Photograping and interviewing leaders and activists in the radical movement of the 1930s has been a main thrust of my career. These included the Radical Elders Oral History Project, Are You Now or Have You Ever Been, and the Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade.
Housing of Last ResortThe Liberty and the Baldwin The story of the tenants of two single-resident occupancy hotels in downtown Oakland and an effort to protect affordable housing from redevelopment in the 1980s. Faced with eviction, the tenants fought back and went on strike. The interviews and photographs document the community this economically marginal group …
Resume Richard Bermack Writing, Photography, and Publication Production Summary of Experience: Eight years producing an award-winning publication. Work included generating story ideas, reporting, writing, photography, design and production, in print, web, and email versions. Thirty years of experience as a documentary photographer producing exhibits of photographs and text illuminating social issues. Twenty-five years of experience …
Credits Newspaper Organized Labor, a publication of the San Francisco Building Trades Monthly column, On the Job Site, involves going out to construction sites, photographing and interviewing people. 2007 to 2017. The SEIU Local 535 Dragon Photography, writing, design, and production, in both print and web versions, of newspaper for Local 535, which represents 27,000 …