Thomas Locke Hobbs

Hi! Thanks for visiting. I'm an American photographer living in Buenos Aires. These are photos from the blog I kept on my site from 2003 to 2009. I now have redesigned the home page to just show a portfolio of my current work. I also blog at BuenosAiresPhotographer.com where I post my baires snapshots.
 
Pastel Houses in San Francisco
photo of pastel houses in san francisco

photo of pastel houses in san francisco

photo of pastel houses in san francisco

photo of pastel houses in san francisco

photo of pastel houses in san francisco

photo of pastel houses in san francisco
There's a lot of 1950s era houses in San Francisco that are painted in a muted rainbow of pastel. They're less famous than the Victorians but probably comprise a great percentage of the city's housing stock and are no less vital to giving SF its look. At some point I need to explore the Westlake District, a Jetson's Era planned development just to the south in Daly City that's supposed to be the best example of the whole 1950s pastel thing.
 
I have been living in San Francisco since the middle of December. Despite growing up in the Bay Area this is actually my first time living in SF. It's pleasant enough. I'm in Noe Valley [on Castro St.]
 
It's been raining a lot here in Northern California. I feel like I'm living in Seattle.
 
Friends in New York
Emilie and Aaron at a party we threw Saturday night where I was mixing Caiprinhas. Aaron has some photos of my mixing skills on his blog.

Bryan and Darwin

Sebastian and Tom

Fernando and Aaron

At brunch on Sunday [since it was too cold to hang out outside all that much], Arturo, Artur and Meire
Tom and David

 
The new New Musuem's bathroom

I'm in New York for five days. I had a free JetBlue flight that was about to expire. Being January I'll be spending most of my time in museums and bars. Most of the New Museum is this very austere white and gray so I was a bit surprised when I entered the basement bathroom to find this riot of flowers and burnt orange.

Afterwards I visited my friend Bryan who lives nearby [very close to my old place on Mulberry, in fact]. In his bathroom he's framed flyers he saved from Club Luxx back from 2002 when we were both new to New York. I like how the Scissor Sisters weren't even top billing.
 
Burned hills in Malibu from a vista point on Piuma Road near Saddle Peak

Here's the same view in color. You can make out a house that burned down on the left-front cluster of houses, closest to the burnt section. For another view, pre-fire, check out 2006.08.11. I went up this road just a few days after I bought my Miata a couple of years ago.

I was down in LA again for the weekend and Dad and I went for a drive on Sunday. The weather was perfect, as always, but the air was also perfectly clear and from up in the mountains we had a clear view of the entire basin--Palos Verdes, Catalina Island, Century City, Downtown and the snow-capped mountains to the east.

 
Getting in the mood for 2008



photo of thomas locke hobbs Hi. I'm a 33 year-old American currently living in Buenos Aires. Before that I lived in California, Sao Paulo and New York and if you browse through the archives below you can see photos of all those places. Currently I'm posting most of my pictures on BuenosAiresPhotographer.com. I also have an old geocities page with some outdated information but also more photos of Buenos Aires, friends and my 9/11 pictures.


Friends
Zach Franzen, Luc Garcia, Bryan Chin, Vagner Cardoso, Aaron Holsberg, Jesse on the Brink, Stephen Suess, Overheard in NY, nblinks, Ted Gideonse, Ben Lima.

Blog Highlights
Portraits [2004, 2005, 2006, 2007], Portugal, Sao Paulo Gay Pride, Sao Paulo Skyline, More Sao Paulo [1, 2, 3, 4], Buenos Aires [1, 2, 3], Mexico City, Curitiba, The Gates, Paris, Morocco [1, 2, 3, 4], NYC Gay Pride [2006, 2007, 2008]

Other Stuff
My Flickr Stream and BuenosAiresPhotographer my other blog.

Archives
2003.06, 2003.07, 2003.08, 2003.09, 2003.10, 2003.11, 2003.12, 2004.01, 2004.02, 2004.03, 2004.04, 2004.05, 2004.06, 2004.07, 2004.08, 2004.09, 2004.10, 2004.11, 2004.12, 2005.01, 2005.02, 2005.03, 2005.04, 2005.05, 2005.06, 2005.07, 2005.08, 2005.09, 2005.10, 2005.11, 2005.12, 2006.01, 2006.02, 2006.03, 2006.04, 2006.05, 2006.06, 2006.07, 2006.08, 2006.09, 2006.10, 2006.11, 2006.12, 2007.01, 2007.02, 2007.03, 2007.04, 2007.05, 2007.06, 2007.07, 2007.08, 2007.09, 2007.10, 2007.11, 2007.12, 2008.01, 2008.02, 2008.03, 2008.04, 2008.05, 2008.06, 2008.07, 2008.08, 2008.09, 2008.10, 2008.11, 2008.12, 2009.01, 2009.02, 2009.03, 2009.04, 2009.05, 2009.06, 2009.07, 2009.08, 2009.09, 2009.10,

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Contact
thobbs at gmail dot com

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