I know it could be worse. I know it could be snow. We're coming out of a drought. I know we need it. But seriously. I'm over it. Enough with the rain... It's making me depressed.
#0497_33A - Market Street. San Francisco, Ca. January of 2017.
#0497_26A - New Montgomery Street. San Francisco, Ca. January of 2017.
#0497_24A - Mission Street. San Francisco, Ca. January of 2017.
Intermitant torential rain not withstanding, well over 100,000 people came out for the Women's March in San Francisco on January 21st.
#0504_15A - "Resist" Civic Center / Women's March, San Francisco, Ca. January 21st, 2017.
#0504_13A - Women's March, San Francisco, Ca. January 21st, 2017.
It was a pretty powerful event, to say the least. I've never seen so many take to the streets in such a peaceful demonstration in my entire life. Police presence was virtually non-existent, no arrests were made, everyone got completely soaking wet and absolutely nobody seemed to care...
The march was more of a crawl until the mass hit Market Street. By then it was absolutely pouring. Didn't seem to slow any one down in the least.
Only posting a few images here. For more photographs check out the full Women's March gallery here, or use the link at left.
#0505_18A - Women's March, San Francisco, Ca. January 21st, 2017.
#0506_26 - Market Street. Women's March, San Francisco, Ca. January 21st, 2017.
#0506_90 - Market Street. Women's March, San Francisco, Ca. January 21st, 2017.
#0507_24A - Market Street. Women's March, San Francisco, Ca. January 21st, 2017.
For more images view the full Women's March gallery here, or see the link at left...
On inauguration day, January 20th, 2017, hundreds of people gathered on the steps of the old Bank of America Building in San Francisco to protest the election and policies of Donald Trump.
No. 0500_09A - "Resist" Bank of America building, San Francisco, Ca. January 20th, 2017.
No. 0500_22A - A young demonstrator. San Francisco, Ca. January 20th, 2017.
The demonstration was absolutely peaceful despite some reports, there was a minimal police presence, I don't believe any arrests were made at BofA specifically. There were other actions around The City where people were arrested. The overwhelming theme was resistance to the racist, misogynistic and hateful policies of the incoming president.
For more photographs from this demonstration visit the gallery here...
No. 0500_30A - Bank of America building. San Francisco, Ca. January 20th, 2017.
No. 0501_07A - UN Plaza, San Francisco, Ca. January 20th 2017
Later that evening several thousand people gathered at UN Plaza near City Hall for a rally and march against Trump. Demonstrators marched down Market to the Castro District. Again, police presence was minimal, no arrests were made.
For more photographs from this demonstration visit the gallery here...
No. 0503_17A - Castro Street, San Francisco. Ca. January 20th, 2017.
A little over a year ago now, on New Years Day, we ended up at the beach... It was freezing and horribly windy but the sun was out and the weather didn't seem to phase the dog one bit, as usual (mine is the little one on the left).
No. #0419_28A - Ocean Beach, San Francisco, Ca. January of 2016.
Digital proofs are printed on Canson Fiber Rag, 5x7 proofs are printed on Ilford Cold Tone Fiber. All prints should ship by the end of the week. Also including some polaroids from a little road trip we took through Palm Springs...
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President Trump... (I just threw up a little in my own mouth typing that) is using some rather blatant, textbook fascist style strategies that we all should be tremendously concerned about. Chief among them has been his handling of the media, or rather his efforts to control it, since the beginning of his campaign, and now into his Presidency.
#0463_34A - "The Emperor Has No Balls" The Castro District, San Francisco. August of 2016.
Step One: Demonize. Turn the public against the media, berate them, call them liars, say things such as...
“You know, it really doesn’t matter what the media write as long as you’ve got a young, and beautiful, piece of ass.”
"lies, deceit, viciousness, disgusting reporters, horrible people..."
"they're scum, absolute scum, remember that..."
"I am not running against Crooked Hillary Clinton, I'm running against the crooked media."
Trump seems to be a pathological liar in every sense, and when reputable media outlets call him out on those falsehoods he perpetuates, he calls them liars and dishonest. His press secretary and advisors offer "alternative facts" further entrenching his supports against the "disgusting reporters."
#1409 - "Make Racism Wrong Again" Inaugural Protest and March. San Francisco, Ca. January 20th, 2017.
Step Two: Restrict. Limit media access, do not hold press conferences, do not allow the press to travel with you, do not let the press know whom you are meeting with. Trump's phone call after the election with Vladimir Putin was first reported by the Kremlin, not a single US news outlet knew of it. Let that sink in a minute.
Threaten to pull the press from the West Wing, shut down questioning from news organizations you deem "fake news," push your narrative and attack those who don't play along. Control the headline.
Step Three: Threaten. During his campaign Trump threatened to sue the New York Times after an article ran about his alleged assault of multiple women, then threatened to sue a second time for an article that released parts of his tax returns. Trump has said he wants to "open up" libel laws so he can more easily sue news organizations.
"I'm going to open up our libel laws so when they write purposely negative and horrible and false articles, we can sue them and win lots of money. We're going to open up those libel laws. So when The New York Times writes a hit piece which is a total disgrace or when The Washington Post, which is there for other reasons, writes a hit piece, we can sue them and win money instead of having no chance of winning because they're totally protected," Trump said, both demonizing and threatening in one motion.
Step Four: Circumvent. Bypass the media entirely, communicate your propaganda to the public directly, post videos directly to social media, tweet constantly, hold large rallies instead of press conferences, allowing you to continue to push your agenda to the public unimpeded by journalists. To my knowledge, no president elect in the history of this nation has ever made a victory lap around the country before, and that should frighten all of us.
#1701 - "Midterm Elections" - Night of the Women's March. The Castro District, San Francisco, Ca. January 21st, 2017.
Tyrants will always attempt to control the media, and while Trump has been in office for less than a week, he seems intent on doing just that. The only way to stop this demagogue is to inform yourself. Read the news, not the facebook headline. Demand answers not sound bytes. Seek the larger truth, not the 4am tweet.