San Francisco has always been known as beautiful. But in this series of photographs from Pulitzer Prize winner Vincent Laforet, the City by the Bay takes beauty to a new level.
"From above you can see just how vast this city is -- and how incredibly tightly packed it is," Laforet wrote. "Somehow even New York feels a little less jammed with people -- which clearly makes no sense logically. But then, New York is a small island with clear borders. Downtown San Francisco is not the clear visual nucleus of the city to me. The sprawl and the bridges are."
For fans of San Francisco, Laforet's work is a visual delight. Please enjoy the gallery of his images.