SF Camerawork
2005/2009; from the series Roadside Ghost; gelatin silver print, 7 1/2 x 7 1/2." Edition of 20.
2007; from the series Domestic Vacations; archival pigment print, 15 x 15." Edition of 20.
2009; from the series Lands End; gelatin silver contact print, 24 x 20." Edition of 10.
2009; from the series Lands End; gelatin silver contact print, 24 x 20." Edition of 10.
2008; from the series Ghostpile; c-print, 9 1/2 x 13 1/2." Edition of 20.
2009; from the series Representations; c-print, 14 x 11." Edition of 20.
2003; hand-toned gelatin silver print, 7 x 9." Edition of 50.
2008; from the series Counterpoint; archival pigment print on watercolor paper, 15 1/2 x 11." Edition of 20.
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2009; gelatin silver print, 8 3/4 x 13." Edition of 20.
2009; c-print, 8 x 10." Edition of 20.
2005; from the series Copia; archival pigment print, 11 x 14." Edition of 20.
2007; from the series Sleeping Beauties (the box under the bed); digital c-print, 7 x 7." Edition of 20.
2006; chromogenic print, 14 x 11." Edition of 20.
2004; Van Dyke print, 11 1/4 x 11 1/4.” Edition of 30.
1956/2006; gelatin silver print, 10 x 10." Edition of 10.
2005; from the series Oceanscapes; chromogenic print, 9 x 9." Edition of 15.
1985; gelatin silver print, 15 1/4 x 12 1/2.” Edition of 50.
1995; gelatin silver print, 10 x 10.” Edition of 25.
2004; from the series Horizon; archival pigment print, 16 x 20.” Edition of 20.
2000; gelatin silver print, 8 x 10." Edition of 30.
2005; chromogenic print, 8 x 12." Edition of 20.
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2005; gelatin silver print, 11 x 14.” Edition of 20.
2000; chromogenic print, 8 x 5." Edition of 35.
1999; chromogenic print, 18 x 15." Edition of 30.
2003, from the series Portraits from the Belly of the Whale; toned gelatin silver print, 14 x 11.” Edition of 20.
2000; chromogenic print, 19 x 15." Edition of 35.
1973/2008; digital chromogenic print, 16 x 20.” Edition of 20.
2006; from the series In Katrina’s Wake; Portraits of Loss from an Unnatural Disaster,
2007; from the series Baseball; archival pigment print, 14 x 11." Edition of 20.
1998; sepia-toned gelatin silver print, 11 1/4 x 9." Edition of 35.
2004; pigment print, 20 x 24.” Edition of 20.
2004; chromogenic print, 15 x 15." Edition of 25.
2004; chromogenic print, 11 x 14.” Edition of 25.
2006, chromogenic prints adhered with tape; sizes vary (average 14 x 18”)
2004; giclee print on paper, 7 1/2 x 18 1/2." Edition of 25.
1995; from the series Saved; gelatin silver print, 9 1/8 x 7 1/4." Edition of 25.
2003; ambrotype, 3 1/4 x 2 3/4." Edition of 26 unique images, each floating in a recessed mat, 12 x 9" gunmetal frame.
2005; from the series The Visionary State; archival pigment print on 100% cotton rag Hahnemuhle paper, 10 x 18." Edition of 20.
ca. 1925/1996; from the series Oakland Studio Portraits 1920s; gelatin silver print, 8 x 10." Edition of 100.
1989; gelatin silver print, 11 x 14." Edition of 25.
2004; chromogenic print, 14 x 11." Edition of 30.
1990/1992; color coupler print, 10 x 8.” Edition of 50.
2007, from the Security Series; archival pigment print, 16 x 20.” Edition of 20.
2002; gelatin silver print, 10 x 8." Edition of 30 unique prints.
2004; chromogenic print, 11 x 14." Edition of 25.
2006; chromogenic print, 14 x 11." Edition of 20.
2002; gelatin silver print, 14 x 11." Edition of 30.
2006; digital chromogenic print, 26 x 20.” Edition of 20.
1995; from the series Transform/Transcend, sepia-toned gelatin silver print, 14 x 11." Edition of 25.
Dave Anderson
Haunted Ring
2005/2009; from the series Roadside Ghost; gelatin silver print, 7 1/2 x 7 1/2." Edition of 20.
