Panopticon | Jessica M. Kaufman & Where Nepenthe Flows | Michael Starkman
MAIN GALLERY: 12.10.08 – 1.10.09 photography by Jessica M. Kaufman No one bears witness for the witness –Paul Celan Panopticon – I approached this series as I have all others: with the intention to investigate, or call attention to, how identity shifts and changes when catalyzed by experience, and more dramatically, trauma. For this project, [...]
Side Gallery | 12.10.08 – 1.10.09
Ann Donahue | Jan Watten | Rebecca Chang | Rebecca Sittler Schrock | Saul Robbins | Sam Linville | Susan Hillbrand | Victor Volta
Curse of the Black Gold | Ed Kashi & Crude Reflections/Cruda Realidad: Oil, Ruin, & Resistance in the Amazon Rainforest | Lou Dematteis & Kayana Szymczak
MAIN GALLERY: 11.5.08 – 12.6.08 OPENING RECEPTION: Friday, November 7th, 6-8p photography by Ed Kashi Curse of the Black Gold: Fifty Years of Oil in The Niger Delta takes a graphic look at the profound cost of oil exploitation in West Africa, featuring images by world-renowned photojournalist Ed Kashi. Now one of the major suppliers [...]
Interior Relations: Portraits of Female Domestic Workers in South Africa
SIDE GALLERY: 11.5.08 – 12.6.08 OPENING RECEPTION: Friday, November 7th, 6-8p photography by Ian van Coller Interior Relations explores the deep fault lines between the country’s public democratic ideals and the ongoing racial and economic inequality that circumscribes the lived experiences of many black South African women. Many of the contradictions evident in South Africa’s [...]
2008 Open Studios Show
MAIN GALLERY: 10.18.08 – 11.2.08 Mary Celojko | Jeanne Hauser | Audrey Jones | Sam Manera | Luis Mendoza | Mia Nakano | Kira Shemano | Barry Umstead | Andrew Zeller Come see this landmark exhibition featuring the work of 9 contemporary Californian artists working in a variety of photographic media from traditional silver prints [...]
Born Among Mirrors | Najib Joe Hakim
SIDE GALLERY: 10.18.08 – 11.2.08 In October 2006 I visited my birthplace, Beirut, Lebanon. Barely three months had passed since the latest war with Israel had destroyed much of the country—over a thousand killed, fifteen thousand homes leveled, every major bridge and highway damaged or destroyed—and perhaps most damning, millions of unexploded cluster bombs holding [...]
The Invisible Age
MAIN GALLERY: 9.4.08 – 10.10.08 Opening: Friday, September 5, 6-8pm Photograph courtesy of Mary Ramain Exhibition curated by Beth Kientzle and Jan Potts. What is the invisible age? To a large extent it’s a phenomenon of our society, which sees and values younger women for their beauty and energy and also sees and values older [...]
Into the Ether Contemporary Collodion Work
MAIN GALLERY: 7.18.08 – 8.8.08 John Coffer | Will Dunniway | N.W. Gibbons | Quinn Jacobson | Robb Kendrick | Kerik Kouklis | Michael Shindler | Joni Sternbach | Ellen Susan | Robert Szabo Come see this landmark West Coast exhibition featuring the work of 10 of the greatest contemporary collodion artists to ever coat [...]
Landscape, other Views outside convention
MAIN GALLERY: 6.11.08 – 7.10.10 Roving near and far, a group of artists explores one of the most documented subjects in the history of photography: the landscape. And each of them sees it very differently from their predecessors. There is no Ansel Adams in this group. Though some of these image-makers use the same large [...]
Side Gallery | 06.11.08 – 07.10.08
Featured in the side gallery is the work of local photographers Bryan Alberstat, Meghann Riepenhoff, Arthur Cohen, Daniel Grant, and Steven Hight as well as a great talent found at Fotofest in Houston: David Eisenlord. All these image-makers also interpret the landscape genre in varied and beautiful ways. Come see their creations this summer and [...]
WorldWide Pinhole Photography Day Featured Artists | Kath Kreisher & Rebecca Rome
MAIN GALLERY: 4.27.08 – 5.10.08 Sunday, April 27, 12-5p | Bus Obscura Ride, 12-3p | Demos | Build your own pinhole kits | Two gallery shows | and much more! Click for event photos…by TJ Rollins Bus Obscura: Get on the bus, and get inside the camera As a unique celebration of WWPD, FREE bus [...]
Pinhole Photography Juried Show Winners
SIDE GALLERY: 4.27.08 – 5.10.08 Opening Reception: Sunday, April 27th, 6-8p On display in our side gallery are the winners from an open call for photographic work taken with a pinhole camera. The main and side galleries are showcasing the pinhole photography in honor of WorldWide Pinhole Photography Day. During the reception, on Sunday, April [...]
Whimsy | BAPC
MAIN GALLERY: 3.20.08 – 4.20.08 Image courtesy of Kirk Thompson The Bay Area Photography Collective is a nonprofit organization committed to building a community of photographers. Their work ranges from fine art to documentary, color to b&w, traditional darkroom to digital imaging. This exhibition explores the idea of whimsy. Humor is often overlooked as an [...]
Family Circus | Tatjana Loh
SIDE GALLERY: 3.20.08 – 4.20.08 “May you live in interesting times.” – Chinese Proverb Since Tatjana Loh has taken thousands of photographs of her family, she has seen that families hold all of life’s qualities and emotions: beauty, drama, boredom, tragedy, comedy…And everyone comes from some kind of family. In her case, the story includes [...]
