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Fort Mason Foundation Main Office Lobby, Building A
Robert Jones began his photographic career using very traditional methods.
His early photographs were black and white scenes created with a large format camera in the manner of legendary photographer Ansel Adams. Digital photography changed all that. The ease of this revolutionary method opened up whole new creative paths for Jones. Color exploration and experimentation vied with his subject matter in importance.
 In “Available Light,” Jones’ new show in the Fort Mason Foundation Main Office Lobby, the artist shows abstract views of San Francisco and Point Lobos, as well as a series of vintage boxcar photographs shot at the Western Railway Museum in Solano County. The San Francisco scenes portray the city stripped to its bare bones, where bridge girders become studies of line and pattern, and skyscrapers are cold verticals in shades of gray.
The boxcar photos manifest the artist’s love of color and texture. Shot at close range, the cars have lost most identifying characteristics, so that the images that remain are simple shapes of surprisingly subtle hues and pattern.
“Available Light” is on display through April 21. There is a reception with the artist on March 22. See www.rjonesfoto.com for examples of Jones’ work.
– Jovanne Reilly
Photos: “Wheel, SPM” & “Western Express” by Robert Jones
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