TY - BOOK AU - Klett, Mark, AU - Breuer, Karin. AU - Fradkin, Philip L. AU - Lundgren, Michael. AU - Solnit, Rebecca. TI - After the ruins, 1906 and 2006: rephotographing the San Francisco earthquake and fire SN - 520244346 AV - F 869.S343 .K679 2006 PY - 2006/// CY - Berkeley PB - University of California Press KW - Fires KW - San Francisco KW - Repeat photography KW - California KW - San Francisco Earthquake, Calif., 1906 N1 - Published on the occasion of the exhibition After the ruins, 1906 and 2006 : rephotographing the San Francisco earthquake and fire, organized by the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Legion of Honor, December 17, 2005, to June 4, 2006; Includes bibliographical references; Mark Klett, rephotography, and the story of two San Franciscos / an interview with Karin Breuer -- Hell on earth / Philip L. Fradkin -- The ruins of memory / Rebecca Solnit -- Photographs -- Maps of photograph locations -- List of photographs and credits N2 - the residual landscapes of San Francisco that beckon from these words and pictures remind us of history's power and its proximity. Klett, Fradkin, and Solnit are brilliant guides through San Francisco landscapes then and now."--William Deverell, Director, Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West." "There has never been a book on this subject with these perspectives and this depth. The combination of Fradkin's solid historical research with Solnit's illuminating historical insight combined with Klett's extensive rephotography breaks new ground."--Robert Dawson, photographer of "Farewell Promised Land: Waking from the California Dream" "After the Ruins" is, in some ways, a century in the making. It is well worth the wait: Klett and his colleagues continue to push the meaning, significance, and power of rephotography. In this poignant commemoration of urban tragedy, they have offered us a meditation on history, imagery, and landscape."--Jennifer A. Watts, Curator of Photographs, The Huntington Library www.alibris.com; After the Ruins" is a remarkable achievement. A moving commemoration of a tragic centennial ER -