August 29, 2009 brings F295′s first west coast event. F295 has partnered with San Francisco State University to bring you a free seminar on 21st Century Photography. This will follow the same format as other F295 events- a day long event which exclusively features photographers talking about their work and the inspiration, ideas, and rationale behind it…

The seminar is on 29 August 2009, 10:00am – 4:30pm, at San Francisco State University in San Francisco, CA, US, and features talks by Jo Babcock, Martha Casanave, Susannah Hays, Kerik Kouklis, Chris McCaw, Tom Persinger, Brian Taylor, and Claudia Wornum.

Full details here on the f295 site.

This is a fitting bookend to the awesome and in-progress ‘Roid Week 2009!

Ms. Cochran says:

i am honored to announce and invite all of you to my solo photography show @ mignonne in oakland. i will be attending both of the receptions and yes, there will be wine.

opening reception:
friday, november 7, 2008
6-9 pm
part of the oakland art murmur’s first friday events

closing reception:
thursday, december 11, 2008
6-9 pm

mignonne
1000 jefferson street
oakland, ca 94609
510.444.5288

jesuismignonne.blogspot.com
mignonnedecor.com

rsvp @ facebook

larger version @ yourwaitress.com

Check out this photography exhibit by Susan Sabo.

IMPORTANT: CHANGE OF VENUE!

The show now opens May 3, and running through the end of May, the exhibit will be at the It’s a Grind Coffee House just down the street, at 4245 Atlantic Ave., Long Beach [CA, US]. Open 7 days a week.

All kinds of good things are happening for Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day at RayKo Photo Center in San Francisco, CA, US:

Work by Katharine Kreisher and Rebecca Rome in the main gallery; meet the artists from 3–5pm.

A group show of pinhole photography (including work by Katie Cooke and myself).

Free rides around San Francisco in Simon Lee‘s “bus obscura”, a van that’s been converted into a pinhole camera!

Sweet!

Expecting a long and expensive service trip, I gritted my teeth this morning and called the local Hasselblad rep to ask about repair. Oddly, the number seemed to be out of service (fast busy signal), so I hit Google and found several recommendations for Advance Camera in San Francisco. I talked to him on the phone and he told me to bring it in, which I did. He tried the release catch and noted that it was indeed stuck. Then he fiddled with the darkslide. I thought about how I’d already done everything he’s doing, that it’s not going to work and better for him than it did for me, and that I’m going to be without my camera for a while and out a significant chunk of money. I can see the film back in a million pieces on his workbench in my head, growing more expensive by the minute.

And then, after a whole four seconds or so, the back came off and is now working perfectly. He said something about how sometimes your body stops hurting when you go to the doctor, and shrugged. Magic.

The other, at the University of New England Art Gallery at Westbrook College Campus in Portland, ME, US, closed the following one, on Sunday, 27 January, 2008. (See the gallery site for more info.)

He’ll also be in San Francisco, CA, US on Friday, 25 January, 2008, giving a talk at the San Francisco Art Institute Lecture Hall at 800 Chestnut Street at 7:30pm. $10 general admission.

Erin Malone writes:

Bay Area Photographers Collective
November 4–November 18 [2007]
Landscape Revisited
Mendocino Art Center
A BAPC Members’ Exhibition

Reception: Saturday, November 10, 5–8pm.

Mendocino Art Center’s Main Gallery
45200 Little Lake St. (downtown)
Mendocino, CA 95460
(707) 937-5818 | (800) 653-3328

Photographers:
Rebecca Chang, Tom De Carlo, Adrienne Defendi, Alan George, Beth Kientzle, Eric Larson, Deborah D. Lattimore, Thomas Lavin, Art Levit, Donna Levreault, Erin Malone, Charlotte Niel, Heather Polley, Ari Salomon, Angelika Schilli, Kirk Thompson, Kay Taneyhill, Gloria Upchurch

(photos on postcard: Beth Kientzle, Deborah Lattimore, Kirk Thompson, Eric Larson)

NEW Field Wet Plate Collodion Shoot coming this July 14–15, 2007
Large format camera

Instructor: Will Dunniway of Corona, California, 40 miles east of Los Angeles, has been a professional graphic artist and photographer for over 40 years. He now practices the 19th century art of wet plate collodion photography using original cameras and lens with nearly 20 years experience.

The basic course description $425: ($100 deposit required to hold space)

Saturday: At the Corona Studio – Students will learn (or relearn) the making of ambrotypes (glass direct positives) and tintypes. (Ferrotypes, tin plate direct positives) adn large format glass collodion. Students are guided through the process step-by-step from the mixing, pouring, exposing and development of plates poured with wet collodion. The newest 4 color edition of the manual, Making the Wet Collodion Plate in 16 Steps manual by Will Dunniway is included along with all materials in the course fee. Students will use a period 1860 field camera with 1860-70 lenses. This will be for the beginner and experienced collodion practitioner. A two day course crammed into one day.

Sunday: Private land (with facilities) above Murrietta, California – We will drive the 30 minutes from Corona, Ca. to the oak /boulder wilderness location on the land of a friend. Very private. There I will set up one or two portable darkrooms and tutor you in a hands on field environment doing field wet plate work in the tradition of the old wet plate collodion masters. Lunch will be packed for you.

The workshop is not about the historical use of the process. It is about the use of wet plate collodion in a contemporary setting. It just so happens that I am an historical tin-typist with 19 years in the field doing this wet plate process.

I do not require anything remotely historical. I will also help you adapt newer ‘view’ type cameras with wet plate backs. Given this, my equipment is all original by default. This is the only equipment I use. My students have really enjoyed working with this rare camera equipment . The look these old lens give is incredible. In the end you will go away with a working knowledge of the process, not it’s historical interpretation.

I hope this information is useful. If you need to ask any questions, call. If you give me a thumbs up – Email: silverandsun@mac.com to attend the July 14–15, 2007 – The NEW Summer Wet Plate Collodion Field Shoot Workshop. Hope you can come

Will Dunniway
951-817-5113

Email ~ silverandsun@mac.com
Web sites ~ www.dunniway.com and www.collodion-artist.com

Check out this show of concert photography by Kathy Slamen, aka hellophotokitty on Flickr! For details about the venue, see its Web site, www.rivoli.ca.