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Festival Pavilion
It’s back. It’s big. It’s the best fine arts photography exhibition you will find in San Francisco this year or anytime for that matter. Stephen Cohen, owner of the Stephen Cohen Gallery in Los Angles and producer of Photo LA, Photo New York, and Art LA, brings the country’s most notable fine arts photography dealers to the Festival Pavilion for a July weekend beginning with a benefit reception Thursday, the 20th.
Collectors, critics, photographers, scholars, and all who share an enthusiasm for photography attend the high-profile event. The work in the exhibition ranges from pioneering, 19th century black and white photo-graphs to progressive photo-based art, including video and digital art.
 “Now in its seventh year, Photo San Francisco has matured into an engrossing, artistically rich event that attracts photography enthusiasts and emerging galleries alongside established fixtures in the world of international photography,” Cohen said. He encourages every one to attend “whether you are looking to add to your personal or institutional collection or would simply like to increase your understanding of photography as an art form.”
Visitors will see the artistry of Diane Arbus, Walker Evans, Harry Callahan, Ansel Adams, Edward Weston, and Margaret Bourke-White, Joel Peter Witkin, David Levinthal, Tseng Kwong Chi, and Ken Ohara as well as exciting new works that represent the masters of the future.
This year, there are installation booths in the Project Area of the pavilion featuring video and mixed media work. Among the installations are BEAT, a visual history of the Beat poets, and The New Art Project, a curated video installation from Europe.
The lecture and seminar series includes guest speakers John Bennette, freelance writer and curator Sandra Phillips, senior curator of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA), and internationally acclaimed artists Laura Letinsky, Ken Light, Michael Childers, Hank O’Neal, and John Stoddart.
The reception, which begins at 6 p.m., benefits Foto Forum, an auxiliary of SFMOMA.
For more information on exhibit dates and times, the lecture series, the special project areas, and opening night benefit, visit www.photosanfrancisco.net.
— Ronald Tierney
Photos: "Kim Weston Washing His Skylight" by Deborah Mills Thackery; "Sleeping Girl by Tom Thackrey
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