Portraits and People Photography

Portraits and candid photographs of interesting people

Paris, France
A Turkish hat seller at the Bastille public market, fall 2017. Photo by Doug Oakley
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Paris, France
Two boys enjoy lunch in a Turkish kebab shop in Paris, spring, 2018. Photo by Doug Oakley
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Paris, France
A woman takes a cigarette break outside an empty storefront in Paris, April 2018. Photo by Doug Oakley
Paris, France
A woman sporting retro chic style is seen in a Paris cafe, spring, 2018. Photo by Doug Oakley
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Paris, France
A man with giant heart glasses pauses for a portrait at a cafe in the Marais neighborhood of Paris, March 2018. Photo by Doug Oakley
Marais Place de Vosges Paris Portrait
Paris, France
A man marches in a demonstration to protest Turkey's bombing of the northern Syrian town of Afrin, March 2018. Photo by Doug Oakley
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Paris, France
A man stops for a quick portrait with his dog and pipe organ after a day working tourists at the Bastille weekend market in Paris, winter 2018. Photo by Doug Oakley
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Paris, France
Two women sporting fashionably hip clothes walk down the street in the La Marais neighborhood of Paris in February, 2018. Photo by Doug Oakley
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Berkeley, California
Jason Cohen, left, of Berkeley is producer and director of Academy Award nominated documentary "Facing Fear." At right is the film's co-producer and Editor Tom Christopher of Oakland, photographed in the Zaentz Media Center in 2014.
Facing Fear Jason Cohen Tom Christopher Zaentz Media Center
Paris, France
A happy man at a Kebob restaurant in Paris poses for a photo in January, 2017. Photo by Doug Oakley
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Tarare, France
A boy in the woods above the town of Tarare, in southeastern France, winter 2017. Photo by Doug Oakley
Tarare woods forest France
Capri, Italy
A fisherman watches his crew unravel a fishing net on the island of Capri in Italy, fall 2017. Photo by Doug Oakley
Capri fisherman Italy
Oakland, California
A native American woman gets ready to demonstrate a dance at the Oakland Public Library, fall 2015. Photo by Doug Oakley
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Oakland, California
Professor Moira Roth at Mills College, fall 2016. Photo by Doug Oakley
Moira Roth Mills College Oakland
Oakland, California
Mills College student worker, summer 2016. Photo by Doug Oakley
Mills College Oakland
San Mateo, California
A transgender person poses for a quick picture on the street in San Mateo, California, 2005. Photo by Doug Oakley
San Mateo Trans transgender
Oakland, California
A man in a wedding party, Oakland, California, 2008. Photo by Doug Oakley
Wedding Oakland
Oakland, California
Andrew Hatch, left, shares a birthday laugh with family friend Ernie Fields in the fall of 2014. At the time, Hatch was celebrating what his family said was his 116th birthday, but lacking records, they had no way to officially verify his age. Photo by Doug Oakley
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San Francisco, California
A couple share a moment in an elevator after their wedding ceremony in 2008. Photo by Doug Oakley
Wedding San Francisco
San Francisco, California
A bride and her bride's maid have a laugh before the ceremony in 2013. Photo by Doug Oakley
Richmond, California
A groom tears up at a wedding in Richmond, California in 2013. Photo by Doug Oakley
Berkeley, California
Photographer Doug Oakley