I spent a week in the summer of 2007 exploring and photographing the fascinating city of San Francisco and surrounding area. If you've viewed the previous articles of travel impressions I've posted on this site, you'll note that my photographic intentions are focused on interpretation, rather than description. I wanted to make more than just a record of the sights I saw along the way. I want my pictures to express my own feelings about them.
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Castro Street, San Francisco This street scene was photographed at a bus stop on Castro Street. The Castro...
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Union Square, San Francisco The statue, mounted on top of a column, commemorates the victory of...
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Macy's window, San Francisco Macy's may fill one side of historic Union Square, but its...
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Restaurant, San Francisco's Chinatown There are two Chinatowns in San Francisco. One belongs to the locals,...
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Palace Hotel, San Francisco The Palace, built in 1875, survived the great earthquake of 1906, but was...
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Union Square Artwork, San Francisco Giant hearts stand at each corner of Union Square. This one, "Single...
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Hearst Building, San Francisco The Market Street home of William Randolph Hearst's publishing...
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San Francisco Museum of Modern Art The soaring atrium of the museum is topped by its signature skylight...
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San Francisco commuters Hundreds of Bay Area Rapid Transit commuters enter San Francisco by passing...
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Tenderloin District, San Francisco Neighborhood artists enliven a wall between buildings with a paniting of...
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Chinatown, San Francisco Thousands of Chinese laborers came to San Francisco between 1850 and 1900 to...
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Two worlds, San Francisco Chinatown Chinatown reflects both Asian traditions and the dynamic presence of a 21st...
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Presidio Cemetery, San Francisco The first national cemetery on the west coast, the Presidio cemetery dates to...
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Presidio Pet Cemetery, San Francisco Formerly a place where military pets were buried, this small, secluded...
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Mare Island Shipyard, San Francisco This naval shipyard was established in 1854, and closed in 1996. It was the...
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Rotunda, Treasure Island, San Francisco The administration building of 1939's Golden Gate Exposition still...
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Palace of the Fine Arts, San Francisco Famed architect Bernard Maybeck designed this lavish structure for the 1915...
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Dining Hall, Alcatraz, San Francisco Bay Bleak, grim, and severe, this dining hall once served the likes of Al Capone,...
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Gulls over Alcatraz, San Francisco Bay Alcatraz island has one of the largest Western Gull colonies on the Northern...
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Courtship at Golden Gate, San Francisco I made this image on Alcatraz Island. This pair of Western Gulls, part...
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Indian occupation, Alcatraz Island In the late 1960s, after Alcatraz prison had closed down, hundreds of Native...
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Guard, Alcatraz Prison A lifelike figure of a prison guard stands in a glass case in the...
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St. Vincent DePaul, Petaluma, California An early worshipper approaches the door of this cathedral, which was built in...
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Living history, Petaluma, California This man restored and maintains this old delivery truck -- I...
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Sweet Corn, Petaluma, California This old truck was parked just outside of Petaluma's market. The...
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WCTU fountain, Petaluma, California Petaluma has saved this concrete drinking fountain on a busy downtown...
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On the Petaluma River Time seems to stand still in Petaluma. The great earthquakes that...
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Signs of the times, Petaluma Historical preservation of its old buildings and signage helps...
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Farmers Market, Petaluma Locals come to Petaluma's Farmers Market to buy food, crafts, and...
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Asleep at Petaluma Farmer's Market A double dose of shade helps this small sleeper to slumber.
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Dawn, Petaluma, California Dawn clouds fan out over an old bank, which now houses an antiques collective.
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Dawn colors, Petaluma An old fire escape, a tattered flag, and a cloud laden sky greet the...
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Art imitates life, Petaluma Part of the 109 foot long Petaluma Heritage Mural, painted in 1998 by Steve...
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Pilings and reeds, Petaluma River The Petaluma River flows through the heart of the city. It is actually...
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Grazing, di Rosa Preserve, Napa Valley We spent an entire morning touring the vast contemporary art...
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Shattered, di Rosa Preserve Photographs are forbidden in the sprawling galleries on the di Rosa Preserve,...
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Fallen, di Rosa Preserve An army of fallen classical sculptures invariably surprise visitors to the di...
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Freedom, di Rosa Preserve This metal sculpture is one of 2,300 works of contemporary art...
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Bear Flag statue, Sonoma On June 14, 1846, a small group of armed American settlers, displeased with...
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Sugarloaf Ridge State Park, Sonoma A landscape of ancient boulders, Oaks and grasses greets the hikers...
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Walking through history, Berkeley Berkeley's Telegraph Avenue was the core of counter-culture life in the...
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Point Reyes National Seashore Point Reyes National Seashore is a 70,000 acre nature preserve in...
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Cow crossing, Point Reyes Seashore Dairy cows graze on farms that exist within the Point Reyes Seashore nature...
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Beachwalker, Point Reyes Seashore A beach is the fragile border between the domains of man and nature....
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