Shahrokh Hatami
Web Design, Art Direction, Identity, Copywriting
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Hatami has had a long and distinguished career as one of the true legends in photojournalism. He took some of the earliest color images of The Beatles backstage at the Cavern Club. He was the photographer of Coco Chanel’s fashion creations from 1962-1969. He was Sharon Tate’s favorite photographer. And on February 1, 1979, he was on the plane with the Ayatollah Khomeini during his historic flight from France to Iran and took dramatic images of street fighting in the ensuing days, documenting the Iranian Revolution. Needless to say, this project was a real treasure trove of 20th century world history.

San Francisco Art Exchange
Editorial, Curation, Copywriting, Jr. Design
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I wore many hats at the San Francisco Art Exchange. For the web site I was responsible for managing all content, from image production to writing copy to curating the collections in each store. I also directed the email marketing program. Celebrated as the gallery of the popular image, our focus was on the fine art of music, iconic figures from Hollywood, political leaders, and agents of social change.

Things Kept Burning
Web Design, Art Direction, Identity, Copywriting
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This is the relaunched site for my book, Things Kept Burning, updated in May 2011. The previous version was designed by my friend Matt over at Adaugeo, and was clean, simple, minimal and, for more than 4 and 1/2 years, really cool. I wanted an update to incorporate more outtakes from the cover shoot, have links to other work online, provide some background as to my influences during the writing of the book, and demonstrate my expanded web design proficiency.