San Francisco. Portrait of a City, Art Edition No. 76–150 'Seagull over Golden Gate Bridge, early 1950s'

Known as “San Francisco’s Brassaï,” Fred Lyon is a San Francisco native whose photographs have appeared in magazines such as Life, Look, Sports Illustrated , and Vogue . Lyon studied with Ansel Adams, and his photographs over the years have included news, fashion, advertising, and jazz. He’s photographed Billie Holiday and Sonny Rollins as well as dock workers, kids playing on the city’s famously steep Kearny Street, and fishermen in Sausalito.

Richie Unterberger is the author of numerous rock history books, including volumes on the Who, Bob Marley, and 1960s folk-rock. A San Francisco Bay resident for 35 years, he has contributed to numerous publications, including MOJO , Record Collector , and The Oxford American . He teaches courses at several Bay Area colleges, including the University of San Francisco, San Francisco State University, and the University of California at Berkeley.

Reuel Golden is the former editor of the British Journal of Photography and the Photography editor at TASCHEN. His TASCHEN titles include: Mick Rock: The Rise of David Bowie , both London and New York Portrait of a City books, The Rolling Stones , Her Majesty , the National Geographic editions, the David Bailey SUMO and Andy Warhol . Polaroids .