SF CAMERAWORK BENEFIT AUCTION 2021: The Roof Is on Fire
September 14 - 28, 2021

The SF Camerawork Benefit Auction 2021: The Roof Is on Fire took place online this year with Artsy from
September 14 to the 28th. 

This year’s auction featured 71 works by some of the world’s leading photographers and many of photography's most exciting emerging artists.

Over its 47-year history, SF Camerawork’s mission and programs have been dedicated to offering local artists early career opportunities toward the creation of their important work. This year's Benefit Auction raises crucial funds that directly support image makers, with contributing artists receiving up to 50% of the sale price for their works. 

This year, for the first time SF Camerawork also presented a group of NFT art for sale. These will be available here until they are sold: https://sfcamerawork.org/auction-2021-nfts

 

 

Alanna Airitam
Weekend at Nana's, 2019

Archival pigment print, 20 x 16 inches
Edition 3/10, signed, on mount
Mounted, unframed
Courtesy of the artist
Estimated value: $3,200


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Wesaam Al-Badry
Firebaugh # I, 2021

Archival pigment print, 40 x 32 inches
Edition 1/4, signed, verso
Framed
Courtesy of the artist and Jenkins Johnson Gallery,
New York and San Francisco
Estimated value: $8,300

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Marc Alcock
Hollywood Juniper, from "California Topiary," 2015/2021

Archival pigment print, 20 x 16 inches
Edition 3/7, signed, on mount
Unframed
Courtesy of the artist and Sarah Shepard Gallery
Estimated value: $1,500

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Devin Allen
Untitled, 2015/2020

Archival metallic print, 24 x 36 inches
Edition 1/3, signed certificate of acquisition
Unframed
Courtesy of the artist and Accomplished Art Services LLC
Estimated value: $6,000

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Marcel Pardo Ariza
Still Fire 2, 2018

Archival inkjet print, 17 x 12 inches
Edition 1/3, signed, front
Face-mounted, unframed
Courtesy of the artist
Estimated value: $1,500

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Johnna Arnold
FITE: Magnetic Fields #02, 2021

C-print; 28 x 40 inches
Unique, signed, verso
Unframed
Courtesy of the artist and Sarah Shepard Gallery
Estimated value: $3,500

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Adrian Burrell
Home Again, 2016/2018

Archival pigment print, 28 x 40 inches
Edition 1/5, signed, front
Framed
Courtesy of the artist
Estimated value: $4,800
*The artist may impose additional requirements on sale.

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Jonathan Calm
Green Book (Jackson 1), 2016/2020

Archival pigment print, 20 x 24 inches
Edition 1/6, signed, verso
Unframed
Courtesy of the artist and Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco
Estimated value: $4,000


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Tammy Rae Carland
Ladybird, Ladybird, 1990/2021

Archival pigment print, 16 x 20 inches
Edition 2/5, signed, verso
Unframed
Courtesy of the artist and Jessica Silverman Gallery
Estimated value: $4,000

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Alejandro Cartagena
Car Poolers #58, 2012/2021

Archival pigment print, 22 x 14.3 inches
Edition 3/10, signed certificate of authenticity
Framed
Courtesy of the artist and Assembly
Estimated value: $2,500

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Kennedi Carter
Boy with His Horse, 2020

Archival pigment print, 40 x 40 inches
Edition 2/10, signed, on print
Unframed
Courtesy of the artist and Rose Gallery
Estimated value: $6,000

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Kristiana 莊礼恩 Chan
Intertidal I, 2020

C-print, 14 x 11 inches
Edition AP, signed, on print
Unframed
Courtesy of the artist
Estimated value: $575

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Johnnie Chatman
Self Portrait, John Ford Point, 2021

Archival pigment print, 12 x 18 inches
Edition 1/5, signed, verso
Unframed
Courtesy of the artist
Estimated value: $1,600

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Carlos Chavarria
Façade #16, 2014/2021

Archival pigment print, 16 x 13 inches
Edition 1/10, signed, verso
Unframed
Courtesy of the artist
Estimated value: $550

