Substance: PUBLIC DOMAIN for Indie ARTIST

Ramon: Big Ups from Substance for taking out some time for a couple of Q&A from local Professional photographer, BOSS Shayne Herrera. Shayne Herrera: Thanks! Ramon:  No problem man. First I gotta ask what exactly is it about photography that is unlike any other 9-5? Shayne Herrera: A normal 9-5 has a pretty clear path, a clear road map and you pretty much already know. You go to work, you check-in and you go do the first task then the second and etc. But, as you know, photography takes me to places I have never been. Ramon: How so? Shayne Herrera: I recall you and I were headed to a photo show of mine in San Francisco. Ramon:  Yeah, fucking nuts! Shayne Herrera: You somehow ended up with a CUTIE run away on your lap that hop in the car running away from her Parole. Then the police came around. Ramon: Dude that shit was straight savage. She fucking booked it and crossed the Light Rail tracks and pulled off a WIN! Crazy shit happens when you hang out with a ...

Living in San Jose lately has deprecated the value of “true” photography. With modern technology and so many blogs about people blabbering about pictures being Photoshop, there happens to be a genuine photographer living in San Jose who once told me, “What you see if what you get.” Shayne Herrera, has this inner person that craves for knowledge outside of corporate walls, his experience and portfolio carries the added weight on merits alone.  A man whose purpose is to walk the earth in search of what is happening on the surface inside the grit and grime of civilized society, reveals what is really happening in our city while those who stay trapped inside their protected prisons sit and lay. His photograph’s capture reality at its pinnacle point in time, taking the time to show the real justice of American living and not just some cheesy, written, soap opera fakeness that is custom to what we see on an everyday basis. Thank you for seeking truth in this beautiful corrupted...