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EF Kohler

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Born in Sacramento, I moved to San Francisco in 1985 to study sculpture and film at the San Francisco Art Institute (RIP). After graduating in 1989 I spent the next five years engaged in various jobs to pay the bills while curating a number of one-word group exhibitions such as "Target", "Cardboard" and "Shy". In 1994 I began volunteering at Creativity Explored (a fine arts program for adults with disabilities in San Francisco's Mission District) and then substituting and working part-time at the second studio when it opened in 1995. I became a full-time teacher/facilitator in 1996, and the Studio Manager in 2002. I live in San Francisco and make short odd films while continuing to fuel my obsession with classic horror.
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I Street Bridge

West Sacramento, California

I Street Bridge

I Street Bridge is the heaviest swinging center bridge in the United States.

Corti Brothers Grocery

Sacramento, California

Corti Brothers Grocery

The last of a gourmet supermarket chain, this store helped spark California's Food Revolution.

The exterior.

Sacramento, California

Vic's Ice Cream Parlor

At this 1940s-era neighborhood favorite, you can still drink a cherry phosphate.

De Lauers Super Newsstand

Oakland, California

De Lauers Super Newsstand

The newsstand that never closes its doors—well, almost never.

Kaiser Convention Center

Oakland, California

Henry J. Kaiser Center for the Arts

A 1914 beaux arts auditorium that sat shuttered for 20 years, restored and reopened in 2026

Cogswell monument, Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland CA

Oakland, California

Mountain View Cemetery

Oakland's beautiful monumental cemetery.

Inside of the market. (Ratto's Market & Deli)

Oakland, California

Ratto's Market & Deli

International delicatessen has been owned and operated by the same family for more than 110 years.

Heinold’s First and Last Chance 2007. (Wikimedia Commons)

Oakland, California

Heinold's First and Last Chance Saloon

Dive bar built out of the remains of a whaling ship.

Chapel of the Chimes

Oakland, California

Chapel of the Chimes

Julia Morgan's Moorish-Gothic labyrinth of fountains, trees, natural light and Oakland's notable dead.

Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum

Fremont, California

Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum

This quaint archive of the silent era preserves and pays homage to a seminal moment in film history.

Karel Zeman Museum

Prague, Czechia

Karel Zeman Museum

Dedicated to the works of the legendary special effects artist.

The disco ball-bedecked upstairs is a perfect place to read.

Berlin, Germany

Schwarzes Café

Dine at a legendary after-hours joint frequented by David Bowie and Iggy Pop.

Old and new churches side by side.

Berlin, Germany

Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church

An imperial church bombed to ruins during WWII now stands as a jagged memorial.

Mural by Fintan Magee.

Berlin, Germany

Artpark Tegel

This concrete residential area doubles as an open-air gallery.

The Berlin Victory Column.

Berlin, Germany

Berlin Victory Column

A monument to the three wars that led to German unification towers within a Berlin traffic circle.

Berlin Wall

Berlin, Germany

Vestiges of the Berlin Wall

On the Spree bank, discover one of the last reminders of a symbolic wall that divided, and was torn down by the people.

Don't let the unassuming entrance fool you.

Culver City, California

The Museum of Jurassic Technology

A modern day curiosity cabinet.

Ballerina Clown

Los Angeles, California

Ballerina Clown

A three-story, three-dimensional hobo clown in a tutu welcomes CVS shoppers.

Snow White Cafe
Permanently Closed

Los Angeles, California

Snow White Cafe

This Hollywood dive houses a mural painted by the artists who animated its namesake film.

Wacko Strorefeont

Los Angeles, California

Soap Plant / Wacko

An expansive book store, art gallery, and curio shop with wares ranging from tarot cards to novelty socks.

Musso & Frank Grill, "Oldest Restaurant in Hollywood Since 1919."

Los Angeles, California

Musso and Frank Grill

This star-studded Old Hollywood restaurant is where fettuccine Alfredo made its United States debut.

Venice of America Canals

Los Angeles, California

Venice of America Canals

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

The lamps come from the 1920s and 1930s.

Los Angeles, California

‘Urban Light’

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

October 2022

Los Angeles, California

Pink's Hot Dogs

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

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