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Adam Chin
Woman #1, 2021

Selenium-toned gelatin silver print, 15 x 15 inches
Edition 1/10, signed, verso
Unframed
Courtesy of the artist
Estimated value: $2,000

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Sarah Christianson
Pipeline Through the Jorgensons' Land, May 2013, 2013/2014

C-print, 20 x 24 inches
Edition 3/4, signed, on print front
Unframed
Courtesy of the artist
Estimated value: $1,200

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Andrea Chung
Untitled, 2016

Cyanotype on watercolor paper, 22.5 x 30 inches
Unique, signed certificate of authenticity
Unframed
Courtesy of the artist and Tyler Park Presents, Los Angeles
Estimated value: $4,000

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Jennifer Colten
AB.5210, 2018

Archival pigment print; 13.5 x 17 inches
AP, signed, verso
Unframed
Courtesy of the artist
Estimated value: $800

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Christopher Colville
Dark Hours Horizon 18, 2015

Gelatin silver prints, 10 x 27 inches
Unique, signed, verso
Framed
Courtesy of the artist and Rick Wester Fine Art, Inc.
Estimated value: $7,200

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Nathan Cordova
I Want to Leave So Much Behind, 2017 - 2021

Limited edition set of 7 zine/art-books, signed
Courtesy of the artist
Estimated value: $375



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Binh Danh
Glacier Point, Yosemite, CA, 2017

Daguerreotype, plate: 5 x 7 inches
Unique, signed, titled, and dated, verso
Framed: 9 x 11 inches
Courtesy of the artist and Haines Gallery, San Francisco
Estimated value: $5,000

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Janet Delaney
South Street with High Rises, 1984/2021

Archival pigment print, 15.25 x 15.25 inches
Edition 1/5 + 2AP, signed, verso
Unframed
Courtesy of the artist and EUQINOM Gallery
Estimated value: $3,000

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Gene Dominique
A Farmer's Hands, 2018

Archival pigment print, 18 x 27 inches
Edition 1/5, signed, verso
Framed
Courtesy of the artist
Estimated value: $2,500

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Zackary Drucker
Rosalyne, 2019/2021

C-print; 20 x 13 inches
Edition 2/5 + 2AP, signed, verso
Unframed
Courtesy of the artist and LUIS DE JESUS Los Angeles
Estimated value: $2,500

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Lalla Essaydi
Harem #8, 2009

C-print mounted to aluminum and protected
with Mactac luster laminate, 40 x 30 inches
Edition 1/15, signed on label, verso
Unframed
Courtesy of the artist and Jenkins Johnson Gallery,
New York and San Francisco
Estimated value: $16,500

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Rodney Ewing
Paradise Lost (Henrietta Lacks), 2020

Photo silkscreen on vintage ledger paper, 35.5 x 20.5 inches
Unique, signed, on print
Unframed
Courtesy of the artist
Estimated value: $3,500

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Larry Fink
Coretta Scott King, Poor People's Campaign, May 1968, 1968/2021

Archival pigment print, 22 x 17 inches
AP, signed, verso
Unframed
Courtesy of the artist
Estimated value: $7,500

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Larry Fink
Harlem, New York City, September 1964, 1964/2021

Archival pigment print, 22 x 17 inches
AP, signed, verso
Unframed
Courtesy of the artist
Estimated value: $7,500

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Julia Fullerton-Batten
Bamboo, 2008

C-print, 25 x 31 inches
Edition 5/15, signed authenticity placard provided by artist
Framed
Courtesy of the artist and Jenkins Johnson Gallery,
New York and San Francisco
Estimated value: $7,200

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Andres Gonzalez
Sequoia, Amador Street, 2020

Archival pigment print, 10 x 8 inches
Edition 1/7, signed, on card
Framed
Courtesy of the artist
Estimated value: $3,000

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Kris Graves
Breonna Taylor Projection, 2020

Archival pigment print, 16 x 20 inches
Edition 1/5, signed, verso
Unframed
Courtesy of the artist and Sasha Wolf Projects
Estimated value: $2,200

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Todd Gray
7-34-08. 5.26.05 (Conjur Man), 2005

