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SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 10 - Sean Fisher, Jack Mahoney and Stephanie Heber attend Humankindness Gala 2018 on May 10th 2018 at San Francisco City Hall in San Francisco, CA (Photo - Devlin Shand for Drew Altizer Photography)
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 16 - Sarah Chaffin, MD, attends Dignity Health Foundation's Humankindness Gala at City Hall in San Francisco, CA. (Photo - Arthur Kobin for Drew Altizer Photography)
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 10 - Anita Lee, George Shultz, Charlotte Shultz and Tania Lee attend Humankindness Gala 2018 on May 10th 2018 at San Francisco City Hall in San Francisco, CA (Photo - Devlin Shand for Drew Altizer Photography)
How can humankind arrive at an eminently livable future? Which pioneers are already blazing trails in that direction and can make it accessible to all? These questions are being posed by the 2014 Ars Electronica Festival, and there’ll be no shortage of potential answers to them either!
Credit: tom mesic
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 16 - Dignity Health Foundation's Humankindness Gala at City Hall in San Francisco, CA. (Photo - Arthur Kobin for Drew Altizer Photography)
How can humankind arrive at an eminently livable future? Which pioneers are already blazing trails in that direction and can make it accessible to all? These questions are being posed by the 2014 Ars Electronica Festival, and there’ll be no shortage of potential answers to them either!
Credit: tom mesic
Theme of this project is ‘Plastic Pollution’ and the effect on humankind. With these pictures I want to represent the oppressive feeling of humans surrounded by plastic.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 16 - Sr. Carol Keehan attends Dignity Health Foundation's Humankindness Gala at City Hall in San Francisco, CA. (Photo - Andrew Caulfield for Drew Altizer Photography)
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 10 - Humankindness Gala 2018 on May 10th 2018 at San Francisco City Hall in San Francisco, CA (Photo - Devlin Shand for Drew Altizer Photography)
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 10 - Atmosphere at Humankindness Gala 2018 on May 10th 2018 at San Francisco City Hall in San Francisco, CA (Photo - Devlin Shand for Drew Altizer Photography)
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 10 - Kent Bradley and Charlie Francis attend Humankindness Gala 2018 on May 10th 2018 at San Francisco City Hall in San Francisco, CA (Photo - Devlin Shand for Drew Altizer Photography)
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 16 - Ron Neal, Amir Mashkoori, Danette Mashkoori, John de Souza, Clyde Dyrdahl, and Melissa Dyrdahl attend Dignity Health Foundation's Humankindness Gala at City Hall in San Francisco, CA. (Photo - Arthur Kobin for Drew Altizer Photography)
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 10 - Craig McCassen, Andy Brailo, Remy Kajogbula and Kelly Rakowski attend Humankindness Gala 2018 on May 10th 2018 at San Francisco City Hall in San Francisco, CA (Photo - Devlin Shand for Drew Altizer Photography)
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 16 - Dignity Health Foundation's Humankindness Gala at City Hall in San Francisco, CA. (Photo - Arthur Kobin for Drew Altizer Photography)
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 16 - Elizabeth Shih and Lily Shih attend Dignity Health Foundation's Humankindness Gala at City Hall in San Francisco, CA. (Photo - Andrew Caulfield for Drew Altizer Photography)
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 16 - Miss California Erica Dann, Liam Mayclem, and Janet Reilly attend Dignity Health Foundation's Humankindness Gala at City Hall in San Francisco, CA. (Photo - Drew Altizer Photography)
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 10 - Bianca Briola and Kim Doland attend Humankindness Gala 2018 on May 10th 2018 at San Francisco City Hall in San Francisco, CA (Photo - Devlin Shand for Drew Altizer Photography)
“Humankind has not woven the web of life.
We are but one thread within it.
Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves.
All things are bound together.
All things connect.”
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 10 - Peter Stadniuk and Taylor Lee attend Humankindness Gala 2018 on May 10th 2018 at San Francisco City Hall in San Francisco, CA (Photo - Alexandra Malek for Drew Altizer Photography)
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 10 - Tom Sateria and Dan Morissette attend Humankindness Gala 2018 on May 10th 2018 at San Francisco City Hall in San Francisco, CA (Photo - Devlin Shand for Drew Altizer Photography)
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 10 - Dave Graulich and Kathy Graulich attend Humankindness Gala 2018 on May 10th 2018 at San Francisco City Hall in San Francisco, CA (Photo - Alexandra Malek for Drew Altizer Photography)
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 16 - Sr. Carol Keehan and Kevin Lofton attend Dignity Health Foundation's Humankindness Gala at City Hall in San Francisco, CA. (Photo - Andrew Caulfield for Drew Altizer Photography)
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 10 - David Heath and Andy Brailo attend Humankindness Gala 2018 on May 10th 2018 at San Francisco City Hall in San Francisco, CA (Photo - Devlin Shand for Drew Altizer Photography)
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 10 - Clint Reilly, Wendy Jordan and Frank Jordan attend Humankindness Gala 2018 on May 10th 2018 at San Francisco City Hall in San Francisco, CA (Photo - Devlin Shand for Drew Altizer Photography)
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 10 - Paul Rubinstein and Mary Beth Wilding attend Humankindness Gala 2018 on May 10th 2018 at San Francisco City Hall in San Francisco, CA (Photo - Alexandra Malek for Drew Altizer Photography)