Scrapbook Archive - John Gerstner

Why Scrapbook?

John Gerstner

This is a public scrapbook. It holds fragments: photographs, scans, notes, pages I kept, things I made or noticed and didn’t want to lose. Some entries come from decades ago, others from yesterday. I’m adding to it slowly, one piece at a time, not to tell a complete story, but to see what remains when […]

Bay to Breakers Run – San Francisco

John Gerstner

Something I wrote after this “race” May 17, 1987. Surely San Francisco is the only city that could stage the 7.5-mile spectacle called the Bay to Breakers. About 100,000 runners signed up for this year’s race. It might have been a serious race for a few, but not many. A guy at the free beer […]

Why I Photograph

John Gerstner

My passion for photography started when I Dad appointed me official family vacation photographer. I wrote this about 1985. Photo: Dog and swimsuit, Thailand, circa 1975 For the past 15 years, I have been walking the world with acamera. In my work, on my vacations, In my spare time during theday and night, In cities, […]