A portrait series on merchants and artisans of the San Francisco Bay Area: bookbinders, shoemakers, machinists, numismatists, instrument makers, birdhouse builders, button collectors, letterpress printers, intaglio printers, booksellers, milliners, etc.
The series is shot on black and white film on medium format cameras: a Rollei TLR and a Hasselblad. The prints are silver gelatin on Foma.
Renée Bott, Paulson Bott Press silver gelatin print
Vince Sortile, Exclusive Buttons (silver gelatin print)
Douglas Green, clock repair (silver gelatin print)
Peter Koch, Peter Koch Printers (silver gelatin print)
Graham Pilecki, antique cameras (silver gelatin print)
Klaus-Ullrich Rötzscher, bookbinder (silver gelatin print)
Grégoire Jacquet, chef, Grégoire's (silver gelatin print)
Michael Parayno, birdhouses (silver gelatin print)
Machining parts, Patrick Ottis Co. (silver gelatin print)
Master mechanic, Patrick Ottis Co. (silver gelatin print)