Psychedelic Sunsets

Psychedelic Sunsets over the Bay 🌁✨

SF/Oakland has been my homebase for the last decade (when not off on adventures).

.. a place with an endless smount of ways to reinvent yourself, and a culture that supports taking risks & doing things differently. ❤️‍🔥

The week I created this shot in 2021, I was experimenting with spray paint textures with the master artist @deredwrk (IG), learning about techniques, styles, spray paint cap sizes, pressures.. over beers in the backyard on a hot day in Oakland, CA. That day inspired a perspective shift on ways to infuse graffiti textures into photography, to add layers and depth.. create more visual surface area to absorb energies from a moment.

Since that day, my photos have continued to become more subtly complex. Each photo tells a story.. though, within each story there are an infinite number of sub-stories and spin-off plot lines. Each photo painting is designed to be blown up to expansive sizes.. full walls, buildings, billboards… and the stories within the story will then be revealed.

Joe

2022.6.30.17:48.ANG.🌊