THE ORIGIN

BAY AREA.
CARS.
CAMERAS.

EST. 2016
Young Shawn with camera
THE BEGINNING

I'VE HAD A CAMERA IN MY HANDS AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER

STARTED WITH MY DAD'S SONY CAMCORDER. 8 YEARS OLD, FILMING WHATEVER I THOUGHT WAS WORTH FILMING. NO FILM SCHOOL. NO FORMAL TRAINING. JUST A KID WHO WANTED TO CAPTURE THINGS THAT LOOKED COOL.

Skateboarding days
THE FOUNDATION

SKATEBOARDING PROPELLED MY PASSION FOR VIDEO

THE HOMIES WERE THE CREW. THE CAMERA WAS HOW WE DOCUMENTED IT ALL. EVERY TRICK, EVERY SESSION, EVERY MOMENT WORTH REMEMBERING.

Cars era
THE EVOLUTION

SKATEBOARDING WAS REPLACED BY CARS

THIS IS WHEN KEEPITCITY WAS BORN. SAME PASSION, DIFFERENT SUBJECT. THE CAMERA STAYED. THE OBSESSION WITH CAPTURING COOL SHIT STAYED. EVERYTHING ELSE EVOLVED.

Shawn now
NOW

STILL FIGURING IT OUT

I RUN PRODUCTION AT A CREATIVE AGENCY BY DAY. KEEPITCITY IS THE SIDE THAT'S JUST MINE. NO CLIENTS, NO DEADLINES. JUST THE STUFF I ACTUALLY WANT TO MAKE.

I'M NOT HERE TO SELL YOU ANYTHING.
IF YOU ENJOY MY WORK, I'D LOVE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION.