June 2011
2 posts
SF in photos and words
There are many San Francisco-focused photo blogs, but two in particular do a great job of combining words and images.
“I live here” is a series by Julie Michelle that dives into the lives and personalities of a variety of San Francisco characters. Julie takes the photos, but she asks her subjects to write about themselves and how they experience the city.
Ramsey, the author...
Maps that reveal
Eric Fischer has created some fascinating maps that expose aspects of San Francisco (and many other cities) that are otherwise latent or ignored.
The first map (click for link to full version) shows the geographic concentration of flickr photos taken by tourists (red), locals (blue) and uncertain (yellow). The actual map data comes from openstreemap.
Perhaps even more striking is this...