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Photographs: Northern California, Photographs: San Francisco, Photographs: Urban/Street

Tree and Windows

August 28, 2009 G Dan Mitchell 2 Comments

Bare branches of an urban tree with a few green leaves against a gray San Francisco building with white-framed windows.

I had the chance to spend a morning and part of an afternoon wandering around San Francisco on foot on the mid-August day. As I usually do, I took a 6:00 a.m. train to The City, arriving at about 7:00 a.m. This time I started out by walking up Fourth Street past Yerba Buena Gardens and continued on to Market Street. From there I walked though Chinatown (but mostly not on Grant) before the tourist shops opened and while the many grocery stores were dealing with huge shipments of produce dropped off on the sidewalks. I stopped briefly in North Beach for coffee before spending an hour or so shooting there and then taking a very quick walk past the madness at Pier 39 and Fisherman’s Wharf before climbing up to Russian Hill before making it back to my return train. Whew!

I happened to notice a block full of these interesting trees in North Beach, not too far from Washington Park – and I especially liked this one with a tiny bit of green and backed by the black, white, and gray building.

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Photographs: Northern California, Photographs: San Francisco, Photographs: Urban/Street

This Place Called Poetry

July 14, 2009 G Dan Mitchell Leave a comment

An odd juxtapostion of signs on a street kiosk in San Francisco, California.

Sometimes, if you walk around with your eyes open, you see juxtapositions that almost defy description – so I won’t describe; I’ll just post.

These are images from a sidewalk kiosk on a street in downtown San Francisco.

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Photographs: Northern California, Photographs: People, Photographs: San Francisco, Photographs: Urban/Street

Java Hut Employee

July 11, 2009 G Dan Mitchell Leave a comment

Man standing in the doorway of the Java Hut, San Francisco, California.

As I was walking along the San Francisco waterfront very early in the morning on July 1, I was shooting the South Beach Harbor when I noticed this fellow standing in the doorway of the Java Hut and motioning to me to take his photograph – I couldn’t refuse. I managed to get two photographs of him in his red apron against the red and white exterior of the coffee shop. (I only realized today that this should have been my July 4 photo!) I didn’t get his name, but I know this place well so I’ll try to take him a print the next time I get up there.

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Photographs: Northern California, Photographs: San Francisco, Photographs: Structures and Objects, Photographs: Urban/Street

Chairs and Tables, San Francisco Bay

July 6, 2009 G Dan Mitchell Leave a comment

Chairs and tables on the sidewalk next to a fence along the Embarcadero with an old pier and San Francisco Bay beyond – San Francisco, California.

I found this slightly odd scene along The Embarcadero between South Beach Harbor and the San Francisco Ferry Building. These chairs and tables were cabled together, waiting to be set up for outdoor seating at a small restaurant. I think the range of brown tones in the image is interesting – not just the chairs and tables but also the old pier extending out into the San Francisco Bay.

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