In the last issue of L'Italo-Americano, we explored the legacy of 20th century North Beach photographer, J.B. Monaco, a legacy that has endured decades of change to the fabric of San Francisco's Italian community. Recently, L'Italo-Americano spoke with Rick Monaco, son of Richard (Dick) Monaco (J.B.'s grandson) about his great-grandfather's enduring legacy. We asked how the Monaco legacy brings the past to the present.

"A writer for the San Francisco Chronicle once observed that Monaco's photographs often felt like still frames from a moving picture, such that the observer had a distinct feeling of being in the middle of something that had an origin and that would continue after the image was snapped. I think this is interesting to consider within the context of the Monaco family history, and the fact that J.B.'s son Dante was a motion picture pioneer.

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