Framed Shots

This cave was created by the Dutch Henry Winery to store and age their wine.






East meets west as the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum faces Herbert Hoover Junior High School in San Jose.





The loading bay of the SJSU Set Design department overlooks San Jose City Hall.

Student Union

Omar Hamid slices a back handed shot in the Student Union table tennis room.

Extreme Angles

SJSU students enjoy a lunch in the sun.

Music Video Shoot (Paloma and the Rubies)

SJSU Music Video Production class, RTVF 185, collaborated with Paloma and the Rubys to film a music video during April 2008.

"The students all want to start at the top," said SJSU Set Shop assistant Aaron Kaufman. "My job is to make sure the ones who start at the bottom do their jobs as well."

The set for the music video is created by students, some of whom had to work over their spring breaks.

"They were told they could not attend any of the off site filming locations unless the inside set was complete," said Kaufman.

The students were able to transform the University Theater into a Mexican Villa a matter of a few weeks.

Aaron Kaufman, Set Shop Assistant and SJSU student, stands before the tool shed.




The University theater in early stages of transformation. The columns above will be coated with stucco.


John York, head of the design shop, looks on as Ryan Pantalunan slices some Formica.


Crystal Jix and Eerin Cain use Formica slices to fill seams in the stage.


Students stain wooden tiles that will be glued to the walls of the set.


Jaime Hilgeneck applies stucco to wooden steps to give the appearance of natural carved stone steps.




The University Theater enjoys a rare moment of silence during the set building process.






Paloma and the Rubies bring the set to life.

Shadows and Light

This Pinzano straw hat was purchased from the Berkeley Hat Company.





Tropical plants line Brooklyn Ave. in San Jose, CA.





A tray of succulent plants strike an alien pose in the shadows.

Campus Life

Cropped per some class discussion.



San Jose State University study between the book stacks at Martin Luther King Library.


Spring weather brings out the snuggling students on the San Jose State University campus.

A San Jose State University student ponders his work while sitting at the bike table at the Martin Luther King Library.