SF Camerawork presents a pop-up series of lens-based projects by artists creatively responding to our current state of quarantine, curated by artist, curator and SFC member Victoria Mara Heilweil. Today’s post features artist Dan Herrera.

Victoria Mara Heilweil: I’d like to end the week with a bit of humor.  Dan Herrera has been posting Quarantine Pro-Tips that made me laugh out loud.  While parenting a young child, and trying to migrate six college courses online, Dan has not had time for his alternative process photographic artwork.  Instagram had already been a platform for both promoting Dan’s artwork and a personal blog.

SF Camerawork presents a pop-up series of lens-based projects by artists creatively responding to our current state of quarantine, curated by artist, curator and SFC member Victoria Mara Heilweil. Today’s post features artist Klea McKenna.

Victoria Mara Heilweil: I am truly inspired by Klea McKenna’s fierce need to create photographs, and stay sane, as a working artist and mother of two small children during the quarantine. She has replicated her practice of cameraless photograms using a non-photographic material, watercolor inks, as her emulsion, and the sun for exposure.

SF Camerawork presents a pop-up series of lens-based projects by artists creatively responding to our current state of quarantine, curated by artist, curator and SFC member Victoria Mara Heilweil. Victoria was drawn to Nigel Poor’s series due to how she visualizes time. Time is both slower and faster now, which is fascinating. Click “Read More” to read Nigel Poor’s story about this work.

Today’s featured series is Project Viral by Rachel Liu. Life in the time of Covid-19 has changed many aspects of our daily routine, including what we perceive as valuable and indispensable items. Project Viral is a series of lumen prints where she utilizes disinfecting and sanitizing products, and safety objects such as masks and gloves, that we depend on daily to cope with the virus. Rachel has created works that reflect our collective neurosis in the time of the pandemic.

SF Camerawork presents a pop-up series of lens-based projects by artists creatively responding to our current state of quarantine, curated by artist, curator and SFC member Victoria Mara Heilweil. The first project is Social Distancing Portraits by Adam Thorman. Adam has been creating social distancing portraits of his friends through their windows during the coronavirus "shelter-in-place" order in the San Francisco Bay Area. The portraits speak to the twin feelings of connection and distance we are all experiencing during this time.