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Humankindness Gala | SF City Hall | May 22, 2025 | © Show Ready Photo, @showreadyphoto

Humankindness Gala | SF City Hall | May 22, 2025 | © Show Ready Photo, @showreadyphoto

Railway modeller/1 - on the distaff side.

Shot on one of the game preserves in the Cradle of Humankind, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. I thought this picture of the lion standing next to the restaurant was a bit too cliché and iconic to pass up. His pride was sitting on the other side of the road. Shot with a Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W50.

"Humankind cannot gain anything without first giving something in return. To obtain, something of equal value must be lost. That is alchemy’s First Law of Equivalent Exchange. In those days, we really believed that to be the world’s one, and only, truth."

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Humankindness Gala | SF City Hall | May 22, 2025 | © Show Ready Photo, @showreadyphoto

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 22 - Atmosphere at Humankindness Gala on May 22nd 2024 at San Francisco City Hall in San Francisco, CA (Photo - Natalie Schrik for Drew Altizer Photography)

a couple of years ago, a diver tried to find out how deep this lake is, but his safety line got cut and he couldn't find his way back. They found him 6 weeks later, some 30 km away washed "ashore"; on a small stream with a written note to his wife and family...

Humankindness Gala | SF City Hall | May 22, 2025 | © Show Ready Photo, @showreadyphoto

fixed point observation #5

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 22 - Janet Reilly attends Humankindness Gala on May 22nd 2024 at San Francisco City Hall in San Francisco, CA (Photo - Natalie Schrik for Drew Altizer Photography)

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 22 - Remi Kajogbola attends Humankindness Gala on May 22nd 2024 at San Francisco City Hall in San Francisco, CA (Photo - Jessica Monroy for Drew Altizer Photography)

Humankindness Gala | SF City Hall | May 22, 2025 | © Show Ready Photo, @showreadyphoto

Humankindness Gala | SF City Hall | May 22, 2025 | © Show Ready Photo, @showreadyphoto

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 22 - Sang Gupta, Willie Brown and Lloyd Dean attend Humankindness Gala on May 22nd 2024 at San Francisco City Hall in San Francisco, CA (Photo - Natalie Schrik for Drew Altizer Photography)

Sterkfontein Caves, South Africa

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 22 - Atmosphere at Humankindness Gala on May 22nd 2024 at San Francisco City Hall in San Francisco, CA (Photo - Natalie Schrik for Drew Altizer Photography)

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 22 - John Lynch and Liam Mayclem attend Humankindness Gala on May 22nd 2024 at San Francisco City Hall in San Francisco, CA (Photo - Drew Altizer)

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 22 - Leona Bridges attends Humankindness Gala on May 22nd 2024 at San Francisco City Hall in San Francisco, CA (Photo - Jessica Monroy for Drew Altizer Photography)

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 22 - Ken Coleman and Steve Bowdry attend Humankindness Gala on May 22nd 2024 at San Francisco City Hall in San Francisco, CA (Photo - Drew Altizer Photography)

Mutual regard.

Humankindness Gala | SF City Hall | May 22, 2025 | © Show Ready Photo, @showreadyphoto

Humankindness Gala | SF City Hall | May 22, 2025 | © Show Ready Photo, @showreadyphoto

Humankindness Gala | SF City Hall | May 22, 2025 | © Show Ready Photo, @showreadyphoto

Humankind cannot stand very much reality.

- T. S. Eliot (1888 - 1965)

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 22 - Performance attends Humankindness Gala on May 22nd 2024 at San Francisco City Hall in San Francisco, CA (Photo - Natalie Schrik for Drew Altizer Photography)

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 22 - Atmosphere at Humankindness Gala on May 22nd 2024 at San Francisco City Hall in San Francisco, CA (Photo - Natalie Schrik for Drew Altizer Photography)

School visit. Also sketching-a-chair.

Humankindness Gala | SF City Hall | May 22, 2025 | © Show Ready Photo, @showreadyphoto

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 22 - Daniel Lurie and Willie Brown attend Humankindness Gala on May 22nd 2024 at San Francisco City Hall in San Francisco, CA (Photo - Drew Altizer Photography)

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 22 - Karl Cole-Freeman attends Humankindness Gala on May 22nd 2024 at San Francisco City Hall in San Francisco, CA (Photo - Jessica Monroy for Drew Altizer Photography)

Humankindness Gala | SF City Hall | May 22, 2025 | © Show Ready Photo, @showreadyphoto

Humankindness Gala | SF City Hall | May 22, 2025 | © Show Ready Photo, @showreadyphoto

Humankindness Gala | SF City Hall | May 22, 2025 | © Show Ready Photo, @showreadyphoto

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 22 - Lloyd Dean attends Humankindness Gala on May 22nd 2024 at San Francisco City Hall in San Francisco, CA (Photo - Natalie Schrik for Drew Altizer Photography)