Collector Level Membership: $350
Dave Anderson is represented by Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco; Clampart, New York; Susan Spiritus Gallery, Newport Beach; and Lux Photo Gallery, Amsterdam. His work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, from New York, Chicago, Houston, and San Francisco to Ireland, Belgium, Lithuania, and Amsterdam. His work is held in the collections of the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Morris Museum of Art, Augusta, GA; Worcester Art Museum; Ogden Museum, New Orleans; and others.
Julie Blackmon
Candy
2007; from the series Domestic Vacations; archival pigment print, 15 x 15." Edition of 20.
Patron Level Membership: $1,250
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Julie Blackmon is represented by Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago; Fahey Klein Gallery, Los Angeles; Gail Gibson Gallery, Seattle; and Claire Oliver Gallery, New York. This image is featured in Blackmon’s 2008 monograph, Domestic Vacations. Referencing 17th century Dutch and Flemish painters, Blackmon’s work is also inspired by her experience as the eldest of nine children and the mother of three. Her work is held in numerous collections, including the George Eastman House, Rochester; Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City; Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Photographic Center Northwest, Seattle; Portland Art Museum; Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago; and C/O, Berlin, Germany.
John Chiara
John F. Shelly at Avalon
2009; from the series Lands End; gelatin silver contact print, 24 x 20." Edition of 10.
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as a diptych with John F. Shelly at Excelsior:
Benefactor Level Membership: $650
John Chiara is represented by Von Lintel Gallery, New York; Eleanor Harwood Gallery, San Francisco; and Crown Point Press, San Francisco. Recent reviews in The New Yorker, Artforum and New York Magazine have lauded Chiara’s work and his unique praxis. The photographs for this series were contact printed from large sheets of film exposed in Chiara’s over-sized, hand-built camera. In a review in Artforum (11/1/08), critic Glen Helfand highlights “John Chiara's highly crafted, unique prints” and describes how they are created “through intensely analog actions producing images of vaporous, sometimes acid-tinged apocalyptic beauty.”
John Chiara
John F. Shelly at Excelsior
2009; from the series Lands End; gelatin silver contact print, 24 x 20." Edition of 10.
Individually: Collector Level Membership: $350
as a diptych with John F. Shelly at Avalon:
Benefactor Level Membership: $650
John Chiara is represented by Von Lintel Gallery, New York; Eleanor Harwood Gallery, San Francisco; and Crown Point Press, San Francisco. Recent reviews in The New Yorker, Artforum and New York Magazine have lauded Chiara’s work and his unique praxis. The photographs for this series were contact printed from large sheets of film exposed in Chiara’s over-sized, hand-built camera. In a review in Artforum (11/1/08), critic Glen Helfand highlights “John Chiara's highly crafted, unique prints” and describes how they are created “through intensely analog actions producing images of vaporous, sometimes acid-tinged apocalyptic beauty.”
Lukas Felzmann
Pyramid, Sacramento Valley
2008; from the series Ghostpile; c-print, 9 1/2 x 13 1/2." Edition of 20.
Collector Level Membership: $350
This image is included in the 2009 monograph Waters in Between, which documents the Sacramento Valley. Felzmann’s work has been exhibited throughout the U.S. and internationally in Egypt, Germany, Switzerland, and Columbia. His work is held in the permanent collections of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; San Francisco Art Institute; Stanford Museum of Art, Palo Alto; Rene DiRosa Collection, Napa; Foundation Herzog, Basel; and many others.
Cynthia Greig
Representation #71 (Coffee and Cigarettes)
2009; from the series Representations; c-print, 14 x 11." Edition of 20.
Collector Level Membership: $350
Cynthia Greig is represented by Nicole Fiacco Gallery, Hudson, NY; Stephen Bulger Gallery, Toronto; Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA; Richard Levy Gallery, Albuquerque; and Wallspace, Seattle. This image is from the series Representations, in which Greig draws directly onto everyday objects that she has whitewashed to create what she refers to as “photographic documents of three-dimensional drawings.” Greig’s work is held in the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Light Work, Syracuse; George Eastman House, Rochester; Coleçao Foto Arte, Brasilia; the Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, and numerous others.
Mark Klett
Black Sun
2003; hand-toned gelatin silver print, 7 x 9." Edition of 50.
