Laura Morton

On Assignment: Portraits

Adam Reed Rozan (left), a marketing manager at the Oakland Museum, and Ian Padgham, of SMOMA, are two friends who have learned how to dress stylishly on a non-profit workers budget.
  
James Sime, the owner of Isotope, shows off a selection of books from the Hayes Valley comic book store in San Francisco, California. Sime's philosophy is that comic book shops should be more friendly and welcoming.
  
Mariam Naficy, the founder of Minted.com and an art collector, stands beneath a piece of artwork by Lalla Essaydi while posing for a portrait at her home in San Francisco, California.
     
  
   
Alice Hoagland, the mother of Mark Bingham, sits on a bench memorializing her son with her brother Linden Hoagland near their home in Redwood Estates, Calif., on Monday, May 2, 2011. Bingham died on 9/11 on United Airlines Flight 93 and was one of the passengers who attempted to storm the cockpit in an attempt to regain control of the plane from the hijackers.
  
A dancer waits backstage while performing in the Triangle Youth Ballet's production of The Nutcracker in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
     
  
A young Japanese girl waits outside the Harajuku train station dressed in a style that has made the Tokyo neighborhood famous for it's fashion.
  
Julie Cloutier poses for a portrait on the corner of 16th and Guerrero Streets next to where she placed a portrait of a rock she collected there as part of an art project in San Francisco, California. Cloutier collected rocks she found on the street, painted portraits of them and then placed the portraits in the precise location where the original rock was found. Her work is part of a group show at San Francisco Art Institute.
  
Danny Hess, Josh Duthie, Jeff Canham and Luke Bartels (left to right), the four members of Woodshop, pose for a portrait at at their showroom in San Francisco, California.
     
  
Actress Jody Gelb prepares herself in her dressing room to play the part of Madame Morrible in the San Francisco production of the musical Wicked.
  
Chef Alice Waters of Chez Panisse enjoys walking along the paths in John Hinkel Park, one of her favorite places to take a stroll through the Berkeley Hills in Berkeley, California.
  
R.J. Cutler is the director of The September Issue, a behind the scenes documentary about the creation of the September 2007 issue of Vogue magazine.
     
  
   
Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck sits for a portrait at Stanford University where he is studying architectural design in Palo Alto, California. Luck has decided to stay in school for another year and complete his degree instead of entering the NFL draft.
  
Mariam Naficy, the founder of Minted.com and an art collector, sits for a portrait beneath a piece of artwork by Amy Kaufman at her home in San Francisco, California.
     
  
Gitane Executive Chef Bridget Batson surveys the scene outside the the kitchen while working at the restaurant in San Francisco, California. Batson says she avoids typical kitchen drama in favor of a calmer approach.
   
Benito Vergara, author of the book Pinoy Capital: The Filipino Nation in Daly City, walks along Mission St. which serves as one the areas for the Filipino community in Daly City, California.