Joel  Midili,  photographer and native San Franciscan,  has been capturing  images around the globe for 25 years.  His images are a response to his passions,  which range from a deep connection to wilderness beauty to a fascination for  the gritty realities of the streets and the characters who people them.  His  portfolio includes the many faces of  San Francisco,  the wilds of  North  American, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia and images of Cuba in the 1990s.

A  current focus takes him to both, the shiny and the seedy parts of San Francisco. In the shinier neighborhoods, he may have to negotiate with a police  officer to get the perspective he needs for a shot. In the seedier hoods, he  may need to run, ducking pitched bottles in order to capture the edgy image he  just has to have.