The Evolutions of Jerry Hsu

All of Jerry Hsu’s pictures are self-portraits. Pink and white flowers strewn in a chain-link fence to make a heart. Hellish plumes of smoke in plain daylight. And car wrecks, most memorably an SUV tipped on its side, the soft red glow of its taillights cradling a “4A POEM” plate. He’s rarely, if ever, in-frame, but there in feeling. Just wait for it.The San Jose-born photographer and skateboarder has a near sixth sense when it comes to capturing these sobering ironies of life, many of which lan...