Online Event: February Members’ Critique
With Chris Johnson
Tuesday, February 23, 2021
6:00 - 8:00 PM PST
Image courtesy of Chris Johnson.
On February 23rd, SF Camerawork hosted our members' critique online led by artist, curator, and writer Chris Johnson. Johnson provided feedback on members' work and photographic practice.
ABOUT CHRIS JOHNSON
Chris Johnson is a photographic and video artist, curator and writer. Chris studied photography with Ansel Adams, Imogen Cunningham and Wynn Bullock. He is a full Professor and Chair of the Photography Program at the California College of the Arts. His photographic artwork has been published and exhibited widely and is represented in collections including the Center for Creative Photography in Tucson Arizona and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Chris Johnson has served as President of SF Camerawork Gallery, Chair of the Cultural Affairs Commission for the City of Oakland under Jerry Brown and Director of the Mother Jones International Fund for Documentary Photography. Additionally, he authored The Practical Zone System: for Film and Digital Photography; currently in its 6th edition. Chris Johnson originated the Question Bridge concept with a 1996 video installation he created for the Museum of Photographic Arts and the Malcolm X library in San Diego, CA. Question Bridge: Black Males was produced with Hank Willis Thomas and a team including Kamal Sinclair and Bayeté Ross Smith. Question Bridge: Black Males won the 2015 International Center of Photography’s Infinity Award and in 2016 was inducted in the permanent collection of the Smithsonian Museum of African American History and Culture.
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