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Pacific Telephone Building Renovation for SF Chronicle

I was recently assigned to photograph the renovation progress at the old Pacific Telephone Building in downtown San Francisco. It is really an incredible building which has been used for so many different purposes over its life. Originally for offices, at one point the building was more machine than man, housing a ton of telecommunications [...]

Posted 27 December 2012 † Beck Diefenbach § Freelance Reporting ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , , , , , , ,

Wheelchair doesn’t stop cheerleader

Between the tech shows and the nudist protests, every so often a really great assignment comes my way. This one was from the San Francisco Chronicle and the accompanying story can be found here.
Angel is a sophomore at Sequoia High School in Redwood City. She lives with spina bifida which ultimately means she uses a [...]

Posted 26 November 2012 † Beck Diefenbach § Freelance Reporting ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: , , , , , , , , ,

Giants fans at NLCS Game 6 for the SF Chronicle

The magic is alive in the section 138 of the bleachers at AT&T park. The San Francisco Giants beat the St. Louis Cardinals 6 to 1 to force game seven tomorrow.

Posted 22 October 2012 † Beck Diefenbach § Freelance Reporting § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , , , , , , ,

Making photos you love

This past week two weeks I have shot 7 MLB games. As I procrastinate from writing a post about all of the images I made, the great people I worked with and the sunburns I could have prevented, I just want to share this image:

Posted 06 August 2012 † Beck Diefenbach § Freelance Reporting § Sports ‡ Comments (1) °

Save the Daily Californian, UC Berkeley’s student newspaper (for SF Chronicle)

If you think newspapers are struggling, imagine how tough it must be to be at a student newspaper. Even more difficult: an independent student newspaper.
The Daily Californian is one of the very few student newspapers which doesn’t operate under the control or funding of their university. Some would say the freedom from administrator oversight outweighs [...]

Posted 15 April 2012 † Beck Diefenbach § Freelance Reporting ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: , , , , , , , , ,