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Jessica Christian

@jachristian.bsky.social

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Garden-loving photojournalist for the San Francisco Chronicle with a very loud Bengal cat. 📍Oakland, CA jessicachristianphoto.com

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Roland Li @roland-li.bsky.social · 5d

First look inside Samuel Merritt University's new $240 million downtown Oakland campus: www.sfchronicle.com/eastbay/arti... 📸: @jachristian.bsky.social

Exclusive: Bay Area university to open $240 million downtown Oakland campus. Here’s a look inside

The 10-story, 260,000-square-foot building will have state-of-the-art classrooms, a virtual reality center and space for motion analysis research.

www.sfchronicle.com

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Jessica Christian @jachristian.bsky.social · 8d

It was big cloud day on the Bay this afternoon.

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Nicole Frugé @photofruge.bsky.social · 12d

Some incredible visual journalism collaborations led by Emily Jan coming out if the @sfchronicle.com newsroom these days. First up a brand new photo column: Revisit Orange Sky Day with @jachristian.bsky.social.

www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...

How a Chronicle photographer captured a surreal viral photo shared by Obama

An image of unsettling skies during unsettling times that one San Francisco Chronicle photographer will never forget.

www.sfchronicle.com

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Jessica Christian @jachristian.bsky.social · 12d

Happy to kick off @sfchronicle.com’s new Closer Look column with an interview about how I photographed Orange Sky Day. Gift link 🎁 bit.ly/42A7MqH

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Nuala Bishari @nuala.bsky.social · 12d

Love this behind-the-scenes interview with my beloved @jachristian.bsky.social about this crazy photo she took in 2020

How a Chronicle photographer captured a surreal viral photo shared by Obama

An image of unsettling skies during unsettling times that one San Francisco Chronicle photographer will never forget.

www.sfchronicle.com

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Jessica Christian @jachristian.bsky.social · 12d

🫶🫶🫶

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Jessica Christian @jachristian.bsky.social · 16d

I’ve been here all my life 😌

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Jessica Christian @jachristian.bsky.social · 16d

Yep!

Jessica Christian @jachristian.bsky.social · 16d

The Hayward Fault and I have beef now.

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Jessica Christian @jachristian.bsky.social · 16d

Late-night earthquake casualties. We will rebuild.

A water spray bottle, a pen and a bottle of hand sanitizer lie on the hardwood floor and beneath an upright base after falling off of a bookshelf.

A painting of a jug in a wooden frame lies on a multicolored rug.

A small wire bicycle lies on the hardwood floor.

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Jessica Christian @jachristian.bsky.social · 17d

I literally fell asleep earlier thinking about my earthquake kit 👀

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Jessica Christian @jachristian.bsky.social · 17d

Yeah we’re toast then.

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Jessica Christian @jachristian.bsky.social · 17d

They’re really up and writing!

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Jessica Christian @jachristian.bsky.social · 17d

No wonder it was scary, it was two miles from my house.

quake-bot.com @quake-bot.com · 17d

A 4.6 magnitude earthquake occurred 3 km ESE of Berkeley, California!
🗺️ Coordinates: 37.858800, -122.239800

This is an automatic report and may be revised.

View on OpenStreetMap

3 km ESE of Berkeley, California

osm.org

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Jessica Christian @jachristian.bsky.social · 17d

Yeah, that’s too close to home!

Jessica Christian @jachristian.bsky.social · 17d

That was probably the strongest earthquake I’ve ever experienced.

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Jessica Christian @jachristian.bsky.social · 23d

Thank you!!! I haven’t been confident enough to start up the scanner but maybe today’s the day.

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 23d

Amazing. Couldn't resist inverting it. #BelieveInFilm

"A medium-format negative film slide with depicting a bearded magician and a woman hovering in mid air through a hoop" -- the image from Jessica Christian has been inverted to produce a B&W positive image. The figures look like dolls.

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Jessica Christian @jachristian.bsky.social · 23d

Our current archivist is working on a project about just that!

Jessica Christian @jachristian.bsky.social · 23d

Been working in the @sfchronicle.com archives until my wrist gets stronger and I’ve found the most incredible things, most that haven’t seen the light of day in almost one hundred years. This one is from the 1939 World’s Fair on Treasure Island.

A medium-format negative film slide with depicting a bearded magician and a woman hovering in mid air through a hoop.

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COYOTE @coyotemedia.org · 23d

❤️🔥 HOT OFF THE PRESSES! 🔥❤️

COYOTE Media Collective is live!! We’re so incredibly proud of this smart, fierce, unapologetic Bay Area media project. Dive in, see what we’ve been building, read our stories, and join the pack! coyotemedia.org

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Jessica Christian @jachristian.bsky.social · 29d

It’s been five years since we woke up to apocalyptic orange skies and everyone stopped for a moment and stared at the sky. Five years since @barackobama.bsky.social shared my @sfchronicle.com photos of that day, a fun fact that will follow me forever.

A dark orange haze hangs over the skyline of San Francisco.

A man wearing a mask looks up at the sky as a dark orange haze hangs over the Bay Bridge in San Francisco.

A motorcyclist pulls over on a road on Treasure Island to take a photo of the orange sky above the San Francisco Bay.

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Jessica Christian @jachristian.bsky.social · Sep 3

Crow show in the front yard this evening.

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Jessica Christian @jachristian.bsky.social · Sep 1

Still on leave, still only able to sit back and watch as my garden grows wild. It’s not so much a garden this year as it is an ecosystem.

bushy green bean plants grow up the side of the house surrounded by other plants like cucumber, basil, tomato, and peppers.

Green bean plant strangles a dying tomato plant with black beauty tomatoes hanging off the vine.

A grasshopper covered in dew drops sits on a Serrano plant.

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Jessica Christian @jachristian.bsky.social · Aug 30

This is insane, I love it. That lens definitely costs more than $500, though.

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