Sculptor Daniel Oberti is shown with his piece Venus as he prepares his studio for Art at the Source in Sebastopol, CA. Oberti has been influenced by spheres since he studied in Egypt and Crete in 1990. Working mostly with ceramic and bronze, he creates pieces that vary, but have this common visual element.
The founder of SaveABunny, Marcy Schaff, holds a rabbit named Marcy's Boyfriend, which she will tell you without hesitation is her favorite one. Between 300 and 400 rabbits are held every year by Schaff, and "I remember every single rabbit I work with," she said. The SaveABunny rescue center in Marin County, CA works with organizations in the area to minimize euthanasia for these animals by helping ill ones, making sure that the shelters have a good variety of rabbits to maximize adoptions, and finding them homes.
People from all over the world come together to make their fantasies a reality through LARP, or live action role playing. Each person creates a character, then storylines are acted out and battles are waged. Here a participant pauses in front of the board where points are recorded before a battle at an event hosted by NERO West in Santa Cruz, CA.
Though octogenarian, Art Morse, has a fear of heights, he has clocked in over 3,100 hours in the air since learning to fly at age 22. He comes to the Palo Alto Airport almost every day, often to pilot his friend's 1962 Cessna 150 plane.
The first leg of this triathlon starts with jumping off a boat near Alcatraz Island, then swimming through the frigid ocean water to the shore of San Francisco.
Lana and Yuri sprawl across a bed in the upstairs of their swingers club, Twist, in San Francisco. On weekdays, the couple designs and sells clothing. But on Saturdays, they push the mannequins to the edge of the storefront so that couples from around the state can gather for the opportunity to trade sexual partners.
"I really wanted to give you cars," Oprah Winfrey told graduates during her commencement speech at Stanford University. Instead, each graduate found two books under their seat to inspire them as they enter the workforce.
Voters across the Bay Area sometimes find their polling place is a little out of the ordinary, a necessity to meet demand on election day. Here, Jack Shanas stretches before his workout at the Martial Arts Fitness Center as the inspector of the polling location, Diane Carroll, makes her rounds.
Walter Kitundu builds an interactive piano during his artist residency at the Headlands Center for the Arts in Marin, CA. In addition to building unique musical instruments, he is also a composer, graphic artist, and photographer.
It’s an unquestionably a dirty job, and these are the people that do it. This is a glimpse into what it’s like working for the largest company in the Bay Area that cleans the aftermath of the unthinkable: homicides, suicides, and accidental deaths.
