Joseph Schell Photography
Apple fans mourned the death of Steve Jobs by placing objects at a makeshift altar at the downtown San Francisco Apple Store on Oct. 6, 2011, the day after he passed away. -The San Francisco Examiner
The once bustling police gym located on an old naval base near the Bayview/ Hunter's Point Art Studios is now abandoned and empty as a ghost town.
Lindsay Shirley was one of hundreds who participated in the Occupy SF protest on a recent rainy Friday (Jan. 20, 2012) in San Francisco's Financial District. Similar anti-Wall Street demonstrations took place on the same day across the U.S. in front of banks and courthouses. -San Francisco Examiner
Niners quarterback Alex Smith runs in a touchdown against the Saints in the NFC Divisional at Candlestick Park on January 14, 2012. The 49ers eventually won the game, 36-32. -San Francisco Examiner
San Mateo resident Daniella Martin, an aspiring host a television show on insect cookery and a budding entomophagist, presents her idea of an appetizer: a scorpion on a fresh endive leaf with crème fraîche and an orange wedge. -SF Weekly
San Francisco Firefighters and city officials salute Anthony Valerio as his body is wheeled out of San Francisco General Hospital. He was the second firefighter to die in a deadly Diamond Heights blaze that took place on June 2, 2011. -The San Francisco Examiner
Bon Iver drew a sold-out crowd at his Greek Theater show in Berkeley on Sept. 20, 2011. -SF Weekly
Hayley Norris spins poi on the beach of Helsketh Island, a small privately owned island outside of Homer, Alaska in Kachemak Bay.
Michael Lam is one of many workers who take the overnight shift at the US Postal Annex in San Francisco's Bayview/Hunter's Point. -The Bold Italic
Two hikers, Dane Lamay and Sam Schell, peer from the top of a cleared tree pile out over the San Juan Islands from a top of the Chuckanut Mts.
Barrel racing is one of many contests featured at the annual Best Buck in the Bay Rodeo, located in La Honda, CA. -The Bay Citizen
Downtown San Francisco hi-rise interior detail. -Mason Kirby Architects
Siblings spar at 3rd St. Gym in San Francisco's Dog Patch Neighborhood as part of their Kids Boxing program. -7x7 Magazine
The mid-summer melt of Beloit Glacier results in large chunks of ice flowing out of Blackstone Bay and into Alaska's Prince William Sound.
Busker Gabriel Angelo catches the eye of pedestrians shopping downtown San Francisco near Union Square during the holiday season (December, 2010). -7x7 Magazine
Nefertiti Franks, 18, looks out the window of her Excelsior foster home while contemplating the State of California's decision to extend the maximum foster child's age from 18 to 21-years-old. -The San Francisco Examiner
Anna Baker, Lauren Guerin, Olivia Fisher-Smith and Sasha Dierauf (left to right) listen intently to their 2 Mile Surf Shop instructor, Ona Seney, as they prepare to hit the waves in Bolinas, CA. -The Bay Citizen
A boy eagerly peers out the window of a early morning charter boat in San Francisco Bay at the beginning of the 2010 crab season. -East Bay Express
Clients and Projects
San Francisco Examiner
SF Examiner is one of the two daily newspapers in San Francisco bringing cutting edge news and information to the Greater San Francisco Area.
7×7 Magazine
7×7 is one of several lifestyle magazines in San Francisco that covers the latest in local fashion, food, dining, travel, fitness, and music.
The Bay Citizen
The Bay Citizen is non-profit online publication covering Bay Area news with ties to the New York Times.
DYKEMAN
Dykeman is a design firm in Everett, Washington that specializes architecture, interior design, graphic design.
SF Weekly
The local Village Voice Media weekly paper; covers local events, music and culture as well as in-depth news reporting.
America’s Wild Horses: Freedom to Captivity
A project documenting the lives of America’s Wild Horses
The Lonely Highway - Blog
About Joseph
I currently reside in San Francisco, California, but grew up in the Skagit River Valley of Washington’s Puget Sound. I pride myself as a keen observer of the world around me and like to think that my rural upbringing, companionship of my three siblings, and the creative influence of my parents has led me to not only strive toward creativity, but to appreciate the beauty of the people and world around me.
As for my photography, I’m drawn to patterns, high contrasts, story telling juxtapositions and small details that make up a whole. Further within my approach, I strive toward an objective method of recording my surroundings, rather than a subjective production of art.
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