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“Fred’s photos (he calls them “snaps” in his self-effacing way) are something different. Call them picture postcards with an edge, with an angle, a point of view and some with a message.”~ Willie Brown, former Mayor of San Francisco (1996-2004) San Francisco is a city best enjoyed on foot, with its elegant rolling hills, its magnificent Victorian style houses and its gorgeous parks – it’s a truly charming city. Fred Lyon is best known for documenting the romantic quality and everyday life of the city. This is one of Fred’s photographs that has always stayed with me, as it is a perspective you don’t often see of San Francisco. It’s like a scene taken right out of a movie. Even from the car, it’s unmistakably a portrait of the city by the bay, in all its beauty.