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Brenton Salo: West America

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Brenton Salo: West America

Photos by Brenton Salo

West America is a very simple and yet, very well branded and executed company spearheaded by Jordan and James. They’re not planning to change the world through the everyday, but they do plan to make the everyday with a little more craft and care. Brenton Salo recently visited Hufnagle’s quarters and shot a few photos of the space. Head over to his Tumblr to see more and head here, to the West America site to check out what they’re all about.

Brenton Salo at Ira Ryan Cycles

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Brenton Salo at Ira Ryan Cycles

Portland has got to be home to more frame builders per mile than anywhere else in the world. It’s staggering to go down the list of talented individuals who inhabit that great city. Also calling Portland home are a few great photographers. One of which is someone who I’ve come to admire over the years. Brenton Salo is a phenomenal photographer. He effortlessly mixes digital with analog photography and much like modern, steel framebuilders, there’s an artwork to this talent.

I reached out to Brenton and asked him to document one such artisan. Ira Ryan, like Brenton, creates works of art with his hands and tools. He uses his eyes and his hands to shape perfection. His workspace, like many builders, is rich with textures, tools and hidden treasures. See for yourself as Brenton displays both digital and medium format photography below.

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Brenton Salo: Reflecting

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Brenton Salo: Reflecting

Photo by Brenton Salo

We’ve been having a ton of rain here in Austin for the past week, which has me focusing a lot on the various puddles. It’s not often that we get rain like this. Riding a bike can be a drag when it’s pouring but oftentimes, when you embrace it, you can have fun. Which brings me to one of my favorite photos by Brenton Salo. I don’t think I’ve seen a better skid photo than this one in years and it’s from 2009.