Elliot Bamberger wants you to look twice at San Francisco.
To Bamberger, a San Francisco native, the city’s small businesses are less like old buildings and more like odd characters. Featuring photographs of bars, liquor stores, and laundromats, Bamberger’s latest exhibition, Neon Monuments: The Bars, Businesses, and One-Stop Shops That Shape the Tenderloin, pays homage to the familial businesses that make San Francisco unique—and urges viewers to engage with San Francisco’s diverse, urban landscape.