Patron Level Membership: $1,250
Mark Klett is represented by Pace/MacGill Gallery, NY; Paul Kopeikin Gallery, LA; Etherton Gallery, Tuscon; and Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale. Originally trained as a geologist, Klett creates photographs of the American West that are renowned worldwide and have been widely exhibited by major museums. His work is held in more than one hundred collections, including the Victoria and Albert Museum, London; Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography; Philadelphia Museum of Art; National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Whitney Museum of American Art, NY; and Museum of Modern Art, NY.
Robert & Shana ParkeHarrison
Alchemist II
2008; from the series Counterpoint; archival pigment print on watercolor paper, 15 1/2 x 11." Edition of 20.
Gold Level Membership: $2,500
Robert and Shana ParkeHarrison are represented by Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago; and Jack Shainman Gallery, NY. The husband and wife team has received worldwide acclaim for their fantasy-driven photographic tableaux. For this series, the artists have elaborately reworked their images with layers of paint before re-photographing them. Their work is held in the collections of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego; National Museum of American Art, Washington, D.C.; George Eastman House, Rochester; Cleveland Museum of Art; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Houston Museum of Fine Arts; Nelson-Atkins Museum, Kansas City; Whitney Museum of American Art, NY; and numerous others.
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Marcio Ramirez
Untitled
2009; gelatin silver print, 8 3/4 x 13." Edition of 20.
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Marcio Ramirez is a fifteen-year-old student in First Exposures, SF Camerawork's youth mentoring program.
Lisa M. Robinson
Fault
2009; c-print, 8 x 10." Edition of 20.
Collector Level Membership: $350
Lisa Robinson is represented by Klompching Gallery, Brooklyn; Etherton Gallery, Tucson; and Jack Leigh Gallery, Savannah. Work from Robinson’s recent monograph Snowbound has been featured in solo exhibitions throughout the U.S. and internationally in Germany, Argentina, Syria, Lithuania, Denmark, Uruguay, Chile, and Bolivia. Her work is held in the collections of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego; Portland Art Museum; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; and Light Work, Syracuse.
Brian Ulrich
Gurnee, IL
2005; from the series Copia; archival pigment print, 11 x 14." Edition of 20.
Collector Level Membership: $350
Brian Ulrich is represented by Robert Koch Gallery, San Francisco; Julie Saul Gallery, New York; and Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago. Ulrich has exhibited work nationally and internationally and is included in the permanent collections of the Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego; Art Institute of Chicago; Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Cleveland Museum of Art; DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA; and other private and corporate collections.
Melanie Willhide
A Certain Type of Ec(s)tasy
2007; from the series Sleeping Beauties (the box under the bed); digital c-print, 7 x 7." Edition of 20.
Collector Level Membership: $350
Melanie Willhide is represented by Bellwether Gallery, NY. In this series, the artist digitally collages the front and reverse sides of photographs to reveal both simultaneously. The resulting ghostly images suggest clandestine memories long secreted away. Her work was recently featured in Blind Spot, and published in American Photography, IANN magazine, PDN, Details magazine, and The Boston Globe. Her work is included in the collections of Yale University, and the Paul and Barbara Kaben collection, among others.
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Caitlin Atkinson
Confirmation
2006; chromogenic print, 14 x 11." Edition of 20.
Collector Level Membership: $350
A graduate of the California College of the Arts, Caitlin Atkinson was the winner of the 2003 James D. Phelan Art Award in Photography. Her work has been exhibited nationally and she is represented by Foley Gallery, New York.
Kimberly Austin
Adam and Edna / Four Documents
2004; Van Dyke print, 11 1/4 x 11 1/4.” Edition of 30.
Collector Level Membership: $350
Bay Area native Kimberly Austin transfers found images, correspondences, and ephemera to film before collaging the new imagery through the antiquarian Van Dyke process. She was the winner of the 2003 James D. Phelan Art Award in Photography. Her work has been exhibited internationally and is included in numerous public and private collections. She is represented by Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco.
Ruth Bernhard
Sunday Morning, Chinatown, San Francisco
1956/2006; gelatin silver print, 10 x 10." Edition of 10.
Platinum Level Membership: $5,000
Celebrated photographer Ruth Bernhard lived in San Francisco from 1953 until her death in December 2006 at the age of 101. A peer to the Bay Area’s photographic modernists Edward Weston, Ansel Adams, and Imogen Cunningham, Bernhard’s work is world-renowned and is found in major national and international museum collections. This limited edition gelatin silver print, made especially for SF Camerawork from a 1956 negative, was one of her last editions.
