Documentary Photography

Ted Fisher stands outside the Roxie Theater during the San Francisco Documentary Festival, Monday, November 12, 2012. (Photo: Karen K. Bar...

We've moved to a city with fewer hills. More soon.

More: At Least It's Green Into His Own Parade Ornia Republ Leaving One Hand Free for Beer Above: Two men wave flags at the St. Patrick...

You know when a great time to pick your nose is? When you are not on a float in a parade.

A man carries a sign along the parade route just before the start of the St. Patrick's Day parade in San Francisco on Saturday, March 12...

Parade participants carry a large "California Republic" flag during the St. Patrick's Day event in San Francisco on Saturday, ...

A parade participant supports a giant flag during the St. Patrick's Day parade in San Francisco on Saturday, March 12, 2011. This was ...

Our neighbors came home at 2 a.m., put on "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover" at a high volume, and started a party that would conti...

The photo above shows the five-frame sequence for this photo .

Some visuals don't leave me confident that everything is under control.

Oh, I guess you did.

This is the third in the " My Alcatraz Photo " series in which people and animals block my view of the island.

This was in Pacific Heights.

Lately, we've had what they call kite-flying weather.

Monday is President's Day. Or, Presidents' Day. (I'm still not sure.) I couldn't leave a red-white-and-blue chicken as the m...

A sudden rainstorm leaves one last player on the field at Kimbell Playground in San Francisco, Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2011.

I find I'm much more interested in photographing something if I don't understand it.

This is near the Boom Boom Room.

I really don't know what to say about this ad I photographed at Macworld in San Francisco yesterday. I had no idea Bruce Weber was even...

Philana Chiu demonstrates a process for 3D photography at the 2011 Macworld event in San Franciso, January 29, 2011.