Hardcover, 160 pages
8.25 x 11 in.
20.96 x 27.94 cm.
In 2001, Ray and David Potes began producing a black-and-white zine
called Hamburger Eyes. Quickly gathering traction in the photo
community, the photocopied booklets rapidly evolved into a monthly
magazine. Quietly based in San Francisco's Mission District, the
Hamburger Eyes Photo Epicenter boasted coverage of "the continuing story
of life on earth," its maxim attracting tens of thousands of cult
followers, photographers, and voyeurs from around the world. Nearly two
decades later, Hamburger Eyes has produced hundreds of issues and
exhibited thousands of photographs in galleries across the US, Europe,
and Asia.
As the magazine developed into a haven for lovers of analog and print,
the city surrounding its production was rapidly changing. The bastion of
art and activism watched as housing markets skyrocketed. Big tech--the
new gold rush--had come to change the character of the streets
themselves. While the magazine has always revealed an aesthetic
narrative from page to page and photographers have previewed and
exhibited their own projects within them, this book will be the first
publication to hone the focus of its large catalog on one point, the
city that helped to establish it.
Featuring contributions from Chris Beale, Jason Roberts Dobrin, Troy
Holden, Kappy, Dylan Maddux, Alex Martinez, Mark Murrmann, David and Ray
Potes, Ted Pushinsky, David Root, Andrea Sonnenberg, Stefan Simikich,
David Uzzardi, Tobin Yelland, and many more, Hat & Beard Press brings to
you SF Eyes: The Continuing Story of Life, Loss, Tragedy, and Triumph
in the City of San Francisco as Captured by the All-Seeing Lens of
Hamburger Eyes Photography Magazine. This installment in the Hamburger
Eyes canon chronicles San Francisco life and culture--what it is, what
it was, and why it matters--from the beginning of the turn of the new
century.
