Shoe-shiner

Shoe-shiner - Tijuana, Mexico 2011

Camera: Contax G1
Lens: Carl Zeiss Biogon 28mm f/2.8
Film: Ilford XP2 Super 

Divine trinity

Divine Trinity - Tijuana, Mexico - 2011

Here's why you need to beat the crap out of your photo gear

Awesome post by Erick Kim, L.A. street photographer. Photographers who treat their cameras like they're made out of  porcelain, take note.

http://erickimphotography.com/blog/2011/02/why-you-should-always-use-and-abuse-your-gear/#comment-6656

Taxis Downtown Tijuana

Spent a couple hours walking up and down the streets in downtown Tijuana a few weeks ago, Contax G1 in tow. It's a quirky little camera; can't say it's perfect, but there's something about doing street photography with a small -and light- rangefinder camera.

Here's one of my favorite images from that morning.