January 15, 2012
Anna couldn’t resist soaking in the sun drenched streets of San Francisco. We were in search of new hideaways in the Hayes Valley neighborhood of the city and managed to walk over five miles during a 9-hour, stop-and-go excursion. 

Anna couldn’t resist soaking in the sun drenched streets of San Francisco. We were in search of new hideaways in the Hayes Valley neighborhood of the city and managed to walk over five miles during a 9-hour, stop-and-go excursion. 

January 9, 2012
I walked around my neighborhood Friday night with the intent to photograph Christmas trees that were still peering through windows post-holiday. The next four shots are a selection of these photographs. 
Post-holiday tree 1: SF, CA.

I walked around my neighborhood Friday night with the intent to photograph Christmas trees that were still peering through windows post-holiday. The next four shots are a selection of these photographs. 

Post-holiday tree 1: SF, CA.

August 8, 2011
Sweets + Kites: SF, CA.

Sweets + Kites: SF, CA.

June 5, 2011

May 30, 2011
Taqueria Cancun: Mission, SF: 2011

Taqueria Cancun: Mission, SF: 2011

April 19, 2011
Tulum, MX: Feb, 2011.

Tulum, MX: Feb, 2011.

April 18, 2011


Michael Schmelling likes music. In fact he’s the only photographer I know who has a Grammy, which he won for his album art on Wilco’s A Ghost Is Born – it’s the album with the egg on the cover.
Schmelling’s newest book is all about Atlanta’s music scene. “It’s one of the capitals of hip hop,” says Schmelling. “It’s a city that drives the genre. It’s a lot like Nashville in a way.”
Atlanta began with Aquemini, which is to say that Schmelling’s book began as a much smaller project about Outcast’s 1998 album calledAquemini, and grew into a sweeping portrait of the city’s ever-evolving music scene – the hopefuls and hangers-on, the new kids and OGs.



Check out the rest of the gallery here.

Michael Schmelling likes music. In fact he’s the only photographer I know who has a Grammy, which he won for his album art on Wilco’s A Ghost Is Born – it’s the album with the egg on the cover.

Schmelling’s newest book is all about Atlanta’s music scene. “It’s one of the capitals of hip hop,” says Schmelling. “It’s a city that drives the genre. It’s a lot like Nashville in a way.”

Atlanta began with Aquemini, which is to say that Schmelling’s book began as a much smaller project about Outcast’s 1998 album calledAquemini, and grew into a sweeping portrait of the city’s ever-evolving music scene – the hopefuls and hangers-on, the new kids and OGs.

Check out the rest of the gallery here.