A group ramble on San Francisco's Nob Hill and Telegraph Hill: 14 August 2021

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The "Walking in San Francisco for Health and History" group is being led by Howard S.

Jennie

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"A camera is a tool for learning how to see without a camera.” Dorothea Lange 

"Photography has not changed since its origin except in its technical aspects, which for me are not important." Henri Carter-Bresson

"There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer." Ansel Adams

"The important thing is not the camera but the eye." Alfred Eisenstaedt

The first volume of the San Francisco Bay Area Photo Blog contains galleries of photographs posted on the Internet between 2002 and 2011. Click Here to view those photos.

 These photographs were taken with a Sony camera.

Question or comment? I may be reached at neil@mishalov.com.

Images from the Point San Pablo Marina, the Richmond Harbor, the Berkeley Marina, Point Isabel, Point Molate, and the Richmond Inner Harbor: May, June, and July 2021.

Click on an image to view the full-size photograph. San Francisco as seen from the Berkeley Marina on 3 July 2021.

This is a view of the Berkeley Pier, with San Francisco and the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge overlooking the scene. The Berkeley Pier was constructed in 1926, and it is 2.5 miles long. Public access to the pier was closed in July 2015 due to safety concerns. This photo was taken from the Berkeley Marina. 3 August 2021.

Angel Island and Sausalito are visible, as is the roadway of the Golden Gate Bridge. The quickly moving fog bank is partially hiding Mount Tamalpais. This photo was taken from the Berkeley Marina, and the view is looking northwest. 3 August 2021.

Another view looking northwest from the Berkeley Marina. Angel Island is visible on the left, and Mount Tamalpais (2,571 ft) is on the right. 3 July 2021.

San Francisco and the Golden Gate Bridge are becoming hidden from view by a marine layer air mass rolling in from the Pacific Ocean. Two pelicans are moving through this image, as seen from Point Isabel on 14 June 2021.

This is a car carrier ship as seen in the Richmond Inner Harbor: 2 July 2021.

An aerial view of the Richmond Harbor, the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge, and the Richmond Inner Harbor. Photographer unknown.

A view of a portion of the Point San Pablo Marina. May 2021

An image of San Francisco, the Golden Gate Bridge, and the Marin Headlands, as seen from Point Isabel on 22 June 2021.

This view is looking west towards Mount Tamalpais, as seen from Point Molate Beach. May 2021

Here is a view from Point Isabel. Angel Island, the Golden Gate Bridge, the Marin Headlands, and Mount Tamalpais are within this image. They are mostly hidden by the rolling fog bank. The view is looking west. September 2021.

Here is an additional view of Mount Tamalpais, as seen from Point Molate Beach. May 2021.

    Ahead is the western side of Albany Hill, as seen from Point Isabel on 3 August 2021.

This is the eastern side of Albany Hill, as seen from Sonoma Avenue on 25 October 2021.

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"A camera is a tool for learning how to see without a camera.” Dorothea Lange 

"Photography has not changed since its origin except in its technical aspects, which for me are not important." Henri Carter-Bresson

"There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer." Ansel Adams

"The important thing is not the camera but the eye." Alfred Eisenstaedt

The first volume of the San Francisco Bay Area Photo Blog contains galleries of photographs posted on the Internet between 2002 and 2011. Click Here to view those photos.

 These photographs were taken with a Sony camera.

Question or comment? I may be reached at neil@mishalov.com.

Last Supper in Pompeii: The Legion of Honor Museum, San Francisco: 3 June 2021

In 79 AD, the Bay of Naples was rocked by the fiery eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Pompeii and nearby villages and farms were wholly buried under pumice and hot ash, killing thousands of people.

This exhibition, organized initially by Paul Roberts of the Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology, University of Oxford, brings to San Francisco Roman sculpture, mosaics, frescoes, cups, and utensils. 

Excavations in 1984 at Oplontis, near Pompeii, uncovered a vaulted storage room containing more than 60 people who were killed in the eruption. Archaeologists made casts of some of the victims by pouring plaster of Paris into the voids in the ash left by the bodies. One of these was cast in wax and then in resin. This unique, transparent cast shows the bones, skull, and teeth of a woman, as well as the possessions she carried—from gold jewelry to a string of cheap beads. The “Lady of Oplontis,” as she is called, is stronger than the other casts and was, therefore, able to be brought to the San Francisco exhibition.

The exhibition was available for viewing through 29 August 2021.

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 View from Clement Street looking west. The treed area ahead on the right is the location of the Legion of Honor Museum. 

This is currently the Clement Street branch of Bank of the West. This bank building opened for business on 1 January 1926.

Tong Palace, located on Clement Street, is now closed.

This location was the western terminus of the Lincoln Highway. Looking east and visible ahead is Salesforce Tower, which at an elevation of 1,070 feet, is the tallest building in San Francisco. Seen to the left of Salesforce Tower, and approximately 45 miles in the distance, is Mount Diablo at an elevation of 3,848 feet.

The Legion of Honor museum is located adjacent to the western terminus of the Lincoln Highway. The museum opened on Armistice Day, 11 November 1924.

The Pompeii exhibition.

Lady of Oplontis

The Pompeii exhibition.

The Pompeii exhibition.

The Pompeii exhibition.

Leaving the Legion of Honor. Mount Sutro is visible; its summit (909 ft.) is hidden by a layer of fog.

On a 38R Geary Rapid Transit bus traveling east on Geary Boulevard towards downtown San Francisco.

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"A camera is a tool for learning how to see without a camera.” Dorothea Lange 

"Photography has not changed since its origin except in its technical aspects, which for me are not important." Henri Carter-Bresson

"There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer." Ansel Adams

"The important thing is not the camera but the eye." Alfred Eisenstaedt

The first volume of the San Francisco Bay Area Photo Blog contains galleries of photographs posted on the Internet between 2002 and 2011. Click Here to view those photos.

 These photographs were taken with a Sony camera.

Question or comment? I may be reached at neil@mishalov.com.

San Francisco – A ramble from the Balboa Park BART station to the Daly City BART station, plus two views of downtown Oakland as seen from the West Oakland BART station: 1 & 7 May 2021

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This map shows the route as tracked by a Garmin GPS.

Leaving the Balboa Park BART station and crossing over Interstate 280.

John McLaren Park can be seen ahead and to the right, while the top of Salesforce Tower, the tallest building in San Francisco, is barely visible on the left. This is a four-image panoramic photo.

THEN  This is a scene of Ocean View Park, as viewed approximately six to nine months after the earthquake of 18 April 1906. Governmental agencies provided the funds necessary to construct many small refugee shacks throughout San Francisco.

NOW  Here is a current view of Ocean View Park. 

Here is a view of downtown Oakland as seen from the West Oakland BART station.

Another view of downtown Oakland as seen from the West Oakland BART station.

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"A camera is a tool for learning how to see without a camera.” Dorothea Lange 

"Photography has not changed since its origin except in its technical aspects, which for me are not important." Henri Carter-Bresson

"There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer." Ansel Adams

"The important thing is not the camera but the eye." Alfred Eisenstaedt

The first volume of the San Francisco Bay Area Photo Blog contains galleries of photographs posted on the Internet between 2002 and 2011. Click Here to view those photos.

 These photographs were taken with a Sony camera.

Question or comment? I may be reached at neil@mishalov.com.