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.
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.
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.
Ken Jones stands for a portrait outside CityHall in San Francisco, California, on Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017.
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."
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.
Actress Megan Trout poses for a portrait outside her rehearsal studio in Berkeley, California, on Saturday, June 27, 2015.
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.
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.
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.
Tommy Stadlen, co-founder of the Polaroid Swing app, at the company’s office in San Francisco, California on July 11, 2016.
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.
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 looks 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.
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.
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.
Ruth Martin, 57 sits at the site of her destroyed home in the Coffey Park neighborhood of Santa Rosa, Calif., on Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2017. She lived in her home for 24 years before it was destroyed in the Tubbs fire.
Miho Aida, environmental activist and a lover of the outdoors stands for a portrait in Marin, California.
Benjamin Bac Sierra stands for a portrait in an alley in the Mission in San Francisco on Sunday March 6, 2016. Benjamin's good friend Alex Nieto s fatally shot 59 times by San Francisco police in 2014.
Kevin Miller, a veteran with PTSD stands for a portrait at his office in San Francisco, Calif., on Monday, Nov. 6, 2017.
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.
Painter and DJ Jasper Stapleton in New York City.
John Berggruen, owner of the John Berggruen Gallery sits in his office for a portrait in San Francisco, California on Tuesday, November 3, 2015.
San Francisco based architect, Brett Terpeluk poses for a portrait in his Bernal Heights home in San Francisco, California on Tuesday, November 3, 2015.
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.
Heath Clay studio director Tung Chiang (right) and master glazer Winnie Crittendon laugh during a portrait at their studio in Heath Ceramics, in San Francisco, California, on Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016.