Skateboarding is both a celebrated and despised part of San Francisco. For photographer Andrew Caulfield, who goes by the nickname Ando, skateboarding and photography intersected for him as a young teen at Embarcadero Plaza.
• March 25, 2022 9:30 am - Updated March 25, 2022 11:36 am
For photographer Andrew Caulfield, who goes by the nickname Ando, skateboarding and photography intersected for him as a young teen at Embarcadero Plaza.It was the early 1990s, and hundreds of skateboarders would convene daily at Embarcadero Plaza, then known as Justin Herman Plaza, turning The City into a mecca for street-style skating.
Growing up in S.F. in the ‘80s and ‘90s, Ando kind of happened his way into the skateboarding lifestyle. He began frequenting a skate shop, FTC, in one of its early incarnations on Bush Street. “I was around all these photographers, who were people that shot all these iconic photos of skateboarding that I always looked up to,” Ando said. “I was like, ‘This is about as good as it’s going to get as far as learning experience, so I should take advantage of this and pick these guys’ brains.’”
“I’ve developed these interpersonal relationships with skateboarders that go beyond actually taking photos of them,” he said. “They feel a little more comfortable with me, so I can get a good mix of the technical skating stuff, maybe some lifestyle stuff and also maybe even some moments that most people might not be around for.”
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