Share the spirit and fascinating layers of this city through the words and faces of those who live here.

People come to San Francisco to be part of something, be part of the changing world and place their passion into something productive. These people are true pioneers of that movement. 

Everyone has their own way of connecting with a new city. I found a San Francisco living room in the alleyways of the Mission and Soma. The network on the ground of murals and hidden doorways to crowded apartments- this was the side of San Francisco I got to know intimately. The city becomes most alive when you learn it's vibrant history. 

There is an overabundance of talent in the city with people dedicated to sharing emerging artists and building community consciousness through the arts including elaborate theatre productions and live recording sessions. San Francisco is edgy and sassy a place where you can passionately love your work and community.

At Tutubi Park

Corner of Russ and Minna Streets

SoMa

Community Organiser

"I've always been a music fanatic and applied my organising to the arts when I realised there weren't a lot of places to showcase the talent in the city. I co-founded a performance venue space dedicated to bringing people together. We called the space Locus Arts. By day I was creating new neighbourhood models, and by night I was privileged to be part of an amazing collective braindump of creativity."

Near the freeway overpass, 13th Street
SOMA

Traveler, researcher, photographer. 

"I am a nerd with velocity… an aerodynamic nerd, a nerd who needs to meet adventure head-first with little regard to his own or anyone else’s safety. It is hard to explain exactly what I mean by this so I will give you some examples; I am a nerd who needs to dance, to dress in costume on a weekly basis, to go to bear bars for the cheap drinks and the congenial patrons, to strut across the city in little more than my skivvies to prove a point, to attend to art functions in the day, and get mugged in the park at night. A nerd with velocity needs diversity, adventure, and a sense of unbridled freedom. A nerd like me needs a city like San Francisco"

on a rooftop in SOMA

Artist

"I’ve recently started collecting pieces of scrap metal I find in the street. I’ve always been a collector, but previously my habit had been limited to Legos or CDs or typewriters — useful things. Now I pick up discarded hunks of rusty metal.I mentioned this to a friend, saying, “If I’d been picking it all up, I’d have a gallery-ready art project on my hands by now.” My friend said, “You should do it!” I said, “No, no, then I’d be an insane person". The compulsive collector in me took over, and now the piles of junk on my coffee table at home and on my desk at work are getting bigger every day. I’ve gotten some good stuff on Valencia, on Duboce, and on Bryant"