Arts & Entertainment Trove Of Historical SF Photos Now Available For Your Browsing Pleasure San Francisco history buffs delighted at the news last year that a local nonprofit had been entrusted with the digitization of a vast trove of historical photos of the city, and that the
Arts & Entertainment From 'Basic Gays' To 'Jocks': Photographer Hal Fischer Rereleases His '70s Tome <em>Gay Semiotics</em> Before you or I or anyone in San Francisco for that matter could spot a bear blocks away in SoMa, there was the revelation of Hal Fischer's Gay Semiotics: A Photographic Study of
Arts & Entertainment Go Do This Thing: 'Fifty Years of San Francisco Street Photography' You ever come across a vintage San Francisco photograph that gives you gasps, goosebumps and throbs of nostalgic fascination? There will be an entire gallery of photographs like that at the upcoming exhibit
Arts & Entertainment 'Also Shot On iPhone 6,' The Apple-Spoofing Ad Campaign We Deserve If you've seen a billboard recently, you've probably been confronted with an image shot on an iPhone 6. And they look good, even blown up to extreme new heights. Apple has assembled some
Arts & Entertainment Photos: The Skies Were Awesome Over The Bay Area Saturday Evening Yesterday's awesome, hailman-making storm that rolled through yesterday evening created what one person called the most scenic skies over San Francisco "in decades." Of course many of you couldn't resist the allure of
Arts & Entertainment Explore The Chronicle's Abandoned Union City Printing Plant At Night: Photos Urban explorer and Bay Area photographer Troy Paiva shot the former Chronicle printing facility in Union City (1550 Pacific Street) over the course of two nights in May, and the result is a
Arts & Entertainment Got A Polaroid Taken In S.F.? This Public Art Project Wants It As part of the Hearts in San Francisco public art project — those large heart sculptures installed throughout the city and then auctioned off to benefit S.F. General Hospital — artists need your vintage
Arts & Entertainment Go Do This Thing: Side Walks | Neighbors Photography Exhibition At The Old Mint This Thursday, a collective of seven local photographers — including several who have had their works featured on these very pages — will open an exhibition of recent works shot around downtown San Francisco. Some
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Michael Bauer Gets New iPhone, Hopes His Food Photos Will Be Less Martha Stewartesque Local food hounds can breathe a collective sigh of relief this week upon learning that Michael Bauer has invested in a new iPhone 5S. He says he's "hoping to get better photos in
Arts & Entertainment San Francisco Is Steep, In Leaning House Photos Do you have vertigo? Do you want some? It's one of San Francisco's favorite photo subjects, and today we bring you a selection of our favorite leaning house photos to illustrate just how
SF News Man Relieved Of Camera While Taking Shot Of Lombard Street A 28-year-old mugging victim was relieved of his camera at gunpoint while shooting photos at the foot of San Francisco's most commonly photographed street last night. The man was at the bottom of
Arts & Entertainment Go Do This Thing Tonight: Adapt/Transform/Reuse Photo Exhibit At SPUR Tonight at SPUR's headquarters on Mission Street in SoMa, the noted urban planning thinktank will host a gallery show of local photography highlighting the ever-changing layers of San Francisco architecture. Although the city's
Arts & Entertainment Dizzying Photos From Above And Below The New Bay Bridge Photographer Joe Blum, a former shipfitter and welder himself, has spent the last 24 years documenting the rise of the new Eastern Span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. From the first soil
Arts & Entertainment Go To This Thing Tonight: Weegee If you're like us, your personal library is riddled with true crime books and, far more lurid, true crime photo books. Tonight the Jewish Contemporary Museum will review the life, work, and legacy
Arts & Entertainment Filter Kerfuffle: Flickr App Quietly Gains Support As Instagram Looks Increasingly Greedy Although Instagram may have riled nearly 100% of their users by changing their terms of service late Monday, and claiming the right to use your photos and photos of you in any advertisement
Arts & Entertainment Photo: The Geminid Meteor Shower Over San Francisco Photographer Tony Eckersley shot this amazing composite photo of seven meteors over San Francisco during a one-hour period of the Geminid meteor shower Thursday night. "I saw around 30 total," Tony explains, "shame
Arts & Entertainment Tonight: 'Wish You Were Here - San Francisco Street Snaps' Free party tonight in SOMA featuring food, beer, and the photography of Travis Jensen and his new book, Wish You Were Here - San Francisco Street Snaps. The book, as Jensen puts it,
Arts & Entertainment Major Gifts, Including Diane Arbus, Expand SFMOMA's Photo Collection The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art announced yesterday promised gifts of 473 photographs from several private collections including a celebrated series from Diane Arbus, a two huge donations of works by renowned
Arts & Entertainment Could This Be The Greatest Photo Ever Taken In San Francisco? Well, we sure think it is. A bunch of kids (in school uniforms no less!) giving high fives to passing cyclists on Market Street? Call it a red-letter day, folks. Snapped on a
Arts & Entertainment Meanwhile, On Muni: A Gallery Of Your Fellow Riders Photographer DavityDave has captures images of his fellow Muni passengers while traversing to and from work. His subjects range from the tired to the tipsy to the bored to the, well, downright gorgeous.
Arts & Entertainment Gallery: SFPD Officer Suspended For These NSFW Erotic Fantasy Pics Photography stands as a popular extracurricular hobby for many members of the SFPD. Earlier this year the Harvey Milk Photography Center had a successful exhibition, "Beyond the Badge," showcasing the work of our
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 7/6: Kelley Stoltz/Shana Falana MUSIC: It's a stellar night of indie rock, featuring headliners Kelley Stoltz, who's been dubbed "a veritable godfather to the burgeoning San Francisco under/over-ground," and Shana Falana, a former S.F. indie
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 6/15: Fresh Meat Festival PERFORMANCE: The 11th annual Fresh Meat Festival, the nation’s premiere transgender and queer performance festival, kicks off at Brava Theater tonight, featuring the world premiere collaboration by Vogue Evolution and Emily Vasquez
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 6/13: Beastie Boys - 'Awesome I F*ckin' Shot That!' FILM: The Roxie screens a night of Nathaniel Hornblower flicks, including the Beastie Boys' Awesome I Fuckin' Shot That!, in which the band gave fifty camcorders out to attendees at their Madison Square
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 6/1: 200 Yards PHOTOGRAPHY: Frequent SFist contributor Darwin Bell will be among several talented photographers showcased at this month's 200 Yards, which is taking place at Rare Device's Divisadero location. Participants whose work "meshes" with the
