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In the 1980s I began photographing members of the Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade at their annual reunions in the San Francisco Bay Area and in New York. Growing up I had heard little about them, except from reading Hemingway’s For Whom the Bell Tolls. They were some of the nearly 3000 American volunteers …
Valparaíso, home of Chilean poet Pablo Neruda, in the artists section of town every street seemed decorated with murals.
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 …
Global Climate Change Strike Millions of people world wide took to the streets calling on world leaders to take action to stop climate change. The demonstrations were in response to a call by 15-year-old Swedish activist Greta Thunberg to go on strike to stop climate change. Thunberg had been skipping school one day a week …
Breaking Boundaries: Helping People with Disabilities Lead Fulfilling Lives Creativity gives meaning to life, connecting all humanity. The Disabled Student Services Department of San Francisco City College provided art and drama classes for people with disabilities. “Breaking Boundaries” was a photo exhibit produced in collaboration with the Disabled Student Services Department of San Francisco City …
Bishops’ Coffeehouse The Bishops’ Coffeehouse in Oakland, California, was a center for Vietnam War resistors in the 1960s. In the 1970s it became a community center with a lunch program for seniors and those on disability and cultural programs at night. These photos were taken in 1975.