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  Every Friday night, Pat Johnson plays catcher on his neighborhood softball team, the Phantoms. Until the publication of his new book, “Blue Collar Photographer,” none of his teammates knew what he did for a living. They had no idea that he was one of the Bay...

Nov 12, 2018 The city of San Francisco honored Pat Johnson with a Certificate of Honor for his many years of photography. Seen here is Pat Johnson and Mayor London Breed. Pat Johnson Photography started professionally in 1974 and has covered Music, Sports, Fashion and...

Special Book Signing at Mill Valleys Sweetwater on September 18 One of the Bay Area’s top rock photographers for forty-five years collects his work in an exclusive book, Blue Collar Photographer by Pat Johnson to be released September 19, 2022. Pat Johnson served as...

  Oct 1, 2020 The Bay Area Music Foundation issued a Proclamation, designating Oct 1, 2020, as PAT JOHNSON DAY, awarding Pat with the "Lifetime Achievement Award"- Bammie, (San Francisco's version of the Grammy),  for his many years photographing music in the San...

San Francisco Chronicle Article News Articles - April 15, 1996 SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE Johnson Clicks with Rockers Edited by James Sullivan, Chronicle Pop Music Writer Veteran photographer Pat Johnson isn’t one to blow his own trumpet, so a group of his Bay Area...

When rock ‘n’ roll photographer Pat Johnson was 8 years old, and growing up in Cleveland, it was his dream to play for the Browns. In 1972, after high school, he moved to San francisco with $400 in his pocket and pursued a career in photography. He eventuakky got a...