Robert Cameron \'s photographic career began in 1933 as a news photographer for the Des Moines Register.
He has written three books, most recently The San Francisco Century (2006)..
Among other awards, he has received a Maritime Heritage Award from the San Francisco Maritime National Park Association, the President\'s Gold Medal for Public Service from the California Maritime Academy, and an honorary doctorate in humane letters from the University of San Francisco.
Nolte served for seven Years as chairman of the board and CEO of the National Liberty Ship Memorial, which owns and operates the SS Jeremiah O\'Brien , a World War II Liberty Ship.
He has traveled extensively, particularly by sea.
In a long career with the paper, he has also served as an editor and was a war correspondent in the Persian Gulf war and during the invasion of Iraq.
Carl Nolte is a fourth-generation San Franciscan and a reporter and columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle , where his Native Son column appears every Sunday.
Carl Nolte writes the weekly Native Son column for the San Francisco Chronicle, where he has worked since 1961.
For more information on Cameron\'s photographs, go to cameronfolio.com.
After moving to San Francisco, he self-published his first Above book in 1969 and went on to publish 16 additional titles, with over three million copies in print.
During World War II, he worked for the War Department as a civilian photographer.
Robert Cameron \'s photographic career began in 1933 as a news photographer for the Des Moines Register
