In her South of Market series, made in the late 1970s to early 1980s, Janet Delaney documents the transformation of her neighborhood as buildings were demolished to create sites for new construction. South of Market (SoMa) became the epicenter for developers building out the area as a future center for business and technology. In her SoMa Now (2010–2022) series, Delaney returned to the area approximately forty years later to document the same sites, now hardly recognizable, revisiting her neighborhood over time to bear witness to the changes taking place. Her work shows the cycles of urban renewal and the impact of gentrification on the culture and people of the area, such as the artists, queer people, and working-class Filipino and Black families who were her neighbors.