Six Holiday Gifts for Photo Geeks Under $50

Hey there! Nope – I’m not a paid reviewer, but yes some of these folks are friends with great products! These are my picks for gifts under $50 for the photo geek or photo lover in your life. Feel free to forward me your favs to  check out too. -Erika Tintype Portrait of Your Loved [...]

Student Review: SFMOMA’s Picturing Modernity

By: Lauren Fihe Photo 50A At San Francisco’s Museum of Modern Art an ongoing exhibition from the library’s personal collection called Picturing Modernity currently displays work highlighting photographers and artists working, living, and shaping Paris beginning in the mid 1800′s.  There are images of major construction projects in Paris and daguerreotypes dating from an even [...]

Review: The Long Exposure of Francesca Woodman

By: Elizabeth Gumport The New York Review of Books Given that her complete catalogue is composed almost entirely of work she produced as a student, the posthumous critical esteem for American photographer Francesca Woodman is astonishing. Unlike music or math, where precocious displays of talent are not uncommon, photography tends not to have prodigies. Woodman, [...]

Artist Spotlight: LOVE? François-Xavier Courrèges and Jesper Just

Last summer, while in Paris, my photographer friend Marie Docher took me to a show entitled “Emporte-Moi” or “Sweep Me Off My Feet” at the fabulous contemporary art space just outside of Paris called MacVal. The show, originating from Canada, featured mixed media art around the very loose theme of love. One critic described the [...]

Student Review: “Seeing Less Furthermore”

Student Review By Grant Loving (PH51) On a classic, slightly chilly San Francisco day, my wife, daughter and I made a pilgrimage to 49 Geary. The outside of 49 Geary is non-desrcript; it looks like any other office building idly standing by. To me, it looked nothing like an art gallery. With other galleries, you [...]

Student Review: Don’t Miss SFMOMA’s “The View From Here”

Student Review By Kylie Mitson (PH51) “The View From Here” is currently showing at the SFMOMA, 3rd Floor, 151 Third Street, San Francisco, CA 94103, January 16 – June 27, 2010. “The View From Here” celebrates 75 years of photography at SFMOMA.  The exhibition showcases a wide spectrum of work by Californian photographers held in [...]