Portfolio Production: Portfolio Walk Event
Posted: April 22, 2024 Filed under: CCSF Course Spotlight, CCSF PHOTO Success, group show, On View at Gallery Obscura, Student Spotlight | Tags: ccsf student exhibition, Gallery Obscura, portfolio production Leave a commentPortfolio Production Highlights
Exhibition Portfolio Walk Event
WHEN: Wednesday, May 15, 6-9pm
WHERE: Visual Arts Courtyard & Gallery Obscura
City College of San Francisco Photography Department
50 Frida Kahlo Way, Visual Arts Building 160 (VART)
San Francisco, CA 94112
Campus map available here
For one night only, please join us at the CCSF Photography Department to celebrate the diverse photographic work produced by students in Professor Sarah Christianson’s Portfolio Production class:
Karina Almanza, Laiza Caguiat, Matthew Chan, Paula Correa, Jignesh Desai, Sterling Domich, Brenda Dawson Dove, Raena Frohlich, Lucy Torres, Edwin Gee, Zackery Ormonde, Mariana Paz, Raymond Quach, Brennan Smart, Peter Stickney, Vince Street, Vince Thomas, David Ung, Joseph Untalan, & Anne Veraldi
There will be an incredible amount of photography on display: from documentary to fine art, personal to commercial, portraiture to landscape, editorial to street, place-based to conceptual storytelling, traditional to analog processes—there’s a little bit of everything!
The Gallery Obscura Exhibition features one representative image from each student’s portfolio.
During the Portfolio Walk, students will share their final printed portfolios at individual tables. Attendees are encouraged to speak with the artists, view their photographs, and network.
Please drop in to this free and open-to-the-public event any time between 6-9pm to enjoy this casual night of art-viewing, socializing, and celebrating with these 20 accomplished photography students.
Questions? Please contact Sarah Christianson, schristianson@ccsf.edu
ABOUT THE CLASS
Portfolio Production (PHOT130A/B/C) is a semester-long class taught by Professor Sarah Christianson in which students prepare a professional portfolio of 10-20 photographic images. The subject matter, style, and content of the portfolio is entirely open for students to decide, so they can create a body of work they’re excited about and that also advances their professional goals. Because this is a hybrid course, students are required to produce and deliver their portfolios in multiple formats: as a more traditional portfolio of printed images, as a set of individual digital image files, as well as a website with an artist statement and bio.
The class focuses on the technical and aesthetic issues of creating a portfolio, as well as presentation and marketing strategies. Throughout the semester, an iterative process is used to refine the portfolio, which includes activities such as writing proposals, creating contact sheets and test prints, critiquing a smaller work-in-progress Midterm Portfolio, working with peers to edit and sequence the images, and polishing the Final Portfolio into a larger cohesive set of 10-20 images.
Portfolio Production Highlights
Posted: April 3, 2024 Filed under: CCSF PHOTO Success, Current Events & News, group show, On View at Gallery Obscura, Student Spotlight | Tags: CCSF Photography, ccsf student exhibition, Gallery Obscura, portfolio production Leave a commentPortfolio Production Highlights
Exhibition Dates: March 28 – May 21, 2024
Opening Reception: Wednesday, April 3, 6-9pm
Closing Reception & Portfolio Walk: Wednesday, May 15, 6-9pm
All events are free & open to the public
Gallery Obscura
City College of San Francisco
50 Frida Kahlo Way, Visual Arts Building 160
Featuring the work of students currently enrolled in PHOTO130 Portfolio Production:
Karina Almanza, Laiza Caguiat, Matthew Chan, Paula Correa, Jignesh Desai, Sterling Domich, Brenda Dawson Dove, Raena Frohlich, Lucy Torres, Edwin Gee, Zackery Ormonde, Mariana Paz, Raymond Quach, Brennan Smart, Peter Stickney, Vince Street, Vince Thomas, David Ung, Joseph Untalan, & Anne Veraldi
2024 Summer Classes
Posted: March 26, 2024 Filed under: CCSF Course Spotlight, Current Events & News | Tags: beginning photography, CCSF Photography, ccsf photography department, historyofphotography, photoshop, San Francisco Leave a comment
Last Day to Apply for AA and Certificates – March 28, 2024
Posted: March 13, 2024 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: california, CCSF Photography, ccsf photography department, photography, San Francisco Leave a comment
Showing a completion on your social media profile or resume shows your love of learning and dedication to the craft of photography! Also it helps the CCSF PHOTO department get funded!
If you need help filling out the form please contact your Instructor. If you need a signature please contact Erika Gentry egentry@ccsf.edu
INSTRUCTIONS FOR APPLYING: To apply you should either have completed all classes or be enrolled in the classes you need to complete. To earn a credit certificate from CCSF, you must fulfill the following requirements:
Coursework:
1. Complete all required courses as listed in the college catalog. https://www.ccsf.edu/degrees-certificates/photography
2. Residency requirement: Students must successfully complete at CCSF at least 20% of the units required to earn the certificate.
