Alejandro Velasquez, 68, who is known to some drug dealers in San Francisco as “The OG” stands for a portrait in his home in El Pedernal, Honduras on Sunday, July 2, 2023. Alejandro who first went to San Francisco in 1992 sold drugs in the Mission and the Tenderloin. He now lives in the mountains of Honduras harvesting coffee beans and plantains.
Velasquez who sold crack cocaine in San Francisco’s Mission and Tenderloin neighborhoods in the mid-1990s, expresses disdain for the more lethal substances being dealt today.
Ofelia Raudales Varela, 88, stands for a portrait in her home in El Pedernal, Honduras on Monday, July 3, 2023. She said while many of the villagers send remittances from their construction work in San Francisco and Atlanta, they’re not the ones building the mansions. “There’s no other option for them to make a house in that way if it wasn’t for selling drugs in the U.S,” she said.
Nataliyah Aguilar, 11, who has a genetic condition which doesn’t allow her to eat anything other than formula relaxes on her bed as her mom Keely Aguilar (right) stands by her side in Santa Rosa, Calif., on Friday, May 27, 2022. Nataliyah has an extremely rare genetic condition known as Bainbridge–Ropers syndrome. She cannot eat food and relies on formula which has been a struggle to find.
Evacuee Ron Irick Sits in a friends car after sleeping there with his newly rescued dog Jojo after escaping his home in Magalia from the Camp Fire at a makeshift evacuation site in the Walmart parking lot in Chico, California on Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018.
Ken Jones stands for a portrait outside CityHall in San Francisco, California, on Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017.
Jennifer Kapp poses for a portrait at her home in Los Gatos, Calif., on Tuesday, April 2, 2024. Joe Kapp, the late husband of Jennifer and the former NFL quarterback was posthumously diagnosed with CTE, the brain disease increasingly tied to former NFL players.
Refugio Nieto, the father of Alex Nieto, who was fatally shot 59 times by San Francisco police, looks out the window while sitting for a portrait in his kitchen in Bernal Heights, San Francisco, California, on Sunday, March 6, 2016. For weeks after Alex was killed, Refugio would stand at the window hoping and waiting he would come home.
Resident Pat Michelin, 93, rests in her room at the Gordon Manor assisted-care facility as she holds her stuffed animal “Rosie” who she believes is her actual dog in Redwood City, California on Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021. Before the pandemic,
Camden Avery of Booksmith poses for a portrait in the bookstore on Haight Street in San Francisco on Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024.
Abby Fanlo,24 stands for a portrait in her family home in San Francisco California, on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2017. Fanlo was sexually assaulted as a teenager by her driving instructor along with several other young women.
Jennifer Canales, a homeless woman who does sex work to get by, poses for a portrait while waiting to meet a friend outside of Triangle Burger in Fresno, Calif., on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024.
Maleah Varney ,5, stands for a portrait outside of her home while holding freshly picked flowers from a friends farm in Mariposa, California, U.S.A. on Monday, April 8, 2019. Maleah's father firefighter and dozer operator Braden Varney was killed while fighting the Ferguson fire in July of 2018. As fires continue to threaten communities all across California, families are sending their loved one’s off to fight fire, much like war, never knowing if they will return.
Kimberly Miguel, 9, the daughter of migrant workers, sits in the car that she and her family of eight have been sleeping in for the last six days following the evacuation orders from the Kincade fire at the Cloverdale Citrus Fairgrounds in Cloverdale, California, on Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2019.
Kimmy Smith, 25, who is homeless, stood outside her tent encampment in Fresno, Calif., on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. Kimmy said she was dropped off at a random corner by her group home at age 16. She has three children and hopes to get custody of them back after getting fully clean. She had been clean from meth for 5-days.
Kristie Fairchild, the executive director of the North Beach Citizens center stands for a portrait after putting on a bubble machine in front of the homeless drop- in center in San Francisco, California, on Tuesday, June 27, 2017. She says the bubbles help people who are agitated to relax as they come through the doors of the center.
Jen Ridino, 27, stands on her property in the Coffey Park neighborhood where her house was destroyed in the Tubbs fire in Santa Rosa, Calif., on Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2017. She said, "I loved this neighborhood. This house was the start of everything for us."
Kevin Miller, a veteran with PTSD stands for a portrait at his office in San Francisco, Calif., on Monday, Nov. 6, 2017.
Bobby Huey, originally from Texas, who said he was homeless for three years, poses for a portrait at the entrance of Poverello House shelter in the morning in Fresno, Calif., on Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024. Each morning, homeless people who live outside the shelter have to pack up their belongings while the police and cleaning crew come by. The belongings must be moved by 7am or the police throw them in the trash.
Actress Megan Trout poses for a portrait outside her rehearsal studio in Berkeley, California, on Saturday, June 27, 2015.
