Mark Sarfati, Photography

Tivoli, New York

Haskell 'Cool Papa' Sadler

Haskell 'Cool Papa' Sadler
Lee Hildebrand's East Bay Express review of May 22, 1981

Bruce Springsteen performing during the Born in the USA tour at Oakland Coliseum — Bruce Springsteen
Born in the USA tour, Oakland Coliseum
Listen to “On the Streets of Minneapolis”

Bruce Springsteen Born in the USA tour, Oakland Coliseum

Bruce Springsteen
Born in the USA tour, Oakland Coliseum

Sly Stone

Sly Stone
Lee Hildebrand's East Bay Express review of April 23, 1982

Clifton Chenier.jpg

Clifton Chenier's wiki page
Latest release from the Smithsonian

Kris Kristoffersen

Kris Kristoffersen at his LA home

Troyce_Key_Rhythm_Rockers at Eli's Mile High Club

Troyce Key (far left), J.J. Malone (2nd to left),
and the Rhythm Rockers at Eli's Mile High Club (1983)

Lee Hildebrand's East Bay Express review
of Feb 8, 1980

Eli's Mile High Club

Eli's Mile High Club
1983, Oakland, CA

Paul McCartney

Paul McCartney, Oakland Coliseum

Bob Geddins

Bob Geddins

Brownie McGhee

Brownie McGhee,
Ashkenaz, Berkeley, CA

James Brown performing at the Keystone in Berkeley

James Brown,
Keystone, Berkeley

Bobby McFerrin

Bobby McFerrin,
Oakland Auditorium

Charles Brown performing live at Ashkenaz in Berkeley — Charles Brown
Ashkenaz, Berkeley, CA

Chet Baker

Chet Baker
April 1988, Montclair Village, Oakland

Johnny Fuller

Johnny Fuller
1980, Oakland, CA

Leonard Bernstein

Leonard Bernstein, 1982,
Oakland Auditorium, Oakland, CA

Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five

Grandmaster Flash
and the Furious Five
1980, Castlemont High School, Oakland, CA

Mick Jagger

Mick Jagger
Steel Wheels Tour, Oakland Coliseum, Oakland CA

Rick Nelson

Rick Nelson
His last Bay Area Concert, December 1985, Concord, CA

Pete Townshend

Pete Townshend
Oakland Coliseum

Stevie Nicks

Stevie Nicks
Solo Performance, Oakland, CA

Lionel Richie

Lionel Richie
Oakland Coliseum, Oakland CA

Muhammad Ali

Muhammad Ali,
and in requiem
Cody's Books book signing, Berkeley, CA

Body Building Competition

Body Building Competition, 1981,
Oakland Auditorium, Oakland, CA

Furthur

Furthur

Portrait of Rickey Henderson, professional baseball player

Rickey Henderson

Billy Martin, Martin and Henderson were great friends

Billy Martin
His last game as Oakland A's manager
(Martin and Henderson were great friends)

Don Novello w/customers of the 1232 cafe

Don Novello
aka 'Father Guido Sarducci'
w/ customers of the 1232 cafe,
San Francisco, CA

Susan Griffin, East Bay author and leading ecofeminist

Susan Griffin

Arthur Blaustein

Arthur Blaustein, UC Berkeley professor and author

Greil Marcus

Greil Marcus

Noam Chomsky

Noam Chomsky

I.F. Stone

I.F. Stone

Edward_Teller

Edward Teller, creator and advocate of the hydrogen bomb

Edward Teller

David Nadel, (shown bottom right),
Impresario, Peace Advocate, and
Owner of Ashkenaz, Berkeley, CA

City Lights Booksellers

City Lights Booksellers,
founded 1953 by Lawrence Ferlinghetti and Peter D. Martin,
San Francisco, CA

New Yorker Bookshop

New Yorker Bookshop,
founded 1964 by Peter D. Martin, W89th B'way, NYC

Brooklyn Under

Brooklyn Beneath the Tracks

Havana, Cuba

Cigar Factory Worker, Havana, Cuba

Benny Sarfati

Benny Sarfati, our founder, 1966
West 89th St, Broadway, NYC

(Rolleicord Vb, Tri-X Film)

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