Photo Walking Tours of San Francisco

Learn about the city that’s so easy to love with a professional photographer as your guide. Explore the visual richness of San Francisco during a four hour photo walking tour of Chinatown, North Beach, Telegraph Hill and Coit Tower. It’s perfect for those who love photography and want to capture the excitement and history of these vibrant neighborhoods. This tour is designed to maximize photo possibilities with an eye to the visual icons of San Francisco. Plus, learn about San Francisco’s earliest history, its ethnic communities, the Beats, architects and artists, and present day life in these real world neighborhoods. Led by Rick Gerharter, a working news photographer with 20+ years of professional photography experience and 30+ years of living knowledge of San Francisco’s history, politics, culture and social dynamics. Arrangements made through Manstouch Travel at the following link: http://manstouch.co.uk/usa/san-francisco-photo-tours.html

Solo Exhibitions

Capturing the Moment: The Photojournalism of Rick Gerharter”, GLBT Historical Society, San Francisco, CA, 2006
Cuba Panorama”, Lombardi Library, World Affairs Council, San Francisco, CA, 2004
Queer Photo Salon”, LGBT Community Center, San Francisco, CA, 2002
Havana Panorama”, Mad Magda’s Russian Tea Room, San Francisco, CA, 1998
Una Verdad de San Francisco”, Galeria Arte 7, Cine Yara, Havana, Cuba, 1996
Homo Foto San Francisco”, Valley Women Books & Gifts, Fresno, CA, 1996
Queer Pix”, Josie’s Cabaret and Juice Joint, San Francisco, CA, 1991
Quiescence-At Peace in the Park”, Main Library, San Francisco Public Library, 1989

Group Exhibitions

Fun, Frolic, Fetish: 25 Years of the Folsom Street Fair”, GLBT Historical Society, San Francisco, CA, 2008
2 Wheelers at the Main”, Main Library, San Francisco Public Library, 2007
Remember Jerome”, Bucheon Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2007
Fetiches: Una exposicion de fotografias”, Galeria Alonso Vidal, Barcelona, Spain, 2007
Out at the Library: Celebrating the James C. Hormel Gay & Lesbian Center”, Main Library, San Francisco Public Library, 2005
Sporting Life: GLBT Athletics and Cultural Change from the 1960s to Today”, GLBT Historical Society, San Francisco, CA, 2005
Police Riot ’89: Remember the Castro Sweep”, A Different Light Bookstore, San Francisco, CA, 1999
Becoming Visible”, Parsons School of Design Gallery, New York City, NY, 1996
The Wall of Restitution”, DeMaio Fine Arts Gallery, Guerneville, CA, 1996
Unity: A Celebration of Gay Games IV and Stonewall”, SF Camerawork, San Francisco, CA, 1995
The Night of Resistance”, A Different Light Bookstore, San Francisco, CA, 1990
Urban Scrawl”, Armpit Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 1990