Arts & Entertainment CANCELLED: Conversation with Veteran SF Photographer Fred Lyon on Wednesday Update: Sorry about that -- the show has been cancelled. Get a lesson in both photography and San Francisco history on Wednesday by attending a discussion hosted by SOMArts and CaliberSF with photographer
misc The Abandoned Couches of San Francisco Abandoned couches on city streets, you see them all the time. We had no idea, however, how prevalent they were until they kept popping up over and over and over again in the
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight Over on the proverbial railroad tracks of the Mission, near 24th and Valencia, you will find a slew of local artists showing off their work tonight at 200 Yards, a "photography experiment conceived
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight PHOTOGRAPHY: (Por)trait Revealed, a juried exhibition of portrait photography, features Mark Menjivar's You Are What You Eat, a series of interior shots of refrigerators taken "as is" in homes across the US
SF News UPDATED: $200 Million Ansel Adams Negatives Bought for $45 at Garage Sale Ten years ago, Rick Norsigian purchased negatives at a Fresno garage sale for $45. It turns out those negatives were the work of noted photographer Ansel Adams, and they're actually worth $200 million.
Arts & Entertainment [Updated] Call for Entries, Night/Light: Bay Area Photographers Take Aim After Dark The San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery (SFAC Gallery) and PhotoAlliance are inviting photographers to submit work for their upcoming Art at City Hall exhibition, Night/Light: Bay Area Photographers Take Aim After Dark.
Arts & Entertainment Photowalk: SoMa On Sunday July 18, the fine folks at CaliberSF (co-founded by Photo du Jour regular Troy Holden) and a slew of photographers will gather at SOMArts Cultural Center and walk through the streets
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight PHOTOGRAPHY: RayKo Photo Center presents their first exhibition of the summer, featuring the work of Julie Anand and Damon Sauer, collaborative artists based in the Sonoran desert of Phoenix, Arizona, entitled Between, in
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight PHOTOGRAPHY: Hamburger Eyes Photo Magazine presents the release of their latest issue, Casual Abyss, an "exhibition of modern artifacts that provide clues into the chasm hovering in another dimension beneath our own." 6
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight Housse de Racket - 1234 from Disposable Film Festival on Vimeo. FILM: In honor of SF Bike Week, the Disposable Film Festival presents the 2nd Annual Outdoor Bike-In, featuring the best of 2010's
misc Call For Submissions: Neighborhood Gems Photo Project Get out there and shoot some photos of your favorite neighborhood spots this weekend, or dig through your archives. Good Magazine, in partnership with Pictory Magazine, is looking for some great shots of
misc Scene from a Holiday Shoplifter in Handcuffs While shooting in Union Square the other day, local photographer Henry Navarro came across this arresting scene. He describes it: I was taking photos on this corner and these three come barreling out
Arts & Entertainment <em>Children of the Fillmore, 1952,</em> Photography Exhibit Opening on Saturday Veteran San Francisco photographer Gerald Ratto will exhibit his rarely seen collection of photographs, Children of the Fillmore, 1952, which he captured with his Rolleiflex camera while a student at California School of
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight ART: Day 19, aka Jeremy and Claire Weiss, a husband and wife photography team from Los Angeles, present a set of stunning photos celebrating the spirit of summer in Summer Close. 7 to
misc Video: Bay Bridge Construction and Full Moon Time Lapse Captin_nod put together this mesmerizing video featuring time-lapse photography of yesterday's ongoing Bay Bridge construction and the rising of last night's very lovely full moon. You can also check out these Bay
Arts & Entertainment Photo Exhibit Tonight: Brandon Norris Hanging out in the SOMA arrondissement this evening? Yes? Well, then, why not stop by Electric Works on Eighth Street for a photo exhibit by local photographer (and MOREboy) Brandon Norris. Known for
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight ART: It's your last chance to view the current exhibitions at SF Camerawork. The Summer Exhibition Cool-Down Party features Ersatz Group Exhibition, Leaving A Mark: Cutter Photozine, and The 2009 James D. Phelan
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight DRAG: It's the 14th Annual SF Drag King Contest, the biggest and longest running drag king contest in the world. This year's event is beach-themed, and proceeds will benefit P.A.W.S.
Arts & Entertainment Words words words No need to raise your hand if you've read a book by potboiler novelist Danielle Steel. Even if you haven't, millions of others have, and you've probably strolled by her Pacific Heights mansion
SF News Whole Foods Wine Robbery Stopped Plug 1 of What I'm Seeing came across this scene at the Whole Foods located a block away from SFist HQ, over on Fourth Street and Harrison. He explains: According to one of
Arts & Entertainment Richard Avedon Exhibit Opening at SFMOMA On Saturday, the first major retrospective of the photographs of Richard Avedon since his death in 2004 opens at SFMOMA. San Francisco is the only U.S. stop on the tour for this
Arts & Entertainment Mirror Mirror If you're anything like most people, you have a conflicted sense of how deeply to look in the mirror every morning. Portrait and documentary photographer Nicholas Nixon had the nerve to stick his
Arts & Entertainment Live! Nude! Trees! by Ted Weinstein Want to get nekkid for nature? Bay Area photographer Jack Gescheidt has been photographing naked people draped among some of the region's most gorgeous trees as part of a nature
Arts & Entertainment Robert Frank at SFMOMA by Ted Weinstein With July 4th fast approaching, there might be no better way to express -- and examine -- your patriotism than a visit to SFMOMA to see , the Swiss photographer's profound