Kerry Harris, 63, sits for a portrait outside Mother Brown's Dining Room in the Bayview neighborhood in San Francisco, California on Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2018. Kerry ate many meals at Mother Brown's Dining Room when he was homeless and said that it helped him get back on his feet to have warm food and a nurturing community.
(L-r) Actress Pamela Anderson and director Gia Coppola pose for a portrait at the Ritz Carlton hotel in San Francisco on Friday, Nov. 8, 2024. Anderson stars in the new movie The Last Showgirl about a Vegas dancer at the end of her career. Coppola directs the film.
Journalist and artist Sarah Shourd stands for a portrait in a building on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco, California, on Sunday, June 9, 2019. Sarah is re-staging her play, "The Box," on Alcatraz Island as part of an ongoing series of programming on the island. Sarah was held in solitary confinement for 14-months in Iran when she and two other hikers accidentally hiked through the Iranian border in 2009.
San Francisco based architect, Brett Terpeluk poses for a portrait in his Bernal Heights home in San Francisco, California on Tuesday, November 3, 2015.
Opera composer Jake Heggie poses for a portrait at his home in San Francisco on Thursday, Aug. 31, 2023.
Tommy Stadlen, co-founder of the Polaroid Swing app, at the company’s office in San Francisco, California on July 11, 2016.
Arturo Castro- Ochoa and friend Kimmy Smith, 25 rest on a mattress at their tent encampment along the railroad tracks in Fresno, Calif., on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024.
Chef and television host TylerFlorence sits for a portrait at Sequoia in the financial district of San Francisco, California, on Thursday, March 2, 2017.
Stephan Jenkins of Third Eye Blind sits on Ocean Beach for a portrait on Wednesday, May 24, 2017.
Ex-CIA operative Valerie Plame stands for a portrait on Minna Street in San Francisco, California, on Monday, Feb. 13, 2017.
Johnnie Mae High stands for a portrait in the courtyard of her apartment complex in San Francisco, California on Friday, November 13, 2015. She has applied for below market rate housing six times since 2009 but has been denied each time.
Tamara Terichow, 83, stands for a portrait in her house in San Rafael, California, on Sunday, Oct. 28, 2018. Tamara and her sister Lidia were separated as children in World War II and had no contact with each other for over 70 years. They reunited this summer in Finland for the first time.
Singer Laurie Lewis poses for a portrait with her bass in her home on Thursday, Nov. 11, 2021 in Berkeley, California. Laurie has been suffering from vocal paralysis following a nasty virus but instead of canceling her 25th annual after-Thanksgiving gig at Freight & Salvage, she's arranged to other artists perform her work.
Sal Shafi stands for a portrait in his home on March 16,2016. Mr. Shafi spoke to the F.B.I with concerns that his son was being influenced by Islamic extremists. He proposed an intervention to set Adam straight but instead the F.B.I arrested him.
Brooke Adams, 3, struggles to put her glasses on after taking a swim in a hotel pool while visitng San Francisco for the weekend with her family in San Francisco, California, on Saturday, April 1, 2017. Brooke and her family were in town to walk the Dravet's syndrome walk. Brooke has Dravet's syndrome which causes severe epilepsy among other issues. She takes cannabis oil several times a day and when she has seizures.The cannabis oil significantly helps her condition.
Adrian Rosenfeld, stands for a portrait in his gallery, which was under construction in the Dogpatch neighborhood, in San Francisco, California, on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2016.
Miho Aida, environmental activist and a lover of the outdoors stands for a portrait in Marin, California.
Veteran Patrick Parks, looks out the window of his new apartment at the Veterans Academy, in San Francisco, on Friday, November 6, 2015. He can't remember the last time he got really good sleep.
Roque Centeno poses for a portrait at his home that he shares with his brother in Hayward, Calif., on Tuesday, March 21, 2023. Roque, who is of Native and Mexican descent, lost his job during the pandemic and retired earlier than planned as a result but found that his savings were being eaten up at an alarming rate due to inflation. He stopped going to the dentist and gave up medication to save us for other necessities like gas.
Cem Salur and Cigdem Onat Salur, owners of Orson's Belly pose for a portrait at their cafe in San Francisco, California, on Wednesday, July 4, 2018.
Owner/chef Anthony Secvian (left) and owner Dennis Kelly pose for a portrait at Protege restaurant in Palo Alto, California, on Sunday, June 10, 2018.
2019 Winemaker of the Year Francoise Peschon at Vine Hill Ranch vineyard in Oakville, California, on Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2019.
San Francisco author Rabih Alameddine at his home on Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2021 in San Francisco, California. He has written a new novel, "The Wrong End of the Telescope” about a trans woman’s journey among Syrian refugees.
Joy Bastet, seen in San Francisco, has encountered the kind of anti-trans harassment and violence that a new study has found is disproportionately more common for transgender and nonbinary people than cisgender people.