Uncanny Beauty

September 14 – October 21, 2023 Harvey Milk Photo Center, San Francisco, CA

When encountering the work of the Bay Area Photographers Collective, I was struck by the diverse practices, from street to abstract, from landscape to documentary. The common thread was an exploration of what is beautiful today.

Photography is always a surprise; you master your camera’s controls and look at the world around you, but once you press the shutter, you discover another facet of life.

From everyday occurrences transformed into bizarre moments by a unique combination of color, tones, and framing to an exploration of the natural world and the sublime, the use of the camera is all about the reinterpretation of reality. In that gesture, these photographers offer a fresh and captivating vision of life’s strange, eerie, and unique beauty.

Artists
Chad Amory, Eric Blum, Rose Borden, Maria Budner, Tamara Danoyan, Anthony Delgado, Richard Dweck, Dan Fenstermacher, Steve Goldband, Ellen Konar, John Martin, Mitch Nelles, Steven Raskin, Ari Salomon, Neo Serafimidis, Alsion Taggart-Barone, Rusty Weston, Nick Winkworth.

Curator
Emmanuelle Namont