photo of skinny man in shorts, in cramped apartment
photo of man and woman sitting on a bed, man is smiling
photo of man in a suit with masks on wall behind him.
photo of a man in his kitchen, head tilted to the side
photo of an exhibition of photographs on a brick wall in a empty warehouse
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Stories of the City

Sixth Street Photography Workshop, San Francisco, CA. 2003–2005.

Using photographic portraits and personal narratives this exhibition project documented the community living in and around several Single Room Occupancy (SRO) hotels in San Francisco. Stories of the City presented a cross section of SRO residents and gives insight into who they are, where they come from, what their lives are like, and their dreams for the future. Drawn from the Workshop’s archives, and including oral histories by Nancy Deutsch, the materials provide a historical look at some of San Francisco’s most disenfranchised residents from 1992 until today. SSPW has a history of involvement at each site. Shown here are images from the Bayanihan House Portrait Project, a portrait site and exhibition at the Bayanihan House, a residential hotel on Sixth Street.