Phil Chaney, Iron Workers Supervisor
Daniel Odom II, Bridge Service
Herbert Gabriel, Painter
Dennis Holien, Driver
Lt. David Rivera, Security
Brian Vaughn, Painter
Captain Lisa Locati, Security
Tom Scott, Painter
Lance Hoffman, Toll Taker
Lt. Sheri Creer, Security
MoiraForrista, Driver
Tilman Hanson, Painting Crew Chief
Sgt. Herbert Lopez, Security
Craig Dodson, Maintenance Supervisor
Mike Affonso and Fred Caudle, Drivers
Fred Mixon, Painter
Kevin Milliken, Painter
Brian Russel, Painter
Brian Royal, Painter
Jesse and Robin Roberts, Bridge Service
Eric Torres Vasquez, Bridge Service
Rene Tovar, Operating Engineer
Mario Territo, Operating Engineer
Paul Fritz, Security
Charin Sae-Lee, Toll Taker
Avtar Vains, Toll Taker
Everardo Lopez, Gardner
Breauna Dantzler Toll Taker
GATEKEEPERS
This series of photographs is on permanent exhibition at the Fort Point National Historic Site in San Francisco. It was commissioned in 2012 and this was the statement for the original exhibition.
Thousands of commuters cross the Golden Gate Bridge every day on their way to work. But for the people in these photographs taken by Andy Freeberg, the bridge itself is a workplace. Freeberg captured the bridge’s human side with individual portraits of engineers, painters, toll takers, and others responsible for the daily care and safety of the bridge. These pictures were commissioned by the For-Site Foundation in 2012 for an art exhibition titled International Orange, which was in celebration of the 75th anniversary of the Golden Gate Bridge. This installation was specifically commissioned for these two rooms to honor the unsung heroes who keep the great structure above us safe and maintained.