New Book Raises Beloved Zine From the Photo Underground

San Francisco's Mission District keeps it real and gritty with the popular photo zine. Editor Ray Potes tells Wired.com how it all happened.
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, is a collection of photos tracing the zine's slow crawl into the mainstream.Photo: Ray Potes
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had the most fan reaction, maybe because it had the most people photos.

Photo: Ray Potes
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Photo: Jai Tanju
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Ha ha, not really. There’s no MTV of publishing or Grammys or Oscars or anything.

Photo: Bill Daniel
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I think only the faithful ones are going to like it or understand it.

Photo: Vic Blue
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first approached us and we made a production schedule, we had pretty much a whole year to work on it. Of course, we waited until the last minute and did the whole thing within a couple weeks.

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Photo: Ted Pushinsky
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Photo: Ted Pushinsky