Rusty Weston in Photo Alliance’s Metaphors of Recent Times

A trio of portraits from Rusty Weston’s Of the Mission series were selected by Photo Alliance for an exhibition called “Metaphors of Recent Times | A dialogue of the personal, the political and the cultural.” The call for work invited photographers to reflect on themes of our planet, humanity, and societal values. The exhibition, a collaboration with the SF Arts Commision, will be held at SF City Hall from Jan. 16 – June 13, 2025. The opening reception is on Jan 16th at 6p at City Hall.

Mitch Nelles in Coastside News’ Beauty Of the Coastside Competition

Mitch Nelles is happy to announce that his image, Boat Coming Home, has been selected for inclusion in the Coastside News’ Beauty Of the Coastside Competition. The image will be displayed in the January 2025 portion of the calendar.

Rusty Weston Exhibition at Mission Bowling Club SF

Rusty Weston’s environmental-style portraits of people who live or work in the San Francisco Mission District will be exhibited in a solo show called “de la Misión” at the Mission Bowling Club.

The opening reception is 6-8 pm on Nov 14th and the show runs to April 7, 2025. 

More information.

 

Gene Dominique in City of Atlanta Permanent Collection

The City of Atlanta, through the Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs, has acquired a photograph from Gene Dominique’s series Still Here – African American Farmers in the 21st Century for the city’s permanent collection. The photo is titled Rev Lovely Moore.

Allyson Ely at 2024 CPA International Juried Exhibition

Allyson Ely’s photograph Ascending, from the portfolio An Uncommon Beauty appears in the Center for Photographic Art’s 2024 International Juried Exhibition.

Allyson Ely in Critical Mass 2024 Top 200

Allyson Ely submitted 10 photographs from her series An Uncommon Beauty to Critical Mass and was included in the top 200 for 2024.

Allyson Ely in BETA Developments in Photography

Allyson Ely’s portfolio, An Uncommon Beauty, is one of four portfolios included in the October 2024 #53 issue of the online magazine, BETA developments in photography. Her images appear on pages 34 through 53:

 https://issuu.com/betadevelopmentsinphotography/docs/beta_issue_53.

Participation in BETA developments in photography is by invitation of the editor. During selection of the Critical Mass 2024 Top 50, Jeff Moorfoot, one of the jurors and the publisher of BETA, contacted Allyson and asked if she would be willing to have her portfolio published in his magazine. 

Anthony Delgado’s Lucha Libre at Richmond Art Center Biennial Exhibition

In its third iteration, the Right Here, Right Now biennial exhibition celebrates local, visionary art and ideas through commissioning new artwork from artists who either live or work in Richmond, California. Anthony Delgado will be showing images from his photographic series Lucha Libre! shot at matches in Oaxaca, Mexico, and San Francisco and Richmond, California.

Richmond Art Center • 2540 Barrett Avenue, Richmond

 

Mitch Nelles and Chris Stevens-Yu in Leica San Francisco’s online exhibition

Mitch Nelles and Chris Stevens-Yu are both in Leica San Francisco’s online exhibition, Onward, in celebration of the 10th Anniversary of the store’s opening; Nelles with Fisherman and His Wife Selling Fish, and Stevens-Yu with The Guardian.
 
All selected online images can be found at: https://gallery.leicastoresf.com/portfolio-item/onward/
 
The Guardian

John Martin in Dodho Magazine’s Monochromatic Awards

John Martin is pleased to announce that his photograph File name: laguna7 has been selected as a finalist in the Monochromatic Awards by Dodho Magazine

The work will be featured in the upcoming Monochromatic Book, which will be published in August/September. Only the top 100 images from the competition will be included in the book.

Shubina/Glinin/Salomon at Sanchez Art Center

Anastasia Shubina, Timofey Glinin and Ari Salomon will participate in the 16th Annual 50|50 Show from Sept 6 – Oct 6. This is an annual fundraiser where the gallery invites 50 artists to each create a grid of 50 artworks. Each artwork is 6″ square. Juror: Andra Norris, Andra Norris Gallery, Burlingame.

See Ari’s site for the schedule and links to ticketed and free events. Location: 1220-B Linda Mar, Pacifica, CA 94044

Mitch Nelles in Black and White Magazine with Merit

Mitch Nelles is pleased to announce that three images from his Piano Graveyard series have been accepted for publication in Black and White Magazine’s 2024 Portfolio Contest as a Merit Award.