Starting with an early picture of a gang of badass gold prospectors
who put this beautiful Northern California city on the map, this
ambitious and immersive photographic history of San Francisco takes
a winding tour through the city from the mid-nineteenth century to
the present day. Enjoy eye-catching views of the city's most
enduring landmarks and symbols: the Golden Gate Bridge, Chinatown,
the picturesque trams that wind up and down the famously steep
hills, the popular waterfront, its beautiful bay, and its
spectacular cityscapes and vistas. San Francisco's counterculture
movements that shaped our collective consciousness are also
featured prominently: the beats of North Beach, the hippies of
Haight-Ashbury, the gay communities of Castro, and the Black
Panthers of neighboring Oakland. Some of the city's most famous
residents also make appearances: Robin Williams, The Grateful Dead,
Angela Davis, Janis Joplin, Sylvester, and Allen Ginsberg, among
others. This book features hundreds of newly found images from
dozens of archives including museums, universities, libraries,
galleries, private collections, and historical societies, from
19th-century daguerreotypes to mid-century Kodachromes to
21st-century digital pictures. Master photographers include, among
others: Stephen Shore, Imogen Cunningham, Fred Lyon, Steve
Schapiro, Minor White, Dorothea Lange, Albert Watson, Robert Frank,
Garry Winogrand, William Claxton, Fred Herzog, Ansel Adams, Jim
Marshall, and many local shooters. Also includes introductory
essays and captions by Bay Area-based author Richie Unterberger and
a "Best of San Francisco" books, music, and movies section and
biographies of the photographers. Tony Bennett famously sang, "I
left my heart in San Francisco," and this meticulously researched
and conceived portrait will equally inspire and make you fall in
love with the spirit of the City by the Bay.
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