Debra Bloomfield
Squall
2005; from the series Oceanscapes; chromogenic print, 9 x 9." Edition of 15.
Collector Level Membership: $350
Debra Bloomfield’s work is included in the collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London; the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; and others. She is represented by Robert Koch Gallery, San Francisco.
Kevin Bubriski
Mithali Girls, Suga Village, Mahorari District, Nepal
1985; gelatin silver print, 15 1/4 x 12 1/2.” Edition of 50.
Collector Level Membership: $350
Over a three-year period in the mid-1980s, Kevin Bubriski, who speaks fluent Nepali, journeyed through remote areas of Nepal, living with and photographing the people in their traditional villages. Chronicle books published the resulting images in a volume entitled Portraits of Nepal (1993), with an introduction by Arthur Ollman. Bubriski's work is held in several major collections, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern Art, NY. He received a Guggenheim fellowship in 1994.
Debbie Fleming Caffery
Mexico
1995; gelatin silver print, 10 x 10.” Edition of 25.
Collector Level Membership: $350
Debbie Fleming Caffery captures the subtle rhythms of life in Mexico, Portugal, and southern Louisiana, while bathing her subject matter in an aura of "myth and memory." She was awarded the prestigious Lou Stoumen Prize in 1996 by the Museum of Photographic Arts in San Diego, and her work has been widely exhibited and collected by several museums. She is represented by Howard Greenberg Gallery, NY; and Robert Koch Gallery, SF.
Sparky Campanella
17th & Mission
2004; from the series Horizon; archival pigment print, 16 x 20.” Edition of 20.
Collector Level Membership: $350
Sparky Campanella’s photographs have been described as "the urban dweller's romantic quest for the horizon." His work has been exhibited at DWC Gallery, Chicago; Center for Photography at Woodstock; Umbrella Arts, New York; The Print Center, Philadelphia; Works/San Jose; Gallery 825, Los Angeles; and many other venues. He is represented by David Weinberg Gallery, Chicago; and Koelsch Gallery, Houston.
Mark Citret
Pumpkins, House in Forez, France
2000; gelatin silver print, 8 x 10." Edition of 30.
Collector Level Membership: $350
Mark Citret assisted Ansel Adams for several years both in the darkroom and out in the field, and Adams’ influence can be seen throughout Citret’s oeuvre. His work is in many museum, corporate, and private collections, including SFMOMA, LACMA, the New Orleans Museum of Art, the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, the University of Arizona’s Center for Creative Photography, and the Monterey Museum of Art. He is represented by Michael Shapiro Gallery, San Francisco.
Bill Dane
Oakland
2005; chromogenic print, 8 x 12." Edition of 20.
Collector Level Membership: $350
Bill Dane’s work is in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, New York; Art Institute of Chicago; National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; and others. He is represented by Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco; and Jack Fischer Gallery, San Francisco.
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Daniella Espinoza
Pride
2005; gelatin silver print, 11 x 14.” Edition of 20.
Collector Level Membership: $350
Daniella Espinoza is a student in First Exposures, SF Camerawork’s unique education program that provides free weekly photography classes for low-income youth. Working photographers mentor First Exposures students, providing one-on-one instruction and caring adult role models. At the age of fourteen, Espinoza produced this powerful image of her younger sister in response to a class assignment on portraiture and identity.
Robert Flynt
Untitled
2000; chromogenic print, 8 x 5." Edition of 35.
Collector Level Membership: $350
Robert Flynt explores the malleable nature of photography by combining two photographs, one a figure photographed (usually underwater) by Flynt, and the other a found 19th century photograph, creating a new meaning in the juxtaposition. In his pairing of disparate images, he forges unexpected relationships and inferences between the subjects. He is represented by Vance Martin Photography & Fine Art, San Francisco.
Jona Frank
Angela, Candy Raver, CA
1999; chromogenic print, 18 x 15." Edition of 30.
Collector Level Membership: $350
Jona Frank spent three years visiting schools across the country in an extensive look at the cliques and stereotypes that pervade our formative years, photographing hundreds of students outside of their specific social groups. Work from the High School series is in the collection of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Frank's documentary films have been shown nationally, and she is the recipient of a prestigious fellowship in conjunction with her inclusion in Bay Area Now III at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco.
