THE SF CAMERAWORK 2024 MEMBER’S OPEN
Saturday, Nov 2 - Saturday, Dec 20, 2024

*UPDATE: SUBMISSIONS ARE NOW CLOSED FOR THIS EXHIBITION.*

We continued our anniversary programming with our very first (at least in recent memory) “Members’ Open,” celebrating the work of SFC’s artist membership community. A sort of collective curatorial experiment, we began the show with blank walls. The opening reception was replaced with a ‘hanging party’ in which members brought in one of their own works to show salon style. The the exhibition continued to grow over its course in an ongoing open call fashion, and all exhibitors could opt to sell their work on commission as well.

Located at 2 Marina Boulevard, Building A, San Francisico. Current members of SFC were invited to bring in their work following these requirements/guidelines:

- framed or hard mounted
- no larger than 30” on each side
- can safely hang from a single contact point (like a wire or sawtooth hanger — no cleats or D-rings, etc).

Due to limited capacity we are no longer accepting work for this show. If you have any questions please email us at info@sfcamerawork.org for more information.

all current SFC members and previous exhibiting artists were welcome to participate - email info@sfcamerawork.org to check if your membership needs to be renewed!

INTERIOR LIFE

Curated by PJ Policarpio and Samantha Hiura
with special projects by Marcel Pardo Ariza
Spring 2025

“Though we do not wholly believe it yet, the interior life is a real life, and the intangible dreams of people have a tangible effect on the world.” 

― James Baldwin, Nobody Knows My Name

In the long shadow of centuries of activism and systemic violence, we find ourselves pushed to turn inwards, towards ourselves and the interior lives of others. This inward step opens up a space of deep connection across boundaries of difference to forge communities of belonging. The artists in Interior Life construct sacred architectures of queer BIPOC interiority through the photographic medium. Their intimate focus on themselves, their subjects, and the space between them resists the inherently violent potential of the camera, and empowers them with agency over their own representation. Ultimately, Interior Life explores a sense of tender reverence and community-rooted gestures of care through a philosophical framework of subjectivity.