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San Francisco Stories
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It's about finding your spot.

After wandering all over California, Derek Powazek found himself in San Francisco, in one of... More > the city's worst neighborhoods, with little more than a website to his name. During the next few years, moment by moment, Derek lost love, found friends, and discovered himself through his new home: San Francisco.

In the steep streets and narrow Victorian houses, in hidden gardens and on curbs, among yuppies, homeless, hippies, working stiffs, musicians and artists, with discarded office plants and adopted animals, Derek found the stories that have become his life. < Less
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San Francisco Stories
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It's about finding your spot.

After wandering all over California, Derek Powazek found himself in San Francisco, in one of... More > the city's worst neighborhoods, with little more than a website to his name. During the next few years, moment by moment, Derek lost love, found friends, and discovered himself through his new home: San Francisco.

In the steep streets and narrow Victorian houses, in hidden gardens and on curbs, among yuppies, homeless, hippies, working stiffs, musicians and artists, with discarded office plants and adopted animals, Derek found the stories that have become his life. < Less
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Apple Sweat: The 2006 Heat Wave from NYC Streets
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The first week of August 2006 was hot in NYC. The hottest it’s been since 1936. Cars overheated. Power went out. People... More > even died. And my wife and I were visiting New York City together for the first time.I soon discovered that the tape was melting off my Holga and my huge digital SLR attracted unappreciative stares. It turns out NYC is a Lomo kinda town.The Lomo LC-A is a tiny brick of Russian camera awesomeness. It’s quiet and unobtrusive. And since you can set the focus manually, it’s easy to walk around and shoot from the hip. So that’s what I did.My camera found New York in a rare moment. A city of incredible diversity, united in sweat. From Chinatown to the Village to Coney Island, New Yorkers were out in the world, doing their jobs, making the best of it. By the time the rain started to fall and the heat began to fade, we felt a new bond with the people who call NYC home.Preview the photos. < Less
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Dogs of Cole Valley
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24 full color pages of the canine denizens of the Cole Valley dog park, plus a short story by yours truly, in this lovely 6x9-inch glossy book.
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About Derek Powazek

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Derek Powazek has worked the web since 1995 at pioneering sites like HotWired, Blogger, and Technorati. He is the author of “Design for Community: The Art of Connecting Real People in Virtual Places” (New Riders, 2001). He is the cofounder of JPG, the photography magazine that’s made by its community. Derek now works with his wife, Heather Champ, as Fertile Medium. He edits Fray, the quarterly book of true stories and original art. Derek lives in San Francisco with his wife, two nutty Chihuahuas, a grumpy cat, and a house full of plants named Fred.

 

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