Michael Garlington
Girl From Ohio
2003, from the series Portraits from the Belly of the Whale; toned gelatin silver print, 14 x 11.” Edition of 20.
Collector Level Membership: $350
Michael Garlington’s playful work has been described as "David Lynch meets Leave it to Beaver." His work is held in the collections of Minneapolis Institute of Arts; Yale University; Dartmouth College; Mount Holyoke College; the di Rosa Preserve, Napa; and many others. He is represented by Stephen Cohen Gallery, Los Angeles; and Barry Singer Gallery, Petaluma.
Anthony Hooker
Room With Rear Window
2000; chromogenic print, 19 x 15." Edition of 35.
Collector Level Membership: $350
In The Greater Good series, Anthony Hooker revisits the enticement of African American males in Tuskegee, Alabama, into a study of syphilis. As images of untreated patients are overlapped with those of the medical facility in which the now-questionable study was conducted, Hooker interrogates the claim made by the United States Public Health Service, in 1932, that the suffering of a few hundred men (at least 15% of whom died) was for "the greater good" of Americans. Hooker’s work is included in several collections, including the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
Michael Jang
Beauty Contest
1973/2008; digital chromogenic print, 16 x 20.” Edition of 20.
Collector Level Membership: $350
Michael Jang's work spans four decades and has been exhibited at several major institutions, including the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, where his work was shown alongside contemporaries in the Museum’s permanent collection such as Garry Winogrand, Lee Friedlander, Robert Frank, and Diane Arbus. His work was included in the Phelan Award in Photography exhibition at SF Camerawork in 2005.
Chris Jordan
Bathtub
2006; from the series In Katrina’s Wake; Portraits of Loss from an Unnatural Disaster,
Epson Ultrachrome pigmented inkjet print, 14 x 17." Edition of 20.
Patron Level Membership: $1,250
A 2005 Finalist for the Santa Fe Prize for Photography, Chris Jordan’s first monograph, In Katrina’s Wake; Portraits of Loss from an Unnatural Disaster, was published by Princeton Architectural Press in fall 2006. He is represented by Paul Kopeikin Gallery, Los Angeles.
David Levinthal
Willie Mays
2007; from the series Baseball; archival pigment print, 14 x 11." Edition of 20.
Patron Level Membership: $1,250
David Levinthal’s work is included in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, New York; Centre Pompidou, Paris; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; and others. He is represented by Paul Morris Gallery, New York; Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta; and Modernism Gallery, San Francisco.
Maria Levitsky
Invisible Ascending
1998; sepia-toned gelatin silver print, 11 1/4 x 9." Edition of 35.
Collector Level Membership: $350
Maria Levitsky explores the realm of fantasy and reverie, describing her work as a form of "conceptual surrealism," giving shape to the imagery of dreams and the subconscious. This photograph is part of a larger series addressing the highly-charged psychological space of the home. Levitsky is represented by Debra Heimerdinger Fine Art Photographs, North Carolina.
Michael Light
Downtown Los Angeles, from LA 02.12.04
2004; pigment print, 20 x 24.” Edition of 20.
Patron Level Membership: $1,250
This image by Michael Light is the cover of his 36 x 44” handmade book produced in an edition of 8, titled LA 02.12.04, which was acquired by the Getty and the UCLA rare book collection. The image is part of Light’s aerial photographic work, which examines both the larger geological spaces and fast-paced urban growth of the arid American West. Light’s work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, published globally, and collected by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, SFMOMA, The Getty Research Library, The New York Public Library, and the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, among others. He is represented by Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco; and Frehrking + Wiesehofer Gallery, Cologne.
Sean McFarland
Untitled
2004; chromogenic print, 15 x 15." Edition of 25.
Collector Level Membership: $350
Recipient of the 2009 Baum Award for Emerging American Photographers and the 2005 James D. Phelan Art Award in Photography, Sean McFarland’s work has been exhibited nationally. He teaches at the California College of the Arts in San Francisco and is represented by Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco and Los Angeles.
Apollonia Morrill
Castro Theatre, San Francisco, CA
2004; chromogenic print, 11 x 14.” Edition of 25.
