Greg Chew, a San Francisco city commissioner, reflects on the state of safety in San Francisco on Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022, in the same spot he suffered an assault while waiting for a San Francisco MUNI bus in August 2022.
Burlesque performers of the House of Noir prepare themselves - in a two-way mirror - for the immersive experience and “erotic masquerade,” Nude Noir, on Wednesday, October 12, 2022.
The two night, invitation-only event boasts an international cast of more than 30 models, dancers, shibari artists and erotic performers, set to take over the underground Palace Theater for immersive and sensual performance art.
Arthur Higgins poses for a portrait outside the Condor Club in San Francisco’s North Beach neighborhood on Thursday, May 12, 2022.
Years earlier, in the same location, he had sat in the backseat of the car and lit up a cigarette just moments before an officer grabbed him, pepper sprayed him and drew his baton. Seconds later, Higgins was on the sidewalk getting punched and kneed by three officers.
His offense: sitting in a car that was parked in a bus zone.
Raised by a “revolutionary” mother in the Mission District, Tongo Eisen-Martin—San Francisco’s eighth poet laureate—has become one of the city’s brightest and most searing literary stars.
Despite his national literary success, the heart of his work remains local, looking at San Francisco with a critical—and, at times, caustic eye. He is photographed in his childhood home, where he writes much of his work, on Thursday, June 16, 2022.
Azikiwee Anderson charges $12 for a loaf of his “OG Sourdough.” That might give some customers sticker shock, but he has his reasons.
For one thing, Anderson employs a staff of around 20 at his SoMa business, Rize Up Bakery, and he said he tries to pay them a decent wage. Of course, the cost to operate a brick-and-mortar food business in San Francisco is inherently high. But he also moved in months after inflation began to wreak havoc on the global food system, driving up the cost of his main ingredient—certified organic flour.
In 2022, the price of flour increased about 20%, according to the USDA.
Captain Jeremiah Brazil pilots the Treasure Island ferry through the Bay on March 1, 2022. “This is my office,” Brazil said, gesturing to the waves under the Bay Bridge. “I just love this job.”
Alan and Montse of Las Tres Brujas, who create and customize artesaías and flower crowns, pose on 24th Street in the Mission District of San Francisco, Calif. during the 2021 Die De Los Muertos celebrations.