{"id":40,"date":"2019-08-18T19:57:39","date_gmt":"2019-08-18T19:57:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aegraves.com\/words\/?p=40"},"modified":"2026-03-08T12:30:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T19:30:49","slug":"contemporary-san-francisco-in-black-white-and-gray","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aegraves.com\/words\/2019\/08\/18\/contemporary-san-francisco-in-black-white-and-gray\/","title":{"rendered":"Contemporary San Francisco in Black, White, and Gray"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Looking at the amazing, rich, worn textures of the Mission District may give you the impression that I have a nostalgia bias, but I really don&#8217;t &#8211; I just LOVE the textures! Especially of tongue-and-groove siding, which is ubiquitous in the City&#8217;s older buildings.<\/p>\n<p>But what of all that new construction, you ask? I collect images of that, also. Again, competitions give me motivations NOT to share too much of this work, but I&#8217;ll include a preview here. San Francisco&#8217;s newest buildings are crisp and new, with lots of sharp edges and fierce contrast in autumn light (which is when I have my best photo adventures).<\/p>\n<p>I believe these will look great printed on aluminum. (I&#8217;ll find out next month!)<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#foogallery-gallery-139.fg-masonry { --fg-gutter: 10px; }<\/style>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"foogallery foogallery-container foogallery-masonry foogallery-lightbox-foobox fg-center fg-masonry fg-ready fg-light fg-border-thin fg-shadow-outline fg-loading-default fg-loaded-fade-in fg-caption-hover fg-hover-fade fg-hover-zoom fg-col3\" id=\"foogallery-gallery-139\" data-foogallery=\"{&quot;item&quot;:{&quot;showCaptionTitle&quot;:true,&quot;showCaptionDescription&quot;:true},&quot;lazy&quot;:true}\" style=\"--fg-title-line-clamp: 0; --fg-description-line-clamp: 0;\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"fg-column-width\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fg-gutter-width\"><\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aegraves.com\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/0aeg.jpg\" data-caption-desc=\"From 2018.09.13 Mission Bay by A.E. Graves\" data-attachment-id=\"140\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"133\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/aegraves.com\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2019\/08\/0aeg\/3560937298.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22200%22%20height%3D%22133%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20200%20133%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-desc\">From 2018.09.13 Mission Bay by A.E. Graves<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aegraves.com\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/1aeg.jpg\" data-caption-desc=\"From 2018.09.13 Mission Bay by A.E. Graves\" data-attachment-id=\"141\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"302\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/aegraves.com\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2019\/08\/1aeg\/2959745754.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22200%22%20height%3D%22302%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20200%20302%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-desc\">From 2018.09.13 Mission Bay by A.E. Graves<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aegraves.com\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/2aeg.jpg\" data-caption-desc=\"From 2018.09.13 Mission Bay by A.E. Graves\" data-attachment-id=\"142\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"302\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/aegraves.com\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2019\/08\/2aeg\/479525954.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22200%22%20height%3D%22302%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20200%20302%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-desc\">From 2018.09.13 Mission Bay by A.E. Graves<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aegraves.com\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/3aeg.jpg\" data-caption-desc=\"From 2018.09.13 Mission Bay by A.E. Graves\" data-attachment-id=\"143\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"133\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/aegraves.com\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2019\/08\/3aeg\/2025933258.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22200%22%20height%3D%22133%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20200%20133%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-desc\">From 2018.09.13 Mission Bay by A.E. Graves<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aegraves.com\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/4aeg.jpg\" data-caption-desc=\"From 2018.09.13 Mission Bay by A.E. Graves\" data-attachment-id=\"144\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"302\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/aegraves.com\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2019\/08\/4aeg\/2652391219.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22200%22%20height%3D%22302%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20200%20302%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-desc\">From 2018.09.13 Mission Bay by A.E. Graves<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aegraves.com\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/5aeg.jpg\" data-caption-desc=\"From 2018.09.13 Mission Bay by A.E. Graves\" data-attachment-id=\"145\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"133\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/aegraves.com\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2019\/08\/5aeg\/4199412411.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22200%22%20height%3D%22133%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20200%20133%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-desc\">From 2018.09.13 Mission Bay by A.E. Graves<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aegraves.com\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/6aeg.jpg\" data-caption-desc=\"From 2018.09.13 Mission Bay by A.E. Graves\" data-attachment-id=\"146\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"302\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/aegraves.com\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2019\/08\/6aeg\/1454582819.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22200%22%20height%3D%22302%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20200%20302%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-desc\">From 2018.09.13 Mission Bay by A.E. Graves<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aegraves.com\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/8aeg.jpg\" data-caption-desc=\"From 2018.09.13 Mission Bay by A.E. Graves\" data-attachment-id=\"148\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"133\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/aegraves.com\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2019\/08\/8aeg\/1081096080.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22200%22%20height%3D%22133%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20200%20133%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-desc\">From 2018.09.13 Mission Bay by A.E. Graves<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aegraves.com\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/9aeg.jpg\" data-caption-desc=\"From 2018.09.13 Mission Bay by A.E. Graves\" data-attachment-id=\"149\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"302\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/aegraves.com\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2019\/08\/9aeg\/606437912.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22200%22%20height%3D%22302%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20200%20302%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-desc\">From 2018.09.13 Mission Bay by A.E. Graves<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aegraves.com\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/10aeg.jpg\" target=\"foobox\" data-caption-title=\"A texture from the new neighborhoods of San Francisco\" data-caption-desc=\"From 2018.09.13 Mission Bay by A.E. Graves\" data-attachment-id=\"150\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Screen shade\" title=\"A texture from the new neighborhoods of San Francisco\" width=\"200\" height=\"133\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/aegraves.com\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2019\/08\/10aeg\/4195565193.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22200%22%20height%3D%22133%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20200%20133%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">A texture from the new neighborhoods of San Francisco<\/div><div class=\"fg-caption-desc\">From 2018.09.13 Mission Bay by A.E. Graves<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aegraves.com\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/12aeg.jpg\" data-caption-desc=\"From 2018.09.13 Mission Bay by A.E. Graves\" data-attachment-id=\"152\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"133\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/aegraves.com\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2019\/08\/12aeg\/1396417240.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22200%22%20height%3D%22133%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20200%20133%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-desc\">From 2018.09.13 Mission Bay by A.E. Graves<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aegraves.com\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/13aeg.jpg\" data-caption-desc=\"From 2018.09.13 Mission Bay by A.E. Graves\" data-attachment-id=\"153\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"133\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/aegraves.com\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2019\/08\/13aeg\/3927404496.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22200%22%20height%3D%22133%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20200%20133%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-desc\">From 2018.09.13 Mission Bay by A.E. Graves<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Looking at the amazing, rich, worn textures of the Mission District may give you the impression that I have a nostalgia bias, but I really don&#8217;t &#8211; I just LOVE the textures! Especially of tongue-and-groove siding, which is ubiquitous in the City&#8217;s older buildings. But what of all that new construction, you ask? I collect [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":150,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,19],"tags":[18,21,76,20,8],"class_list":["post-40","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-analog-film","category-monochrome-black-white","tag-architecture","tag-black-and-white","tag-contax-g2","tag-contemporary-architecture","tag-san-francisco","entry","fw-tab-6 fw-tabr-4","has-featured-image"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/aegraves.com\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/10aeg.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aegraves.com\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aegraves.com\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aegraves.com\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aegraves.com\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aegraves.com\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/aegraves.com\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":156,"href":"https:\/\/aegraves.com\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40\/revisions\/156"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aegraves.com\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aegraves.com\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aegraves.com\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aegraves.com\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}