Collector Level Membership: $350
The Castro Theater project is one of Morrill's photographic site studies focusing on spaces of transition and historic places in flux. A San Francisco native, Morrill's work is included in many private collections and has been widely exhibited, including at the highly esteemed Bay Area Now IV exhibition at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco.
Katsushige Nakahashi
On the Day 7th December, 2006 / Battleship Missouri, Pearl Harbor
2006, chromogenic prints adhered with tape; sizes vary (average 14 x 18”)
Sponsor Level Membership: $200
On the 65th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, Japanese artist Katsushige Nakahashi photographed the deck of the Battleship USS Missouri Memorial. The final artwork was composed of 5,000 photographs and spanned a 40-foot wall at SF Camerawork. The artist then cut the work into pieces and offers these unique photographic sections to SF Camerawork members at the Sponsor Level.
A. Leo Nash
Dominoes
2004; giclee print on paper, 7 1/2 x 18 1/2." Edition of 25.
Collector Level Membership: $350
This image is part of A. Leo Nash’s series of photographs of the Burning Man Festival and other alternative gatherings and celebrations around the United States. Nash’s work has been exhibited nationally and internationally at venues such as Woodstock Center for Photography, Woodstock, New York; Houston Center for Photography; and the Oakland Museum. His work is in numerous public collections, including the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Rochester Institute of Technology, and the San Francisco Art Institute.
J. John Priola
Boy
1995; from the series Saved; gelatin silver print, 9 1/8 x 7 1/4." Edition of 25.
Collector Level Membership: $350
In his series Saved, J. John Priola turns his camera on objects that were discarded from estate sales, elevating them to the perfection of a glorified memory. His work has been exhibited internationally and is included in many private, corporate, and museum collections, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; SFMOMA; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; and the Art Institute of Chicago. He is represented by Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco; Weston Gallery, Carmel; and Schneider Gallery, Chicago.
David Puntel
#100, 4/18/03
2003; ambrotype, 3 1/4 x 2 3/4." Edition of 26 unique images, each floating in a recessed mat, 12 x 9" gunmetal frame.
Benefactor Level Membership: $650
David Puntel utilizes the 19th century process of wet-plate collodion, through which a glass plate is coated with various solutions, exposed in-camera, and developed before it dries to create images on glass. The resulting negative-less ambrotypes are all unique images. Each plate in this edition was exposed on April 18, 2003, for approximately 20 seconds, between 9:45 am and 1:53 pm; they are numbered in chronological order. Puntel is represented by Debra Heimerdinger Fine Art Photographs, North Carolina.
Michael Rauner
Labyrinth, Sibley Regional Volcanic Preserve
2005; from the series The Visionary State; archival pigment print on 100% cotton rag Hahnemuhle paper, 10 x 18." Edition of 20.
Collector Level Membership: $350
Michael Rauner’s photographs have been published by Chronicle Books in the monograph The Visionary State: A Journey Through California’s Spiritual Landscape. His work is held in several public collections, including the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Rauner is represented by Scott Nichols Gallery, San Francisco.
Oscar Remy (Remy's Studio)
Unknown Jazz Band
ca. 1925/1996; from the series Oakland Studio Portraits 1920s; gelatin silver print, 8 x 10." Edition of 100.
Collector Level Membership: $350
Oscar Remy was a black portrait photographer who owned and operated several studios in Berkeley and Oakland between the late 1920s and early 1950s. Made with a sensitive eye towards dignity, family, and endurance over time, Remy's photographs encompassed a wide range of subject matter, ranging from young couples and musicians to open casket funerals. George Berticevich acquired the Oscar Remy collection in order to preserve it for future generations, and generously printed it for SF Camerawork members.
Phillip Scholz Rittermann
Trapezoid Rock, Yosemite, California
1989; gelatin silver print, 11 x 14." Edition of 25.
Collector Level Membership: $350
In his photographic exploration of the wilderness, Phillip Scholz Rittermann finds sites that are both pristine and debased. At the root of his imagery is a concern about humanity's relationship to the natural world. Rittermann's work is included in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; and many others. He is represented by Thomas V. Meyer Fine Art, San Francisco.
Jenny Rosenberg
Meat Boy Goes Stag
2004; chromogenic print, 14 x 11." Edition of 30.
