Photographer David Johnson, who chronicled San Francisco’s Black culture, dies at 97

David Johnson in 2023 with one of his photographs, "Clarence," at an award luncheon at UC Berkeley honoring the photographer.

Johnson studied with Ansel Adams in the 1940s and became known as one of the foremost photographers of San Francisco’s Black urban culture.

Johnson studied with Ansel Adams in the 1940s and became known as one of the foremost photographers of San Francisco’s Black urban culture.