Grade requirement: Students must pass all letter-graded certificate-applicable courses with a C or better and all P/NP certificate-applicable courses with a P.
3. Fill out the form – if you need to substitute a class please make an appointment to get the substitutions signed. https://www.ccsf.edu/…/Fillable-NEW-certificate…
Spring 2024 Peer Mentors
Posted: March 6, 2024 Filed under: CCSF PHOTO Success, Current Events & News, Student Spotlight | Tags: beginning photography, darkroom, digital printing, lightroom, peer mentors, photo 51 Leave a comment
Gallery Obscura « Elegy (for you & the cottonwoods) »Sarah Christianson
Posted: February 17, 2024 Filed under: On View at Gallery Obscura | Tags: art, CCSF Photography, ccsf photography department, exhibitions, Exhibiton, Gallery Obscura, landscape photography, news, photography, San Francisco Leave a comment
« Elegy (for you & the cottonwoods) »
Sarah Christianson
Exhibit Dates: Feb 14 – Mar 26, 2024
Opening celebration Feb 14th 5pm-7pm
CCSF Prof. Sarah Christianson, Oakland, CA will use the Obscura Gallery as a « learning lab » with the PHOT130 Portfolio Class to illustrate how an exhibition is developed, edited and installed including the production of Black and White Silver Gelatin Prints.
The exhibition designed for the Gallery Obscura is a continuation of an earlier project « Homeplace » and was developed in part with funds from a 2022 CPA Artist Grant from the Center for Photographic Art. @centerphotographicart
Christianson writes: « Over the intervening decade, the questions I raised in « Homeplace » were answered. With the sudden death of my grandmother in 2017, my parents were released from their unspoken obligation to keep farming. They retired the following year, auctioned off all their equipment, and leased out the fields to other local farmers. Amidst all these changes, I created this body of work, « Elegy (for you & the cottonwoods) » to seek solace in the landscape of home and to anchor myself so that I no longer felt adrift in a sea of grief. »
Christianson grew up on a four-generation family farm in the heart of eastern North Dakota’s Red River Valley (an hour north of Fargo). Immersed in that vast expanse of the Great Plains, she developed a strong affinity for its landscape. This connection to place has had a profound effect on her work: despite moving to the San Francisco Bay Area in 2009, she continues to document the subtleties and nuances of the Midwestern landscape and experience through long-term projects.
Christianson earned an MFA in photography from the University of Minnesota in 2009. Since 2011, she has been an adjunct photography instructor at City College of San Francisco. Her
work has been exhibited internationally and can be found in the collections of Duke University, the National Museum of Photography in Copenhagen, and several institutions in the Midwest. She has received grants from the San Francisco Arts Commission and the Center for Cultural Innovation.
Christianson’s first book, Homeplace (Daylight Books 2013), documents the history and uncertain future of her family’s farm by interweaving her images with old snapshots and historical documents selected from her personal archive. Visit her website: https://www.sarahchristianson.com
PHOT 102C “Capture One”: Learn Professional Photo Editing Now
Posted: February 9, 2024 Filed under: CCSF Course Spotlight | Tags: capture one, CCSF Photography, ccsf photography department, editing, lightroom, photography, photography-tips, raw, Weekend Class Leave a comment
Guitar by students Edwin Gee, Matthew Hoang, Dave Zarate, Dominik Kilon
Portrait by students Raena Froelich, Max Clausen
PHOT102E Capture One – Spring 2023 late start class
Saturdays 3/30-5/25/2024
Register http://www.ccsf.edu / CRN 34160
Instructor Liam Clickenger
How about coming in on Saturdays and get to work editing and processing all your favorite RAW camera files? @ccsfphoto we can help!
Why Capture One? :
Voted best software for RAW Camera File editing (PC MAG 2024)
Besides being good at what it does and being the top choice for professional photographers, if you want to start your photo career with assisting and/or digital tech’ing, being able to answer and unequivocal “YES” when asked if you know Capture One is imperative to getting your foot in the door.
Its non-destructive. Like many other applications, Capture One is completely non-destructive, which means it never actually “edits” your RAW files and instead writes a list of “instructions” for how you’d like the image to be viewed, and ultimately how you’d like it to be processed once you decide to output a final image format (ie: jpg, tiff, etc.)
· Image Quality. The processing engine responsible for Capture One’s demosaicing algorithm is incredibly powerful and generates industry-leading image quality.
· Speed. It’s fast. Very fast. As you’ll come to learn, Capture One employs several techniques with which it can accelerate the speed at which it can generate previews, process output files, ingest tethered captures, etc.
