A 10+ year Photographic narrative "The Heart of San Francisco's Oldest Restaurants; A Historical Collection of Restaurants and Food Cafes
Portraits of immigrant and American workers in the one of the oldest global industries from the oldest restaurants & cafes in San Francisco;a Historical Collection .
One day in March of 2014 I saw on TV local news of a man named Joe who was retiring. The story intrigued me and the light went on in my head, thinking of my father and the working friends and some hardships that went along with the food service industry. I learned how long Joe was in the food business and how San Francisco was saying goodbye to a food institution of long standing service. I was compelled to capture this event and many others as historic, socioeconomics, families and friendships. Hence, my 10+ year project, “The Heart of San Francisco’s Oldest Restaurants”; and now of the World.
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Immigrants are part of what makes America, both in labor and their contributions to the entrepreneur spirit of America's culture. Innovation, education, intellectual property and ingenuity/mother of inventions is America's best assets, along with it's generations of immigrants who wish to move up in society and start off in labor intensive jobs.