Trying to capture the essence of a place in just a few images is a difficult task. Sometimes it takes several different perspectives to truly show what makes a city's heart beat.
The San Francisco Bay Area is one of the most rapidly changing regions of the United States and it is documented by 14 different photographers in a new exhibition called Status Update. The photographs are done by both local and outside artists, but all of the photos look closely at the daily lives of ordinary people in the area.
"Change is fluid," says Rian Dundon, one of the exhibition's curators. "And the Bay Area is a porous place - these things spill out. We want to see how different threads can connect across such a variegated region."
Though the Bay Area is booming with tech innovation and young companies, a large percentage of the region lives in poverty. The organizers of the project hope that these photos can ignite the conversation and change the area needs.
Status Update opens November 13th at SOMArts in San Francisco.
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