DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHY & MULTIMEDIA JOURNALISM

Gí Tenamá is a Los Angeles–based documentary photographer. Through photojournalism, Gí creates visual archives of justice movements, the arts, and diverse productions.

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AnAkA performs angel music during the making of her music video ‘

‘Homegrown Memory’ documents food vendors in Jalisco, Mexico. From my mother’s hometown to LA, food vendors preserve cultural traditions, community care and accessible food systems.

Fergi applies fake lashes on Danni at Casa de las Muñecas,  an organization launched by Kenya Cuevas that provides housing and health resources for Mexico City’s queer community.

Lido Pimienta before her performance at Joshua Tree Festival 2024.

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Colombian artist Lido Pimienta wearing a headscarf and a dress embroidered with colorful figures and flowers after her set at Joshua Tree Music Festival, 2024. Image by Gí Tenamá
A woman with blue braids dancing in an industrial parking garage during the filming of a music video for AnAkA. Published on Sun-kissed Media.
A woman in a green and white striped shirt is sitting at a table with a plate of spaghetti, an apple, and bread, while being filmed or photographed with a professional camera and monitor in a room with a bright green wall.
A Native American woman dressed in traditional regalia holding a feathered fan and a decorated bag, standing on a stage with a dark background.
Close-up profile of a woman with short black hair, wearing sunglasses and large geometric earrings, with a tattoo on her neck and a white top, against a blurred outdoor background.
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Youth activist Rocio Navarro speaks in favor of preserving her local health center, where abortions were accessible, which was to be closed permanently by the San Francisco City Council at a board meeting in the Mission District, San Francisco.
A smiling man with long hair wearing a yellow T-shirt and a black cap sitting cross-legged on a bed in a room with a bookshelf on the wall behind him.
Young girl from the Kachin ethnic group wearing traditional clothing and jewelry, with makeup on her face, standing in front of a colorful fabric backdrop.
Person dressed as La Catrina in a red dress with a large red hat and feather, holding orange flowers during a Día de los Muertos celebration, standing near candles and floral arrangements.
Young girl in traditional attire holding a colorful feathered staff at a cultural parade or festival.
A person with colorful braids holding a sign at a protest setting.
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A person climbing the outside of a glass building. They are wearing an orange shirt, dark pants, and are harnessed for safety.
An elderly man with glasses stands inside a door, against a backdrop of intricately carved wooden panels and a decorative stained glass ceiling.
USF political science and Latino Chicano studies student Vanessa Barba participated in a May Day rally to walk against violence and unequal immigrant workers rights on International Workers Day at the Civic Center in San Francisco, Cailf., on May 1
Close-up of a red hat covered with campaign buttons supporting Bernie Sanders, including badges with slogans like "Viva Bernie 2016" and Carter's hashtag #Nurses4Bernie, with a group of people playing guitars and holding flags in the background at a
San Francisco State Students protest against budget cuts which would only affect the university’s Cultural Studies Program. SFSU was the first college in the United States to introduce a Cultural Studies Curriculum.
SF State apparel design professor Danette Scheib stepped outside of her classroom in Burke Hall to coach a student privately at her Flat Pattern lab session on Mon. Feb 15, 2016.
Two women in lingerie performing on stage with purple and pink lighting and glittery backdrop.
Woman holding a protest sign with a photo and messages supporting Black Lives Matter , a photo of Mario Woods, a floral tribute, and candles after another fatal shooting by SFPD.
Four female basketball players compete for control of the ball during a game. Three players are wearing white uniforms with 'GATORS' and numbers, and one player is in a black uniform. Sports journalism at San Francisco State University. 2014.