UC Berkeley Settles Case with Photojournalist
UC Berkeley Chancellor Robert Birgeneau (Univ of California at Berkeley)BERKELEY, Calif (AP) -- The University of California, Berkeley will pay a photojournalist $162,500 to settle a lawsuit alleging...
View ArticleHow San Francisco Might Look if the 1906 Earthquake Happened Today
A women opens the door to her Mercedes on Sacramento Street while horses killed by falling rubble lie in the street. 2010 photo blend by Shawn Clover. It might be hard to fathom the devastation caused...
View ArticleNews Pix: Richmond Family Remembers a Fallen Son and Other Bay Area Images
We're back with our weekly photo feature. Enjoy these photos from around the Bay and a little further south as well (how could we resist dog mushing!). These shots highlight what's going on in...
View ArticleNews Pix: Occupy's One Year Anniversary, a Car Made of Scrap and More
The week in photos around the Bay Area: The "Special Delivery" street art show organized by Endless Canvas in a vacant west Berkeley warehouse on September 8th was attended by about 5,000 people and...
View ArticleWatch These Videos and Decide: Is This The Best of San Francisco?
Update: Brant Ozanich has nominated this video by his relative, Dylan Ozanich, in our "best of San Francisco" contest. "Here's what I think is a pretty good take on a early 20-something's life in a...
View ArticlePhotographers Discover Beauty in BART
You may think of it as that thing that gets you to and from work every day, but others with cameras have seen something else in BART: magic in the way raindrops gather on a handrail, or a story in the...
View ArticleInstagram Says Users' Photos Won't Appear in Ads
UPDATE 6:10 a.m. Oct. 21: Instagram has announced that it will not change its policies on advertising in its upcoming Terms of Service update. Company co-founder Kevin Systrom said in a blog post that...
View ArticleThe Train-Hopping 'Polaroid Kidd' Settles in Oakland, Publishes Book of Life...
Mike Brodie is famous for his photos documenting his life train hopping across the United States. (Shuka Kalantari/KQED) Mike Brodie has earned the nickname "Polaroid Kidd" by winning prestigious...
View ArticlePeter Stackpole Photography Exhibit Captures the Spirit of Building the Bay's...
Men heading home early after a fatality while building the Bay Bridge. Photo: Peter Stackpole, Quitting Time, 1935. As the Bay Bridge undergoes a protracted remodel, Oakland Museum of California is...
View ArticleBeauty and Time Compressed: A Small Collection of Favorite Time-Lapse Videos
A while ago, I happened across a time-lapse video of San Francisco scenes. In less than five minutes, it seemed to capture the sublime unfolding of one day here and convey a notion of the city’s beauty...
View ArticleDramatic Photos of 1906 San Francisco Earthquake Aftermath
The shaking started at 5:12 a.m. the morning of April 18, 1906 — 108 years ago today. The 7.8-magnitude earthquake destroyed more than 80 percent of San Francisco and killed about 3,000 people. The...
View ArticleBay Area Wilts Under Record High Temps
A man suns himself while reading the newspaper next to the Ferry Building. (Mark Andrew Boyer/KQED) Bay Area residents shed some layers and flocked to beaches and pools on Tuesday, as record high...
View ArticleUC Berkeley Settles Case with Photojournalist
UC Berkeley Chancellor Robert Birgeneau (Univ of California at Berkeley)BERKELEY, Calif (AP) — The University of California, Berkeley will pay a photojournalist $162,500 to settle a lawsuit alleging...
View ArticleHow San Francisco Might Look if the 1906 Earthquake Happened Today
A women opens the door to her Mercedes on Sacramento Street while horses killed by falling rubble lie in the street. 2010 photo blend by Shawn Clover. It might be hard to fathom the devastation caused...
View ArticlePhotographer Ken Light Revives Images of 1970s Protest Culture
Drawn to documenting the burgeoning protest movement in the late 1960s, Ken Light came to photojournalism as an extension of his anti-war activism. He started by shooting marches and demonstrations,...
View ArticlePioneering Documentary Photographer Mary Ellen Mark Dies At 75
Mary Ellen Mark, the influential photographer known mostly for her humanist work, has died. She was 75. Mark died Monday, a representative said Tuesday. The Philadelphia Inquirer reported that she died...
View ArticleCelebration, Destruction and Giant Pumpkins: The Year in Photos, 2015
From celebratory cheers to mournful vigils, the Bay Area was the background for some striking news photographs in 2015. There were celebrations on the steps of San Francisco City Hall when the U.S....
View ArticleThe Train-Hopping ‘Polaroid Kidd’ Settles in Oakland, Publishes Book of Life...
Mike Brodie is famous for his photos documenting his life train hopping across the United States. (Shuka Kalantari/KQED) Mike Brodie has earned the nickname “Polaroid Kidd” by winning prestigious...
View ArticleOakland Museum Show Captures the Glory and Danger of Building the Bay’s Bridges
Men head home early after a death during construction of the Bay Bridge.. Photo: Peter Stackpole, “Quitting Time,” 1935. As Caltrans continues to work on the new eastern span of the Bay Bridge, the...
View ArticleBeauty and Time Compressed: A Small Collection of Favorite Time-Lapse Videos
A while ago, I happened across a time-lapse video of San Francisco scenes. In less than five minutes, it seemed to capture the sublime unfolding of one day here and convey a notion of the city’s beauty...
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