Archival pigment print, 21 x 16 inches
2/3 AP, signed, verso
Unframed
Courtesy of the artist
Estimated value: $8,000

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Jamil Hellu
Scales of Justice, 2020

Digital pigment print, 44 x 30.66 inches
Edition 1/5 + 2AP, signed, verso
Unframed
Courtesy of the artist and Rebecca Camacho Presents
Estimated value: $5,000

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David Johnson
A Teenage Girl: Quinceañera Celebrations in Cuba, 2003

Canvas painting print, 20 x 16 inches
Limited edition, signed, front
Framed
Courtesy of David Johnson Archives
Estimated value: $550

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Jarod Lew
The Most American Thing (Tina)
, 2021

Archival pigment print, 32 x 39 inches
Edition 1/5 + 2AP, signed, on mount
Unframed
Courtesy of the artist
Estimated value: $3,500

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Ken Light
River Baptism, Moon Lake, Coahoma County, Mississippi, 1989

Selenium-toned gelatin silver print, 14 x 11 inches
Limited-edition vintage print, signed, verso
Unframed
Courtesy of the artist
Estimated value: $3,500

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Michael Light
100 SUNS: 062 SEQUOIA 5.2 kilotons Enewetak Atoll, 1958/2003

Archival pigment print, 11 x 14 inches
Edition 1/5, signed, on mount
Framed
Courtesy of the artist and EUQINOM Gallery
Estimated value: $5,300

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Kija Lucas
Smolder 236, 2018/2020

Archival pigment print, 20 x 27 inches
Edition 1/5, signed, back of frame
Framed
Courtesy of the artist
Estimated value: $2,000

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Danny Lyon
House in the Mississippi Delta, 1963, from "Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement," 1963/1997

Gelatin silver print, 11 x 14 inches
Open edition, signed, verso
Unframed
Courtesy of Etherton Gallery
Estimated value: $7,000

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David Maisel
The Fall (Borox 8), 2013

Archival pigment print, 29 x 29 inches
Edition 2/6 + 2AP, signed, on label
Framed
Courtesy of the artist and Haines Gallery, San Francisco
Estimated value: $12,000

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Phillip Maisel
Encants (5184), 2020/2021

Archival pigment print, 17 x 25.5 inches
AP, signed, verso
Unframed
Courtesy of the artist
Estimated value: $750

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Aspen Mays
Hugo 3, 2018

Gelatin silver photogram collage, dye, mounted to green sintra,
22 x 18 inches
Unique, signed, on mount
Courtesy of the artist and Higher Pictures Generation
Estimated value: $4,000

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Sean McFarland
4.5 billion years a lifetime, Clouds #5, 2019/2021

Cyanotype 14 x 11 inches
Edition 1/5, signed, on mount
Framed
Courtesy of the artist and Casemore Kirkeby Gallery
Estimated value: $3,500

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Forrest McGarvey
Portrait of a Posture, 2020

Inkjet print, 10 x 8 inches
Edition 1/5, signed, verso
Framed
Courtesy of the artist
Estimated value: $600

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Wayne F. Miller
San Francisco "Flying Police" Squad, 1950s/2008

Gelatin silver print, 12.5 x 9.875 inches
Signed, in pencil verso
Unframed
Courtesy of Wayne F. Miller Photography and Stephen Daiter Gallery
Estimated value: $2,000

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Bea Nettles
Traces, 2000

Archival Epson print, 18.5 x 14.5 inches
Edition 1/2, signed, verso
Unframed
Courtesy of the artist
Estimated value: $1,000


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Kari Orvik
Millie in the Kitchen, Dark Horse Inn,
from the series "Geneva," 2016/2019

Archival pigment print, 18 x 24 inches
Edition 2/8, signed, verso
Framed
Courtesy of the artist
Estimated value: $1,500

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Mikael Owunna
The Martyrdom of Eke-Nnechukwu, 2021

Dye sublimation print on aluminum, 24 x 36 inches
Edition 1/6, signed, verso
Cleated and ready to hang
Courtesy of the artist and ClampArt, New York City
Estimated value: $10,000


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Darcy Padilla
Blizzard at Standing Rock, 2016/2021

