Carl Nolte

For more than 50 years Joseph Selle was a human landmark in San Francisco. Everybody knew him, and he knew everybody because he’d probably taken their picture. Selle was a photographer who made his living snapping random pictures of people walking down the street. He carried a big, old camera, wore an important-looking cap that made him look like a cross between a ship captain and a cop. He’d stop prospective customers in mid-stride and snap their picture, and hand them a card: “See How You Look…