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Juxtapoz Magazine Interview: Travis Jensen's San Francisco

Friday, March 5th 2010
Isaac McKayRandozzi conducted an interview with me for the Juxtapoz Magazine website, which covers everything from writing, photography, skateboarding and crazy tales of The City [...]
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"Welcome to San Franpsycho" Photo Show, Sat, March 6

Friday, February 19th 2010
I have an upcoming photo show with my buddy Derek Poon (of 4Fifteen Clothing) at DWNTWN Skate Supply in San Francisco's Tendernob. Titled "Welcome to San Franpsycho," show runs from March 6 thru May 6. Opening reception is slated for Saturday, March 6, 6:00-10p.m. Show is comprised of photos taken in and around the vibrant city of San Francisco [...]
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George Nottle Revisited

Friday, February 12th 2010
George Nottle, the whimsical guitar player, is no stranger on my Flickr photostream. You might recall the story I wrote about him a while back, where I talk about going on a three-week long mission to find George so I could give him a drawing that an artist I met via Flickr, Carl Purcell, illustrated of him based off one of my photos [...]
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Have You Seen Him?

Wednesday, January 27th 2010
This one’s for all the old school wood-pushers out there. Pictured here is Emerson “Won Ton Animal” Chin, the inspiration behind Powell Peralta’s legendary skateboarding film, “The Search for Animal Chin" [...]
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A gang of updates...

Friday, January 15th 2010
I added a gang of updates to the "Portfolio" section yesterday, which was long, long overdue. Click here to take a gander [...]
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CaliberSF: New Year, New Ventures

Tuesday, January 12th 2010
Sorry I’ve been away for a minute.  Life’s been keeping busy.  I have some writing projects in the works that I hope to post soon.  I’m really getting into human interest stories and find great enjoyment in talking with and photographing the people I meet on the street [...]
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Diligence

Monday, January 4th 2010
I snapped this photo last week Tuesday, December 29, outside of the Old Navy store on the corner of Fourth and Market streets, an intersection teeming with foot traffic [...]
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George Nottle: Strumming on Mission

Wednesday, December 30th 2009
I met George Nottle in late October 2009 while shooting photos downtown on my lunch break.  Dressed in a grayish, somewhat frayed, loose-fitting fitting suit and white New Balance sneakers, George was strumming his guitar, deep in concentration, on the fringes of Jessie Square on Mission Street [...]
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Stockton Street Encounter

Friday, December 11th 2009
It’s a lively December afternoon in San Francisco’s Chinatown.  The air outside is crisp yet warm enough not to need a coat.  An elderly Caucasian woman standing less than 5-feet-tall, carrying a cane half her size and dressed in an oversize navy blue hooded sweatshirt, fleece hat and plaid scarf exits a Chinese convenience store on Stockton Street, between Clay and Sacramento streets. [...]
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My Poetry

Tuesday, December 8th 2009
The photo above is of my good friend Hugh Gregory, a.k.a. Hugh-EMC, a San Francisco-based rap artist.  Hailing from The City’s Fillmore District, Hugh is revered by many as being one of the founding fathers of Bay Area hip-hop [...]
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Tim the Keyboard Man

Tuesday, December 1st 2009
Meet Tim the Keyboard Man.  San Francisco Bay Area residents may recognize Tim.  He’s a street musician here in The City.  Tim can usually be found playing old saloon style toons during business hours on various street corners throughout the Financial District [...[
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Hella Pop

Friday, November 20th 2009
This here is a pic of my good friend Sean R.  I've known Sean for about 17 years now.  We met through skateboarding in the early-to-mid ‘90s, many moons before mainstream media and corporations had their paws in the cookie jar [...]
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Through Their Lens: Travis Jensen

Monday, November 9th 2009
I have a little interview up on San Francisco-based photography website CaliberSF.  I’m a big fan of the photographers behind the site, so I was honored when they approached me about doing an interview [...]
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He Loved Her Madly

Thursday, November 5th 2009
I shot this portrait roughly two weeks ago while out shooting at lunch with comrade Derek Poon (4Fifteen).  We were walking back from Chinatown (I know we always shoot there) when we ran into this man on Pine Street, between Battery and Front streets [...]
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October Photo Pageant

Thursday, October 22nd 2009
Below is a pageant of random photos from October.  As you can see, the shutter bug has been rather strong this month.  (Actually, some of these photos, like the first eight or so, are from late September.)  [...]
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I See Angels: San Francisco Fleet Week 2009

Wednesday, October 14th 2009
Another San Francisco Fleet Week has come and gone.  The weather put somewhat of a damper on this year’s festivities [...]
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San Francisco LovEvolution 2009 Recap

Wednesday, October 7th 2009
(Warning: Some of the images and links within this post may contain adult content.)

Last Saturday, after a rough round of Oktoberfest celebrations at Schroeder’s the evening before, I called up comrade Plug1 from WhatImSeeing.com and asked if he had any interest in shooting LovEvolution with me [...]

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"I Live Here: SF: Travis"

Tuesday, October 6th 2009
I was recently featured as part of the popular “I Live Here: SF” project, an online feature profiling various San Franciscans as subjects.  The project is a collaboration between the subject and project founder and photographer Julie Michelle (a.k.a. “TangobabySF”) [...]
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Five days of work, one whole day to play!

Friday, September 25th 2009
’Im so glad the weekend is finally here.  It’s been a rough-and-tumble week.  I’m pooped.  We (the Jensen clan) are heading to Sonoma tomorrow morning for a little R&R [...]
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New Toys

Friday, September 18th 2009
I purchased a new DSLR camera a few weeks back.  It’s a Canon, of course. I was due for an upgrade.  My dad actually pulled the trigger on my old camera, two lenses and a handful of accessories.  I gave him a hell of a deal on the outfit.  He seems to have a slight case of the shutterbug [...]
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“Weekly Ink: SF Tribute” Interview from SF Weekly site.

Tuesday, September 15th 2009
I have an interview up on the SF Weekly site focusing on my San Francisco Ferry Building tattoo [...]
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Clearance Rack

Friday, September 11th 2009
My wife and I decided to walk to the newly opened discount bookstore yesterday evening.  The discount store is just an annex of the regular bookstore.  The two stores are located a block-and-a-half from one another [...]
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Artist Andrew Schoultz Studio Visit + Mural Opening and Fundraiser Info

Friday, August 28th 2009
Last week, I went to visit longtime friend and artist Andrew Schoultz at his San Francisco Mission District studio.  After getting some sneak peaks of new work in progress, we headed down the street to check out the large-scale mural he had recently completed at the home of world-renowned Architect David Baker [...]
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