With a new photography contest, Bookshop Santa Cruz is reaching out to the community, showcasing some of the best photography in the county.

As soon as you arrive, the roads get bumpier and the air thickens. Almost instantly, the hills — an array of colorful shacks, houses and multi-storied apartment complexes — completely surround you. This is Tijuana, the sixth-largest metropolitan area in Mexico, with an estimated population of 5 million. With only a metal fence marking the [...]

A recent fascination with the American realist painter Edward Hopper has given me a fresh and innovative approach toward my photography. Adopting Hopper’s methods when portraying the austerity of an urban landscape, I incorporated the harsh lines and large shapes commonly found in a city into each composition. I tried to concentrate on figures representing [...]

This quarter, many photographers on the CHP team have been putting together photo galleries of their work, each with their own theme and style. We’re making these Photo Essays available online for everyone to check out. I’m sure you’ll find these photo essays as intriguing as I have so far… it’s interesting seeing the work of CHP’s photographers in an entirely different context.