For this first Online Discovery series, we invite you to learn about SF Camerawork's beginnings in a conversation between founders Craig Morey, Hal Fischer, and Ted Hedgpeth published in the 1984 SF Camerawork Quarterly. In this candid interview, the three chat about the memorable moments of SF Camerawork's early days, which include an unhung opening reception, a drive to Sacramento to register as a non profit, and Craig's purchase of the gallery for one dollar!
As a companion piece to this week's archive feature, we'd also like to share a more recent SFMOMA video interview with Hal Fischer. Produced in conjunction with the museum's current exhibition Thought Pieces, the interview discusses Hal's groundbreaking series Gay Semiotics and what it was like photographing in 1970s San Francisco.
In the coming weeks, we will feature additional articles from SF Camerawork's extensive archives, and also spotlight current artists and their work. We hope these journeys through the past and present of photography and SF Camerawork will provide a remedy for the moment’s malaise and allow us to come together around a shared love for the community of photography.
1984 Fall SF Camerawork Quarterly
SF Camerawork founder and SFMOMA exhibiting artist Hal Fischer discusses his ground-breaking series Gay Semiotics and what it was like photographing San Francisco's Castro neighborhood in the 1970s. Click image below to watch his video interview with SFMOMA.
Click here to find our full exhibition history listed by year, as well as videos and digitized print collateral, dating back to SF Camerawork's founding in 1974.