Collector Level Membership: $350
In her Meat Boy series, artist Jenny Rosenberg uses ground meat to create tableaux of milestones familiar to a typical American middle class boy’s life, blurring the line between sculpture, performance and photography. Rosenberg received her MFA in Photography from the California College of Arts and Crafts and has exhibited extensively in the Bay Area.
Anne Rowland
God’s Brain
1990/1992; color coupler print, 10 x 8.” Edition of 50.
Collector Level Membership: $350
God's Brain is an image drawn from Anne Rowland's series Dictu Sanctificare ("it is to be sanctified"), which offers a variety of unconvential images drawn from the Christian mythos. The series was exhibited at SF Camerawork in 1991, in addition to The Tartt Gallery, Washington, D.C.; the Jan Kesner Gallery, Los Angeles; and Zoe Gallery, Boston.
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Paul Shambroom
Bomb suits on road (Hazardous Devices School, FBI and U.S. Army, Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, AL)
2007, from the Security Series; archival pigment print, 16 x 20.” Edition of 20.
Patron Level Membership: $1,250
Paul Shambroom’s work has been widely exhibited in the US and Europe, and is in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, New York; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Art Institute of Chicago; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; and others. He is represented by Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco; Weinstein Gallery, Minneapolis; and Rocket Gallery, London.
Gerald Slota
Gingerbread House In Woods
2002; gelatin silver print, 10 x 8." Edition of 30 unique prints.
Collector Level Membership: $350
Gerald Slota manipulates his photographs by marring the negative or the actual print with a variety of mark-making techniques. While each image in this edition has roughly the same form and content, a flashlight used during exposure renders each a unique print. Slota’s work has been exhibited internationally and is in several collections, including the Princeton University Art Museum, the LA County Museum of Art, and the Polaroid Corporation. He is represented by Ricco/Maresca Gallery, New York.
Tracey Snelling
Watching
2004; chromogenic print, 11 x 14." Edition of 25.
Collector Level Membership: $350
Tracey Snelling’s work constantly turns in on itself: a photograph of a building can lead to a sculpture of that building, which in turn she photographs once again. Her work has been exhibited extensively and is held by numerous public and private collections, including the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; de Saisset Museum, Santa Clara; and the Microsoft Collection, Redmond, WA. Snelling is represented by the Stephen Cohen Gallery, Los Angeles; and Brown Bag Contemporary, New York.
Tim Sullivan
Dutch Boy (Still Life)
2006; chromogenic print, 14 x 11." Edition of 20.
Collector Level Membership: $350
Tim Sullivan is represented by Lisa Dent Gallery, San Francisco. He is a First Prize Winner of the Texas Photographic Society National Juried Competition, and his work has been exhibited internationally.
Arne Svenson
Sock Monkey #48
2002; gelatin silver print, 14 x 11." Edition of 30.
Collector Level Membership: $350
Arne Svenson’s Sock Monkeys series came about after meeting Ron Warren and his collection of over 1,800 sock monkeys. Playful in nature, this series also reveals the thread of obsessive curiosity that runs throughout Svenson’s oeuvre. His work has been exhibited widely internationally and is held in a number of private and public collections. He is represented by Julie Saul Gallery, New York.
Jenny Vogel
Your Lips Are No Man's Land but Mine (Laura)
2006; digital chromogenic print, 26 x 20.” Edition of 20.
Collector Level Membership: $350
Jenny Vogel was described by Tina Kukielski of the Whitney Museum of American Art as “a voyeur of contemporary loneliness.” Her images of people broadcast online from their personal webcams appear purposefully pixelated when viewed closely, yet convey the chiaroscuro effect of Renaissance paintings when seen from a distance. Her work has been exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art, New York; Novosibirsk Graphic Arts Biennial, Novosibirsk, Russia; Arnolfini Museum, Bristol, UK; Interflugs, Berlin; and other venues.
David Wolf
Untitled
1995; from the series Transform/Transcend, sepia-toned gelatin silver print, 14 x 11." Edition of 25.
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Rooted in shadow and shaped by light, Bay Area artist David Wolf's series Transform/Transcend presents visual metaphors for personal transformation through blurred and shaking structures which defy stasis and perpetuity. His work has been exhibited at The Print Center, Philadelphia; and the Society for Contemporary Photography, Kansas City; as well as other venues. Wolf’s work is included in a variety of museum, corporate, and private collections.