Maybe This Week, Maybe Next Week
31 December 2025
Cherry pitter. Also used for olives. Photo: Robert Gumpert 12 August 2025
Fresh fish counter. Photo: Robert Gumpert 22 December 2025
Remains of a meal.. Photo: Robert Gumpert 12 December 2025
Two Bosc pears. Photo: Robert Gumpert 21 December 2025
Sleeping rough. Ferry docks at the SF Ferry Building. Photo: Robert Gumpert 22 December 2025
The Reads, Listenings, and Viewings
An oceanic tempo - James Bradley, edited by Richard Fisher - AEON
CAN REALLY SIMPLE LICENSING ACTUALLY PROTECT PHOTOGRAPHY? - Thoughts of a Bohemian
AIDS at the Ambassador Hotel - Paul Fusco - Magnum
In Prison, They Call Me Picasso - John W. Zenc - Prison Journalism Project
The Photographers’ Selection: 2025 - Magnum
The other Homo sapiens - Nick Longrich, edited by Pam Weintraub - AEON
Are You Enjoying Our Linguine? - Francesco Pacifico - The Dial
UK campaigner targeted by Trump accuses tech giants of ‘sociopathic greed’ - Peter Walker - The Guardian
Dates: A User’s Guide - BBC The Food Programme
Another Bullshit Night in Slop City - Will Harrison - The Baffler
That Year-End Bubble? It’s Carnage Fatigue - Reading the Pictures
31st December 2025 - A Small Voice
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23 December 2025
Evita Adriano, new “From the MMP Hiring Hall”. Read her thoughts of the mariner’s life here: https://robertgumpert.com/mmp/from-the-mmampp-hiring-hall
Photo: Robert Gumpert 1 December 2025
Tree in backyard. Photo: Robert Gumpert 19 December 2025. Christmas tree in the Ferry Building, San Francisco. Photo: Robert Gumpert 20 December 2025
Port of Oakland area. Oakland, California. Photo: Robert Gumpert 15 December 2025
The San Francisco Bay Bridge from the SF/Oakland ferry. Photo: Robert Gumpert 15 December 2025
Readings, Viewing, Listening for parts the End of December 2025
The Eerie Story of Low Background Steel - The Material World
After 150 Years, California’s Sugar Beet Industry Comes to an End - Caroline Tracey - Civil Eats
The Daily Heller: 150 Years of Iranian Graphic Design - Steven Heller - Print
Can visual journalism help to save democracy in the United States? - Fred Ritchin - Notes of a MetaPhotographer
Aperture’s Must-Read Features of 2025
Remembering the riotous heyday of Asbury Lanes - Jon Coen, Photos: Mike McLaughlin - Huck
Daytime, headphones, no booze involved: How a generation is saying ‘no’ to club parties - Lucas Barquero - El País
Amira’s Castle and Maen Hammad, 2025 W. Eugene Smith Fund Grant Recipient - Maen Hammad
Stefanos Paikos, 2025 W. Eugene Smith Fund Grant Finalist
Art Models Struggle for a Living Wage and Recognition - Isa Farhan - Hyperallergic
How long should a building last? - Nat Barker - dozen
271 - Rachel Elizabeth Seed - A Small Voice podcast
Black Photojournalism Episode 5: The South - Carnegie Museum of Art
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