Denham The Jeanmaker available at Revolver was nominated by SPORTSWEAR INTERNATIONAL as the Best Denim Brand for 2010 

Interview with Jason Denham of Denham the Jeanmaker

Denham is available exclusively in the United States @ Revolver

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Yuketen just sent us pictures of their new lookbook of their wares tested in the beauty of winter in Maine. Founder Yuki Matsuda takes a trip to Maine each winter to shoot their lookbook in the wilderness, showing the Yuketen products in the environment they're made for. Featuring garments from Monitaly collection with heavy jackets, wool chambray pants and shirts; items available at Revolver. 

What kind of man are you?

Monitaly Fall 2010 Available Online

Yuketen Fall 2010 Available Online 

Interview with Yuki Matsuda of Yuketen/Monitaly

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Revolver loves independently printed goods. Meet with artists, zine makers and more @ SF Zine Fest. 

Saturday, September 4 from 11:00am – 6:00pm
Sunday, September 5 from 11:00am – 6:00pm
(Labor Day Weekend) 

SF County Fair Building
(formerly Hall of Flowers)

9th Ave. at Lincoln Way (in Golden Gate Park) map
SF Zine Fest is returning to our San Francisco County Fair Building! 

The SF County Fair Building is easily accessible by bicycle (lots of parking right out front) and also by public transit: The N train and the 6, 16BX, 43, 44, and 71 bus lines all drop you off within a couple blocks of the Fest! Parking can be more difficult, the adjacent lot is for loading and unloading ONLY. There are some paid parking lots in the nearby Inner Sunset district. 

More info @ SF Zine Fest

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 A sweet time-lapse picnic with great use of the nighttime light in The Acorn's video "Restoration."

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GUYS - New work from Jesse Pollock is now on view at Revolver Gallery.  

Q: When did you first begin shooting photographs?

I actually got started quite late. My father is a photographer and spent the majority of my childhood documenting every minute of my life growing up. Subsequently I came to hate photography for many years and it took me a very long time to get over all that. Of course, now I am the exact same way and have to train myself to leave the cameras at home lest I end up annoying everyone around me in the same way. I would say that I have been seriously shooting for about ten years now.

It's quite a struggle not to shoot everything all the time and so I try to only shoot things that I have never seen before. This can be an angle, lighting or strictly content, but most important is creating a photo that will make people stop and look twice. There is nothing more heartbreaking that having someone just walk past a photo like it was a billboard ad, and I don't want to waste anyone's time with mediocrity anyways- so that's the main focus.
Of course, what's new to me may not be new to everyone else but there's not much I can do about that anyways. Hopefully if there is a similarity to another photographer's work, it will be a good one. I tend to take a lot of photos of women since there are so many in my life and they often inspire me to shoot in different ways. I put together the Girls zine last year since after realizing that I wanted to see them in one place. The Guys counter-part came into focus this year as the natural follow up to complete the set. I have to say that I could do with a few more men in my life as my Guys zine felt a bit stunted, but I guess that's evocative of my life in general so it's a work in progress. They both are. As a rule, I generally know most of my subjects as the prospect of photographing strangers horrifies me and always has. Occasionally I will feel compelled to shoot someone I have just met, but it's usually something that stems from being close with people. Some photos end up being set up a bit just to get the right lighting, but most of the time I just shoot them like I see them. I try my best not to dictate what anyone should be taking away from any particular photo, however my work often ends up being divided between two different schools of photography. On one hand, I am drawn to the journalistic, gritty taste of street photography while on the other hand, I never want things to be taken too seriously. I want every photo to make people laugh and enjoy themselves. It's a classic identity crisis and one that I enjoy watching evolve. Hmmm.. well I would venture to say that his work is a touch more homo-erotic than mine when it comes to photographing men, but I could see the similarity. I definitely feel at home intimately documenting my immediate surroundings and different groups of friends. And obviously I have a thing for photocopying so I guess that person has a pretty good eye. I rarely re-print zines and am in the habit of giving away even the copies I own (which can be quite annoying) so I would encourage anyone who wants a zine to grab one while they are still around. There may at some point be a book version of the two zines together, but that could be some ways off at this point. People can check in with Unpiano Books about that status of that project.

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