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Professor Light Captures Darkness at the Border

September 27, 2020 The Guardsman JohnTaylor Wildfeuer, Melvin Wong, the guardsman, Midnight: La Frontera, city college, border patrol, immigration, University of California Berkeley, photography, Hasselblad, ken light, Mexico, Asylum, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

Mothers handcuffed to their children, a full-grown man stuffed into a drainpipe, a family of three crammed together in the boot of a car. Under the cover of night they were found and detained by border patrol officers, their moments of fear and loss caught in the glow of Ken Light’s Hasselblad camera.

Gallery Obscura Ressurects 1960’s Toy Cameras

February 5, 2020May 3, 2020 The Guardsman 120mm, photography, film, CityCollege, GalleryObscura, ThroughAPlasticLens, StephanieWilliamson, ToyCamera

City College hosted its first every toy camera photography gallery at City College’s Gallery Obscura on Jan. 29. The exhibition titled, “Through a Plastic Lens,” is located on Ocean Campus’s Visual Arts Building, in room 160, and included photographs from Professor Stephanie Williamson’s plastic camera class. Williamson also taught students how to pay attention to movements within their camera and how the art of photography has the power to change lives.

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Journalism Department hosts a Photo Exhibit on the Struggle at the Tijuana border with the US

October 23, 2019February 25, 2020 The Guardsman mabel jiménez, border, photography, exhibit, united states, Amal Ben Ghanem, Matheus Maynard, tijuana, shelters

By Matheus Maynard mmaynar7@mail.ccsf.edu City College’s Journalism Department is hosting a documentary photography exhibition at the Front Page Gallery

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Alone Together: Julia Lomax’s Photography Explore the Ways We Ignore and Mirror One Another

February 14, 2019October 16, 2019 The Guardsman CCSF, photography, gallery obscura, Peter J. Suter, Lisa Martin, Yefim Cherkis Memorial Scholarship, Street Photography, Julia Lomax, StevenRaskin, art

By Lisa Martin lisamartin.562@gmail.com Alone Together, the latest exhibit at Gallery Obscura by street photographer and Cherkis

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Folsom Street Fair consent policy creates discussion around photography rights

November 21, 2018October 16, 2019 The Guardsman freedom of the press, photography rights, photography, Adina Pernell, free speech, Folsom Street Fair, consent, Folsom Street Fair photography policy, gear is not consent, nudity is not consent, the First Amendment

By Adina J. Pernell apernell@theguardmsan.com Stretching across 13 city blocks,the Folsom Street Fair in San Francisco is the world’s largest

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Gallery Obscura showcases ‘Here, for now”

October 21, 2018 The Guardsman photography, Arts, gallery obscura, Peter J. Suter, Corey Holt, erhan erdem, Here, for Now, san francisco

By Corey Holt City College photography student Erhan Erdem explores the concept of belonging through his photoexhibit “Here, For Now”

Photos LOUD enough to speak for themselves

March 29, 2018 The Guardsman art, photography, Corey Holt, CCSF Photo Club, Art Exhibit, Art department, Harry Ciabattini, Joseph Johnston

By Corey Holt coreychold3@mail.ccsf.edu CCSF Photo Club presents their 2018 Spring Semester group show ‘LOUD’ with goals to inspire

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A visual depiction of the lifestyle of inbetweeners

September 13, 2017February 25, 2020 The Guardsman photography, culture, CCSF Journalism, ccsf culture, Laurie Maemura, Preston Gallaway, Pulitzer Prize Winner, san francisco, Virginia Beach, the guardsman, City College of San Francisco

By Laurie Maemura A young couple in love, a third-generation commercial crab waterman carrying a bushel of crabs, and a

City College photography student showcases “Rome Noir Series”

April 17, 2017February 25, 2020 The Guardsman CCSF Journalism, gallery obscura, black and white, Simone Mancini, Noir, Rome Italy, the guardsman, Laurie Maemura, City College of San Francisco, CCSF, photography, culture

By Laurie Maemura Yefim Cherkis Scholarship recipient and City College student photographer Simone Mancini held his first artist reception

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From drifter to capturer: City alum keeps it street-smart

August 24, 2016February 25, 2020 The Guardsman Cassie Ordonio, Travis Jensen, Rasta Dave, CCSF Alumni, journalism, photography

When he was 18, Travis Jensen moved to the city he considered a skateboard mecca. He was following advice of a homeless man who called San Francisco the “lost city of Atlantis.”

Photos Hint of California’s Charms At Gallery Obscura

April 13, 2016February 25, 2020 The Guardsman photography, gallery obscura, heidi judge, ccsf photography, Michaela Payne, Franchon Smith

By Michaela Payne The new show at the photography department’s Gallery Obscura is “Space Oddity” by Heidi Judge, featuring 11

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81 Bees

March 23, 2016February 25, 2020 The Guardsman photography, 81 bees, minimalism

By Nancy Chan A lone homeless man, geometric architecture and a gray scale flower were among the 43 subjects photographed

Art exhibition takes over local barber shop

October 20, 2014February 25, 2020 The Guardsman 2 Blocks of Art, inks, san francisco, truth, art, reynaldo, Inks of Truth, cayetano, photography, artshow, artists, painting, of, collective, photographs

Photo by Niko Plagakis The Guardsman The old San Francisco Barber College is one of the many venues that was opened

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