Stay gold

Here's a video I filmed while on-set at photoshoots for two of the 10 Goldies winners — Malic Amalya (film) and Brontez Purnell (performance/music).

The photoshoots were at Amalya's and Purnell's Oakland and San Francisco apartments, respecitively, and were photographed by Goldies vets Saul Bromberger and Sandra Hoover.

Purnell lent me a song from his band, The Younger Lovers, to use with the footage. Enjoy!

Behind the scenes on two photo shoots for the SF Bay Guardian's 25th annual Guardian Outstanding Local Discovery arts awards. Winners Malic Amalya (film) and Brontez Purnell (performance/music) are featured in the video, with photographers Saul Bromberger and Sandra Hoover, who have been photographing Goldies winners for the past 18 years. Music is from Brontez's band, The Younger Lovers. The featured song is "Get Up, Get Up."

And here are the final portraits ...

Photo of Malic Amalya by Saul Bromberger and Sandra Hoover

Photo of Brontez Purnell by Saul Bromberger and Sandra Hoover

Throwback Thursday

Today I'm paging through the SF Bay Guardian's digital archives for the paper's brand-new Instagram account, because it's Throwback Thursday #tbt

It's invigorating to see cover art that's still fresh and relevant, despite the 40+-year throwback.

So far the account is filled with SFBG covers (you're welcome), but I imagine our Instagram coverage will expand to protests, concerts and other events in the coming weeks. Follow along here.

MicahTron photoshoot

Finally getting around to posting a behind-the-scenes video I filmed while on-set for the SF Bay Guardian's December Year in Music cover shoot, featuring stunning rapper MicahTron.

Shot at photographer Matthew Reamer's Mission studio, the footage features MicahTron, Reamer, dancers/club kids Saturn Jones and Jocquese Whitfield, and fashion designer Jim Zormeir — who created the white, warrior-like accessories to MicahTron's look with a handcrafted mold and lots of talent.

And here's the finished product ...

From left: Saturn Jones, MicahTron, Jocquese Whitfield. Photo by Matthew Reamer