This series was made in San Francisco between 2001 and 2009, during a time when the city felt open, affordable, and full of possibility. Artists and musicians were arriving in waves, filling apartments, warehouses, clubs, and streets with energy and ambition. I photographed the city as it revealed itself to me, day by day, without an agenda beyond paying attention.
All of the images were shot on black-and-white film and printed by hand. I moved through neighborhoods, shows, shared apartments, and quiet moments in between, photographing people within their own spaces and the environments that shaped them. The work grew out of proximity and time spent being present.
These photographs are not a survey of San Francisco, but a personal record of what the city offered me during those years. It is my story of what the city showed me.