So I am in a flickr group called Blow-Up!, named after the 1966 movie by Michelangelo Antonioni. The movie is about a photographer who accidentally catches a crime scene on film.

The group on flickr has become a collective of largely San Francisco based photographers, many of whom shoot street. The lot of us decided to do a show, a public display of our body of work. There were 21 of us in the show, demonstrating a variety of styles and subject matters. The show is currently up at Cigar Bar & Grill in San Francisco until May 21st.

The above photo shows me with some great local Photographers: Jansen Zhang, Andrew Chin, John Agoncillo, myself, Chris Jewell, and Jose Marco.

I showed three images, all 8×10 contact prints. I hung them a little lower, in an attempt to get people to get up close to them. And man, I look like a nerd here.

All in all, the reception was pretty epic. I think everybody in the group is riding high after the event, and there is already a “let’s doing this again!” idea posted to flickr. I’m so proud to be part of such an awesome group. These people are as passionate about photography as  I am.

these photos are by paulino love.

i want to share a gift from my parents with you. this is a picture my dad took of me sleeping on the floor. it was taken in october of 1976, so i was a year and a half old. today i turn thirty-five.