Ken Walton is Making Streetfoto San Francisco Happen

Photo by Ken Walton
Photo by Ken Walton

Now on its 2nd year, Streetfoto San Francisco will happen on June 5-11. We had a quick chat with Ken Walton, the organizer of Streetfoto on how he balances life, photography, putting San Francisco on center stage. (Interview by A.g. De Mesa)

A.g.: Aside from being the organizer of the Streetfoto, you’re a very dedicated father, an avid traveler, and a very active photographer yourself. How do you pull this off and balance everything?!

Ken: As for how I pull it all off – it’s not easy, and my time management skills are really not all that great, but when I’m really passionate about something, I do the work of ten men. It’s also pretty difficult to get me to reply to an email for several months a year.

Streetfoto: Putting Street Photography and San Francisco in the Photo Festival Scene

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(Photos used in this interview is used with permission from Streetfoto and the respected copyright of the owners. Streetfoto Poster image by Jack Simon)

San Francisco is probably one of the most under rated US cities when it comes to street photography. Home to a lot of hard workers and street shooters, the city will be the venue for Streetfoto, a new international street photography festival. Lined up with exhibits, contests, portfolio reviews, lectures, and a lot more, Streetfoto is shaping up to put San Francisco in the street photography festival scene. We got a chance to talk to Ken Walton, the brainchild of this festival and we discuss what Streetfoto is about, his views on street photography, and what folks can expect when they go there.