Tri-X film, Olympus Penn FT
half-frame camera, 1.2 lens,
Reima Menuire
half-frame camera, 1.2 lens,
Reima Menuire
I studied photography at City College of San Francisco, and
lived in San Francisco for about eight years from 1974 to
1982 as a photographer and ambulance driver. 8 years
photographer, 1 year ambulance driver/photographer in SF,
which prolonged my two years of study to about 2.5 years at
CCSF, and I got a job as the staff photographer at University
of the Pacific,SF when I was just one humanities class short
of a degree. Drat the luck! I took the job..and did a lot of
freelance work and art photography and just enjoyed the
hell out of being in SF, and the whole "scene" through the
seventies and into the eighties, till I screwed everything up
and almost committed suicide before I realized the benefits
of being pragmatic and flexible (with gun in hand), and
learning that life doesn't always have to go as you planned it
(assuming you actually had a plan), especially when you
behave self-destructively, which I did quite a lot of..but..no
regrets here, I had one hell of a time..in San Francisco!
lived in San Francisco for about eight years from 1974 to
1982 as a photographer and ambulance driver. 8 years
photographer, 1 year ambulance driver/photographer in SF,
which prolonged my two years of study to about 2.5 years at
CCSF, and I got a job as the staff photographer at University
of the Pacific,SF when I was just one humanities class short
of a degree. Drat the luck! I took the job..and did a lot of
freelance work and art photography and just enjoyed the
hell out of being in SF, and the whole "scene" through the
seventies and into the eighties, till I screwed everything up
and almost committed suicide before I realized the benefits
of being pragmatic and flexible (with gun in hand), and
learning that life doesn't always have to go as you planned it
(assuming you actually had a plan), especially when you
behave self-destructively, which I did quite a lot of..but..no
regrets here, I had one hell of a time..in San Francisco!
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The last show I had in San Francisco was at Vesuvio, across Jack Kerouac Alley from City Lights Book Store, in North Beach. A
historic bar of the "Beat Generation" and hangout of many that have inspired me over the years. I was honored to have my work shown
there, and hope they are still having fun.
historic bar of the "Beat Generation" and hangout of many that have inspired me over the years. I was honored to have my work shown
there, and hope they are still having fun.
San Francisco Photographs
Tri-X, Pentax 6X7, Cyril Magnin and his dog.
Malcolm and Me went to about five parties
and had a Most Bodatious Halloween..
and had a Most Bodatious Halloween..
Ellie and Jim's wedding party.
Feet on Market Street
Morning after a party on Third Street
Frisco Latin Queens low-rider group
Mike, Chris, Tom. Loved the loft.
Below: Mark and Mike get warmed up for a party. May
have been playing "Whip the Golfball"..hard to say.
have been playing "Whip the Golfball"..hard to say.
Laura and friend
Mark, Terry, Mike, 3rd Street Loft, 1982
Rolling Stones at Candlestick Park
The City
Disco,
took over
the
Playboy
Club.
1978
Disco,
took over
the
Playboy
Club.
1978
Golden Gate Bridge from my
Greenwich Street apartment.
Greenwich Street apartment.
My
apartment
was at left,
below Coit
Tower,
below the
penthouse.
.somwhere
up there..
apartment
was at left,
below Coit
Tower,
below the
penthouse.
.somwhere
up there..
VERY GOOD TIMES!!
Yahoo!
Yahoo!
1978-1980
Russian Hill from Telegraph Hill as the
Moon set and the Sun rose, on acid, or
something..
Moon set and the Sun rose, on acid, or
something..
From Collingwood Street balcony, The
Castro, SF 1977
Castro, SF 1977
Friends from Auburn visit me
at Third Street Loft, before
they stumble off to a 49ers
game the next day.
at Third Street Loft, before
they stumble off to a 49ers
game the next day.
Kenny, Al, Mike
Pacific, SF,
Skull Collection
Skull Collection
