Chris Hardy: San Francisco Photographer

If there’s one thing I appreciate it’s a good story, and if anyone’s full of them it’s this guy . Chris Hardy is a San Francisco photographer whos 25 years as a photojournalist have given him the advantage of building up a truly impressive portfolio of celebrities, politicians, athletes and so much more. And the man has an unbelievable talent.

I was on my way home from LA yesterday, waiting to get off of a packed plane at 11:30 PM, on hour 16 of my day, checking Facebook for anything interesting that didn’t take any significant brain power to process. I discovered through Chris’s status update in my feed that he has a blog. Usually anything Chris has to say is funny and often a little offbeat, so I clicked through to read his most recent post – a story behind this fabulous Paris Hilton photo. The story was so compelling that I immediately went straight to the previous blog post and by the time I was home from SFO I had read every single one.

Being a news photographer put Mr. Hardy at the forefront of all kinds of action, and he seems to have an impeccable talent for getting a shot that tells a story in-and-of itself. This small, but growing collection of Picture Stories is an eye-opening glance into the potent gaze of Clint Eastwood (who likes ice cream), the publicly sexual habits of Sharon Stone (who, believe it or not is not the one having sex on rooftops on this blog), a downright odd photo shoot with R. Crumb, and how Paris Hilton’s mom needs to learn how not to get out of a limo ass-first.

I recommend grabbing anything but a hot coffee that you’ll surely spit all over yourself while reading these posts, and spending a few minutes of your weekend with these riotously entertaining narratives.  Picture Stories will be the first non-technical or marketing feed in three years that I will be adding to my myYahoo feed collection. I hope you enjoy them as much as I did!