14 December 2025
Claude Lane, between Bush and Sutter. San Francisco, California. 2 December 2025. Photo: Robert Gumpert
Sleeping rough with only light covering at the beginning of a cold night in San Francisco. For months the city has been conducting nearly continuous “sweeps”, leaving many with no alternative but to pare down their belongings to nearly nothing, find a place to lay after dark, wake at first light, and attempt to disappear. 3 December 2025. Photo: Robert Gumpert.
Christmas seems to come earlier and earlier every year. San Francisco, California. 3 December 2025. Photo: Robert Gumpert
Readings, Viewing, Listening
A Lagos exhibition celebrates Fela Kuti's defining sound - Chisom Peter Job - Wallpaper
The Design of Authority: How Design is Used to Control Behavior - Lynda Decker - Print
Climate action saves lives. So why do climate models ignore well-being? - Edited-Gaby Clark, Reviewed-Andrew Zinin - phys.org
When the world’s largest battery power plant caught fire, toxic metals rained down – wetlands captured the fallout - Ivano W. Alello - The Conversation
We asked people in prison to track their earning and spending, and bartering and side hustles — for 30 days. Their accounts reveal a thriving underground economy behind bars - Beth Schwartzapel - The Marshall Project
Black Photojournalism - Carnegie Museum of Art
How changing tattoo culture reflects a quiet shift in Japan - Ray Massaki - It’s Nice That
Inuuteq Storch set out to rediscover Inuit culture that was suppressed by Danish colonizers, by finding its traces in the everyday. - Dawn Chan - The New Yorker
‘Rebranded plantations’: how empire shaped luxury Caribbean tourism - Eleanor Shearer - Guardian
IZABELLA DEMAVLYS: WITHOUT A FACE | RICHARDS FAMILY PRIZE - Vicente Cayuela - Lenscratch
Framed and defanged: Steve McQueen’s Resistance - 1000 Words
How ethical is Google Street View, asks Jon Rafman in Copenhagen - Stephanie Gavan - Wallpaper
(Re)Connecting Communities, December ‘25 Updates - Adam Paul Susaneck - SEGREGATION BY DESIGN
#511 Stories Hidden Behind Locked Doors - Featuring Documentary Photographer Robert Gumpert (Yes me!- Neale James was curious about what I have been up to since 2021 and was kind enough to put our chat up on his site. Hopefully I had something interesting to say.)
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