· Purpose-built. It’s a purpose-built tool for a few very specific tasks and for those tasks, it’s unparalleled. This is why it’s the most-commonly used software for tethered shooting and you’ll find it running on the capture stations of just about every studio in town.
· It’s already saved. There’s never a need to click “Save” in Capture One to save your work. It’s already done. Every adjustment and image edit you make is automatically saved in real-time.
FALL 2023 Barbara Stewart Scholarship – Winner and Honorable Mentions
Posted: January 3, 2024 Filed under: Barbara Stewart Memorial Scholarship, CCSF PHOTO Success, Online Gallery, Scholarships & Awards, Student Spotlight | Tags: Barbara Stewart Scholarship, beginning photography, CCSF Photography, ccsf photography department, ccsf student exhibition Leave a commentCongratulations to our Fall 2023 Barbara Stewart Memorial Scholarship winner and honorable mentions!
THEME “Light as Subject”
Winner ($250 scholarship):
Iona Cowan
Honorable Mentions:
Les Alacron
Sandy Diep
Carolina Montero
Evie Robello
Juror: Mark Murrmann
PHOT 102A “Architecture” Student Work Spotlight
Posted: December 31, 2023 Filed under: CCSF Course Spotlight, Current Events & News, Field Trips, Student Spotlight | Tags: Architectural Photography, architecture, CCSF Photography, ccsf photography department, photography, San Francisco, street-photography, travel Leave a commentIn the bay area architectural photography is in strong demand at corporations such as Airbnb, real-estate and staging firms, commercial real-estate, architectural firms, project management firms, publications for editorial assignments and more. Courses that make up the certificate in “Architectural Photography” prepare students for work in professional photography including but not limited to interior and exterior architectural photography and other commercial and editorial photography.
PHOT102A is offered Spring Semesters and a section will begin 1/29/2024 11:10-3:15pm on Fridays at the Ocean Campus with several field trips to external sites. CRN: 33187 Join in and register! Pre-reqs are PHOT51 Beginning Photography and PHOT85A Beginning Lighting.
Upon completion of this program, students will be able to:
• Use the traditional tools and techniques of photography
• Apply design concepts inspired by the aesthetics and history of architecture
• Apply the techniques and aesthetics of light to the requirements of photography
• Apply digital hardware and software technologies used in the field of photography
These series of images were produced at CCSF PHOTO as part of Prof. Stephanie Williamson’s Class PHOT102A “Architecture”. Work by CCSFers: John Hui, Vince Thomas, Andrew Steinmetz, Michael Richardson, Anna Estrada, Emily Trinh, Marian Ivan and Eric Andrews.
Photographers & Their Images: Brian Frank
Posted: November 28, 2023 Filed under: CCSF Course Spotlight, CCSF Photography Lecture Series | Tags: Brian Frank, CCSF Photography, ccsf photography department, documentary photography, Photojournalism Leave a comment
Brian Frank, social documentary photographer will present his work as part of the. Photographers and Their Images lecture series on Weds 11/29 in HC202 at the Ocean Campus. Directions: www.ccsf.edu.
Free and open to the public. The lecture will also be recorded and hosted at vimeo.com/ccsfphoto.
About the photographer: Born 1979, a San Francisco native, I have created social documentary projects across the Americas focusing on cultural identity, social inequality, violence, workers rights and the environment.
Most recently, I was awarded a grant by For Freedoms, in collaboration with National Geographic, to continue my work on faith and labor in the California central valley migrant worker community. I am also a Professor of Journalism and a Catchlight Global-Fellow. My work with Catchlight, The Pulitzer Center and The Marshall Project has focused on documenting mass incarceration’s effects on minority communities and visuals-based, education curriculum development and instruction in juvenile detention facilities and communities disproportionately affected by mass incarceration.
My 2-year project, Downstream, Death of the Colorado is held in the permanent collection at the United States Library of Congress and was recognized by POYi with the Global Vision Award. My project on the drug war and culture of violence in Mexico, La Guerra Mexicana, was awarded the Domestic News Picture Story of the year by the NPPA. My work has been recognized with numerous other awards from both national and international press organizations.
After completing the Journalism program at SFSU, I worked primarily for The Wall Street Journal from 2008 – 2014 and currently focus on long-term documentary magazine features in California, the American Southwest, and Mexico.
My work has appeared in National Geographic, Rolling Stone, The New Yorker, California Sunday Magazine, Harpers, The Atlantic, GQ, Esquire, Fortune, Mother Jones, Newsweek, TIME, Le Monde, Der Spiegel, Wired, Politico, Virginia Quarterly Review, PDN, American Photo, The Fader, The New York Times, U.S.News & World Report, The San Francisco Chronicle and many other publications.
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