From deserted streets to pedestrians in hazmat suits, we documented the city in photographs and video in the early weeks of the pandemic.
Photography
Posted inCommunity
A year of photos in Berkeley: 2022
We illustrated stories about housing and much more — including people, places and events — in photographs that show the life and times of Berkeley.
Posted inCommunity
Photojournalist Ximena Natera, environment reporter Iris Kwok join Berkeleyside
Ximena Natera, a veteran visual journalist, will be our first-ever staff photographer. Iris Kwok, a recent Cal grad with bylines around the Bay, will report a new climate beat.
Posted inArts
At Berkeley gallery, student photos of Hong Kong protests get rare showing
Organizers of the ‘Echoes of Defiance’ exhibition at Fourth Street Fine Art say it’s the first time student photos of the 2019 street protests have been shown overseas.
Posted inArts
Surface Tension: Tabitha Soren’s photographs touch on politics, culture and the natural world
Showing now through Dec. 12 at the Mills College Art Museum in Oakland, this is Soren’s first solo museum exhibit in the Bay Area.
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Dorothea Lange’s legacy lives on through a fellowship at UC Berkeley
On Feb. 22 the Cal J-School presents, “Photographer Dorothea Lange and the Berkeley Connection: 40 Years of Lange Fellowship Winners.”
Posted inCommunity
Kai Mort Shuman, a Berkeley bohemian who took iconic photos of musicians, dies at 85
Shuman spent the decade from 1960-1970 documenting New York City’s cultural ferment, and photographed Odetta, Nina Simone and the Beatles, among others.
Posted inArts
Hundreds of Dorothea Lange’s photographs are now available in digital format from OMCA
With serendipitous timing, ideally suited to a pandemic, OMCA has just opened the Dorothea Lange Digital Archive, a free, online experience showcasing the work of the world-renowned documentary photographer.
Posted inCommunity
Berkeley photographer tells the stories of quarantined neighbors, without leaving her home
During shelter in place, Marla Aufmuth has turned her cameras on the people just outside her front door on Ward Street. Getting to know the neighbors is making her community stronger, she says.
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How neighbors on 2 Berkeley blocks are getting through the lockdown
A photographic project by Claire Copeland, a junior at Berkeley High, sheds light on how her neighbors are coping with sheltering at home.
Posted inCity
After 10 days on lockdown, Berkeley is a quieter, more cautious city
A tough, but necessary mandate to self-isolate has transformed a once bustling, active city into a quieter place, one that moves at a slower pace.
Posted inCity
A new reality: What does ‘shelter in place’ look like in Berkeley?
From a deserted campus through empty streets and a popup food bank, Pete Rosos documents in photographs a city on lockdown.
