Jai Tanju
Nich Kunz

Presented By:
Desillusion Magazine
Book and Job Gallery
The Sleeping Horse
Seeing Things Gallery
View Finder Productions

 

4jarod8

4jarod5

ShawnWhisenant2

Chris Taylor 3

Brandon Getty 4-1

03700020Mystery Man, SF, CA 2013

03700034Josh Stewart, San Francisco, CA 2012

03700019San Francisco, CA 2013

03700014Jarod Taber, China-town, San Francisco, CA 2013

03700022Cement Slides, SF, CA 2013

03700004Snoopy, Union City Quarry Lakes, CA 2013

03700026Evan Kinori and Dr. Isaac McKay-Randozzi at the Book and Job Gallery, SF CA 2013

03700027Carlos Young and Josh Stewart, SF, CA 2013

03700023Tree Trunk, Oakland, CA 2013

03700021Jarod Taber, SF, CA 2013

03700009Snoopy, Oakland, CA 2013

03700016Zach Chamberlin, SF, CA 2013

About 9 months ago, I was handed a roll of film by a friend, which I took with open arms and without a peek, threw directly into my Nikon L35 AF camera.  That roll remained in that camera up until about a month ago where I finally had finished up shooting all 36 exposures.

It was time to pop it out and take it somewhere to have developed.  I wandered into SF’s China-town and stumbled across a small family owned camera shop that developed film.  As I showed the old man my film, he politely turned me away and pointed me in the direction of a shop that could develop my film.

I was on my lunch break and thought that I mght have enough time to pop over and drop it off.  After actually looking at the roll of film I had in my hand, turned out it was Ektachrome color reversal film.  I ran this by google a couple times, read some stuff and decided I would hold onto that roll.  A couple weeks passed, and I met a young man from Southern Florida who I told my story too.  He suggested that I bring the film to Walgreens and trick them into developing this film.  So, I did.  Well, I tried at least.  The staff at Walgreen’s were smarter than I thought, and knew way more about this film than I did.  They took it anyways and warned me that my photos may turn out purple. Boy, were they wrong! Not purple at all guys!

I went back, paid for my film, took it home and checked out the pictures.  They are now living above this body of text.  These are just some of the things that flashed before my very eyes over the past 9 months.  Happy viewing!

chewedtapeThe Sleeping Horse presents its second video offering to you with, “Sleeping Horse #2

Sleeping Horse #2 features the skating of:

John Lindsay

Carlos Young

Jesse Narvaez

Evan Collison

Louie

Mike Lemnitzer

Happy Viewing!

Behold field correspondent Mac Lesesne is back in the United States after a stint overseas in Japan, but still continues to spoil us with sprinklings of Far East Skate content!  Thank ya Mac!

A friend of his, Yuri Murai, also known to some as “Yurissa Steamer,”is putting out a full length video showcasing only female skaters from all over Japan.  If you have been to and skated in Japan, you will know that women represent a large number of the skaters there. The ladies have joined forces and now bring us what lies below…

Behold! ‘Joy and Sorrow’

Some of those names look pretty familiar and one of the ladies skating in this video happens to be my friends wife! How about that ladies and gentleman!  Try to catch the full length if you can!

Follow

Get every new post delivered to your Inbox.

Join 56 other followers