Photographer Jonathan Crosby

Good friend and world-class climber Mike Foley humored me with a photo concept I’ve been wanting to do for some time now. Thanks to Spenser Heaps for helping out with the lights.

Some images from a gay costume contest the other day. I found the judges – 3 drag queens – to be pretty entertaining and shot their portraits after the event was over.

“Portia Potty:”

“Nuclia Waste:”

and “Gabriella Butzin:”

I tried to make use of my time during my stay in San Diego with my brother. I decided I’d do a documentary type portrait study of surfers in Ocean Beach, a part of San Diego. It was only a 15 minute walk from my brother’s house so I spent most of my time exploring the area and shot portraits during sunset.

Below is a tight edit of the 30 or so surfers I photographed with a few pictorials thrown in to give a sense of place of Ocean Beach.

Over the summer Sam Walker and I would go for photo adventures every now and then. It was always more of an excuse to get lost and enjoy the local scenery.

Its always very refreshing to contemplate photography with Sam. Believe it or not, he doesn’t own a digital camera. He shoots all sorts of film formats and is always experimenting with new cameras, film, or fine tuning his darkroom methods. I have great respect for his old school style and perhaps, stubbornness? Despite coming from different photo worlds, I think we both bring great things to the table when bouncing ideas off each other.