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product_id: 412108021
title: "San Francisco: Portrait of a City / Portrat einer Stadt / Portrait d'une ville"
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# 9.8 x 13.4 inches oversized format Durable hardcover binding 480 pages of rich visual history San Francisco: Portrait of a City / Portrat einer Stadt / Portrait d'une ville

**Price:** 137823CFA
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## Summary

> 📸 Capture the soul of San Francisco—own the city’s story in every page!

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- **What is this?** San Francisco: Portrait of a City / Portrat einer Stadt / Portrait d'une ville
- **How much does it cost?** 137823CFA with free shipping
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## Key Features

- • **Cultural Time Capsule:** From Gold Rush prospectors to counterculture legends, experience the city’s transformative moments in vivid detail.
- • **Expertly Curated Content:** Includes essays and biographies by Bay Area author Richie Unterberger, adding depth to every image.
- • **Immersive Visual Journey:** Explore 150+ years of San Francisco’s iconic landmarks and culture through stunning archival photography.
- • **Exclusive Archival Access:** Features rare photos from top photographers and hidden collections you won’t find anywhere else.
- • **Collector’s Edition Quality:** Hardcover, large-format design perfect for your coffee table or office bookshelf—impress clients and guests alike.

## Overview

San Francisco: Portrait of a City is a hardcover, large-format photography book spanning 480 pages that chronicles the city’s evolution from the 19th century to today. Featuring rare archival images from renowned photographers and exclusive collections, it offers an immersive cultural and historical experience enhanced by expert essays and biographies. A must-have for enthusiasts of urban history, photography, and San Francisco’s unique spirit.

## Description

Starting with an early picture of a gang of badass gold prospectors who put this beautiful Northern California city on the map, this ambitious and immersive photographic history of San Francisco takes a winding tour through the city from the mid–nineteenth century to the present day . Enjoy eye-catching views of the city’s most enduring landmarks and symbols: the Golden Gate Bridge , Chinatown , the picturesque trams that wind up and down the famously steep hills, the popular waterfront, its beautiful bay, and its spectacular cityscapes and vistas. San Francisco’s counterculture movements that shaped our collective consciousness are also featured prominently: the beats of North Beach , the hippies of Haight-Ashbury , the gay communities of Castro , and the Black Panthers of neighboring Oakland . Some of the city’s most famous residents also make appearances: Robin Williams, The Grateful Dead, Angela Davis, Janis Joplin, Sylvester, and Allen Ginsberg , among others. This book features hundreds of newly found images from dozens of archives including museums, universities, libraries, galleries, private collections, and historical societies , from 19th-century daguerreotypes to mid-century Kodachromes to 21st-century digital pictures. Master photographers include, among others: Stephen Shore, Imogen Cunningham, Fred Lyon, Steve Schapiro, Minor White, Dorothea Lange, Albert Watson, Robert Frank, Garry Winogrand, William Claxton, Fred Herzog, Ansel Adams, Jim Marshall , and many local shooters. Also includes introductory essays and captions by Bay Area–based author Richie Unterberger and a “Best of San Francisco” books, music, and movies section and biographies of the photographers. Tony Bennett famously sang, “I left my heart in San Francisco,” and this meticulously researched and conceived portrait will equally inspire and make you fall in love with the spirit of the City by the Bay.

## Features

- Binding: Hardcover
- Dimensions: 9.8 x 13.4 inches
- Page Count: 480 pages

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #63,143 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #17 in City Photography #37 in Travel Photography (Books) #82 in Photograpy Equipment & Techniques |
| Customer Reviews | 4.7 out of 5 stars 145 Reviews |

## Images

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