In his popular “History of Bay Area Rap” videos, Dregs plays storyteller with the help of a tripod and a green screen filter that displays historical imagery of artists, their labels, and their crews. Photograph by Isaac Ceja. To listen to the playlist that accompanies this piece, open the search bar in Spotify, tap the […]
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Please note: We are not accepting submissions at this time. The San Franciscan publishes two print issues per year featuring work from a diverse group of local artists and writers. While contributors do not need to be current residents of San Francisco, we are looking for photographers with a strong connection to the Bay Area. […]
Illustration by Karen Chan. There was little to San Francisco now, except a mistiness. Past the fog, past the pollution, past the cigarette smoke on every street corner, the city had the eeriness of a ghost town, a landing point for lives that were still being lived but were long abandoned. Lives lived in the […]
Illustration by Carlos Gamero Morales Just before St. Patrick’s Day, I locked myself inside, away from society. But this year, I didn’t reappear Sunday pretending I hadn’t seen those invites to Maggie McGarry’s and Kells (green isn’t my color, OK?). In fact, I’ve hardly left the house since, and we all know why. COVID-19 isn’t […]
Amillionair paints a mural in collaboration with street artist Seibot outside the Powell Street BART Station. Editor’s note: Amidst a challenging year of shutdowns and isolation, San Francisco has experienced a renaissance of public art splashed across closed businesses, parklets, and street corners throughout the city. Boarded-up storefronts became canvases for aspiring street artists, creating […]
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Photograph courtesy of Maps for Good and Point Blue Conservation Science As we approach the Farallones, the distant islands grow incrementally larger, and then, all at once, they are looming. Western gulls soar overhead, their cries carrying over the surf. Sugarloaf, the towering gray-brown rock ahead, is covered in pelicans and cormorants. As we enter […]
Photograph by Jonathan Paragas Jonathan Paragas is a Bay Area street photographer. His Youtube Channel, kingjvpes, focuses on the artistry and technique behind film photography. I sat down with Jonathan in Benicia, CA to discuss street photography, his relationship to the Bay Area, and his mission to keep film alive. Below is an edited excerpt […]
Photograph by Annabelle Port, courtesy of Maw Shein Win El Cerrito-based poet Maw Shein Win recently released her second full-length collection of poetry. Storage Unit for the Spirit House (Omnidawn 2020) is a study of containers—storage units, human bodies, prisons, photographs—the ungainly, sometimes organic boxes in which our lives are stored. We sat down with […]
Illustration by Amanda Legge San Francisco is a city rich with natural beauty, significant history, and LIES. Sure, everyone likes to have a few “fun facts” up their sleeve, but if you believe everything you hear, it’s only a matter of time before you’re at a work dinner telling your boss’s husband about how if […]
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Trips to the diner for breakfast with her mother were a cherished pastime for author Sophie Navarro. Illustration by Nathaniel J. Bice. Even before the pandemic, old-school diners in San Francisco were struggling to stay in business. Howard’s Cafe (est. 1996), a breakfast diner in the Inner Sunset distinguished by its U-shaped bar surrounded by […]
Illustration by Karen Chan. All I can hear as I’m typing is the clacking of my fingers on the mechanical keyboard you gave me for Hanukkah. It’s the last gift I have from you, unless we count B, but I consider her an inheritance. The keyboard is so loud that I can’t even hear myself […]