Pigment inkjet print on cotton rag paper, 16 x 24 inches
AP, signed, verso
Unframed
Courtesy of the artist
Estimated value: $6,000


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Marcy Palmer
Firestorm/Time for Change, 2021

24k gold on archival pigment on vellum with UV varnish, wax
11 x 8.5 inches
Edition 3/10, signed, on print
Framed
Courtesy of the artist
Estimated value: $750

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Nigel Poor
Exploded Pen San Quentin Parking Lot, 2019/2021

Digital print, 14 x 11 inches
Edition 1/6, signed, verso
Unframed
Courtesy of the artist
Estimated value: $1,500

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Eli Reed
168th Street National Armory, New York City, 1987

Gelatin silver print, 12 x 17.5 inches
Signed, on print, verso
Unframed
Courtesy of Alison Taggart-Barone and Larry Barone
Estimated value: $5,000

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Christopher Russell
Mountain XXV, 2017

Pigment print scratched with a razor, 16 x 24 inches
Unique, signed on mount, verso
Framed
Courtesy of the artist and Gitterman Gallery
Estimated value: $4,900

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Sebastião Salgado
Genesis Collector’s Edition Volumes I and II

Book, 27.6 x 18.4 inches
Edition 1044/3000 + 300 AP, signed, on title page
Courtesy of anonymous
Estimated value: $4,000


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Alessandra Sanguinetti
Ahmet's Bird, Marseilles, 2016

C-print, 15 x 25 inches
AP, signed, verso
Unframed
Courtesy of the artist
Estimated value: $6,000

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Ron Moultrie Saunders
Salt and Rope, 2018

Unique photogram—sepia-toned gelatin silver print, 20 x 16 inches
Unique, signed, verso
Framed
Courtesy of the artist
Estimated value: $2,100

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Quentin Shih

TB05.JB61.TG27.01
, from the series "Familiars," 2015

C-print, 43.4 x 43.4 inches
Edition 1/3, signed certificate of authenticity
Framed
Courtesy of the artist and Galerie XII, Los Angeles
Estimated value: $7,000

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Edward Shuster
Portrait of Dorothea Lange, 1964/1989

Gelatin silver print, 10 x 10 inches
Signed, front
Unframed
Courtesy of Alison Taggart-Barone and Larry Barone
Estimated value: $1,000

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Donavon Smallwood
Untitled, 2021

Archival pigment print, 20 x 16 inches
Edition 1/3, signed, verso
Unframed
Courtesy of the artist
Estimated value: $2,000

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Tabitha Soren
pinterest.com_jenifferw_unusual-landscapes_, 2021

Archival pigment print, 21 x 28 inches
AP, signed, verso
Unframed
Courtesy of the artist
Estimated value: $4,500

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Young Suh
Mateo Was Born Just After Tanya’s Dad Died, 2017

Archival pigment print, 32 x 40 inches
Edition 1/5 + 2AP, signed, verso
Framed
Courtesy of the artist
Estimated value: $4,000

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Rodrigo Valenzuela
Afterwork #26, 2020/2021

Gelatin silver print, 20 x 24 inches
Edition 1/3, signed, verso
Framed
Courtesy of the artist and EUQINOM Gallery
Estimated value: $2,800

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Lewis Watts
Artist Omiiroo Nyeusi in Oakland, 2019/2021

Archival pigment print, 18 x 12 inches
Edition 3/10, signed, verso
Unframed
Courtesy of the artist and Rena Bransten Gallery
Estimated value: $2,600

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Adrian White
Sankofa, 2018

Archival pigment print, 40 x 60 inches
Edition 1/5, signed, verso
Unframed
Courtesy of the artist
Estimated value: $3,000

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Guanyu Xu
Freedoms Are on the Margins, 2019/2021

Archival pigment print, 40 x 50 inches
Edition 1/5 + 2AP, signed, on label
Unframed
Courtesy of the artist and Yancey Richardson Gallery
Estimated value: $5,000

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Rana Young
On Edge, 2019/2021

Archival pigment print, 16 x 12 inches
Edition 2/7, signed, verso
Unframed
Courtesy of the artist
Estimated value: $500

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