Last summer I was invited to San Jose, CA to join a group of filmmakers, editors and producers to create a documentary film as a part of the MediaStorm Storytelling Workshop hosted by Brian Storm and Robert Browman.
The resulting project, “Lights in the Shadows” follows two young men who provide services to the unhoused community in Silicon Valley, considered one of the wealthiest regions in the nation. The two superheroes work anonymously in costume to provide a lifeline to the many people who sleep without shelter on San Jose’s sidewalks, camp in tents along the Guadalupe River or retreat to the subterranean darkness of the city’s storm drain tunnel system.
Here is a selection of stills captured during my time in San Jose.