Culture and food are on the menu today. Ive known jim nagareda for many years. And as a professional photographer with an artists eye, who is part of a family that has been part of the community for over 50 years, i cant think of anyone more qualified to chronicle the history of san joses japantown than him. Jim, welcome to the show. Jim nagareda thank you very much for having me, great. Robert now, give me an idea. First of all, we were talking about the book, san joses japantown, of which you got to be the author. First and foremost, must have been a thrill to be asked to be the one documenting the history of the place. Jim yeah, we had just finished a big project called san Jose Japantown a journey. And it was a very comprehensive book on the history of japantown. And during that project, we were asked by Arcadia Publishing to do thisa book in their series. And at that time, we wanted to focus just on our big book, the journey. And so, we put that off. And when we were done with the
Culture and food are on the menu today. Ive known jim nagareda for many years. And as a professional photographer with an artists eye, who is part of a family that has been part of the community for over 50 years, i cant think of anyone more qualified to chronicle the history of san joses japantown than him. Jim, welcome to the show. Jim nagareda thank you very much for having me, great. Robert now, give me an idea. First of all, we were talking about the book, san joses japantown, of which you got to be the author. First and foremost, must have been a thrill to be asked to be the one documenting the history of the place. Jim yeah, we had just finished a big project called san Jose Japantown a journey. And it was a very comprehensive book on the history of japantown. And during that project, we were asked by Arcadia Publishing to do thisa book in their series. And at that time, we wanted to focus just on our big book, the journey. And so, we put that off. And when we were done with the
Beautiful world felt the cool rain on my shoulder found something good in this beautiful world i felt the rain getting colder sha, la, la, la, la, sha, la, la, la, la, la sha, la, la, la, la, sha, la, la, la, la, la, la anthony San Francisco is changing. We all know it. You cant stop it. Were you born here . John yeah, both generations of my grandparents are from San Francisco. My dads side came out after the gold rush so came here in 1850s. Anthony author, John Birdsall grew up in this town, and hes a close observer of the changes happening here. You know, when i first came out to San Francisco, i was making all the same sort of tired jokes that everybody from new york that comes out to San Francisco the first time makes. I thought it was all sort of granola and politically correct. In fact thats really nothing can be further from the truth. San francisco is like a righteously dirty town. Its, its grimy. You guys have actual street hookers in the center of town, you know . Its a two f
I took a walk through this beautiful world felt the cool rain on my shoulder found something good in this beautiful world i felt the rain getting colder sha, la, la, la, la, sha, la, la, la, la, la sha, la, la, la, la, sha, la, la, la, la, la, la anthony San Francisco is changing. We all know it. You cant stop it. Were you born here . John yeah, both generations of my grandparents are from San Francisco. My dads side came out after the gold rush so came here in 1850s. Anthony author John Birdsall grew up in this town, and hes a close observer of the changes happening here. You know, when i first came out to San Francisco, i was making all the same sort of tired jokes that everybody from new york that comes out to San Francisco the first time makes. I thought it was all sort of granola and politically correct. In fact thats really nothing can be further from the truth. San francisco is like a righteously dirty town. Its, its grimy. You guys have actual street hookers in the center of to
The winning images of the 2023 Peninsula Photo Contest celebrate the diversity of the “decisive moment” (to quote the celebrated Henri Cartier-Bresson).