Ira Nowinski’s San Francisco: Poets, Politics, And Divas

Capturing the heart of San Francisco What catches Ira Nowinski’s eye and what he captures with his lens are people–the beat poets of North Beach, opera divas radiating passion and delighting in adulation, cigar-smoking old Italians, tenant organizers, and an alert shirtless old man in a boxer’s stance. These are photographs from three decades that speak eloquently and powerfully about the timeless virtues of courage and dignity, photographs that probe the depth of the human spirit, indeed the very heart of San Francisco. Published in collaboration with the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley