Fuck You All, a traveling exhibition of work by American photographer Glen Friedman — known for his photography of skateboarders and musicians like the Beastie Boys, Fugazi, Black Flag, etc. — arrives at 941Geary (just off of Polk Street) on Saturday and will run through Dec. 31. The exhibition will feature some unviewed collaborations between [...]
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F*ck You All Rolls Into 941
Posted in Art, Events, Photography, tagged 941Geary, Art, Exhibition, Fuck You All, Glen F. Friedman, Photography, Shepard Fairey on November 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Exterior Visions
Posted in Photography, tagged Giants, Photography, Polk, San Francisco Giants on November 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Check out this awesome collection of photos from Flickr user edge211 of the Polk Street Giants celebrations on Polk Street Monday night — “pure joy and jubilation in the streets,” as he calls it.
Pony Rides Enter
Posted in Art, Photography, tagged Local Blog, Photography, Polk Street Blues Festival on September 28, 2010 | 1 Comment »
I Know Alyssa Jones has some beautiful photos with from the Polk Street Blues Fest this weekend. From the fair ride attendant who was taking a mid-day snooze to the ponies only for riders 70 lbs. and under, her highlights offer a fun perspective on a festival that was more or less just like the [...]
From Russian Hill With Love
Posted in Art, Photography, tagged Art, City View, Flickr, Photography, Pyramid Building, Skyline on August 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
One Fish Two Fish Old Fish . . .
Posted in Art, Photography, tagged Alioto's, Art, Fisherman's Wharf, Photography on August 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Loving this retro 1962 photo of Alioto’s and Fisherman’s Wharf, from the vantage point of Taylor and Jefferson. I spotted it on my favorite Americana blog, A Continuous Lean. While the automobiles do stir up feelings of nostalgia, the rest of the scene remains notably unchanged today.
The Other Alhambra
Posted in Architecture, Photography, tagged Alhambra Hotel, Caliber, Tenderloin on August 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Alhambra Theater, as you may have noticed, is my favorite building in Russian Hill. But funny thing . . . Julie over at Caliber calls the former hotel Alhambra her favorite building in the Tenderloin. I guess there’s something about palatial Moorish architecture that’s hard to resist.
Hyde Lapse
Posted in Art, Photography, tagged Bay, Cable Car, Hyde, Photography, Time Lapse, Video on August 4, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Here’s a rad time lapse of the cable car heading up Hyde Street towards the Bay.
Alhambra, San Francisco (1992)
Posted in Art, Photography, tagged Alhambra Theater, Art, Hiroshi Sugimoto, London, Photography, Polk, Union, Victoria & Albert Museum on July 1, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Photo by Hiroshi Sugimoto, from the Victoria & Albert Museum, London.Alhambra’s got international appeal! According to Flickr: Hiroshi Sugimoto was born in Tokyo in 1948. ‘Alhambra, San Francisco,’ (1992) is part of a long-standing and on-going project of photographing theatres. Sugimoto records the ambient light created by the cinema screen. The drama of the light [...]
One-a-Day: My Secret Garden
Posted in One-a-Day, Photography, Stores, tagged FLIPP, One-a-Day, Photography, Stores on April 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
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