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Campus Creatives: Q&A with Photographer Don Collier

Campus Creatives: Q&A with Photographer Don Collier

Don Collier, former Guardsman photo editor and current CCSF photography student, is the Spring 2025 recipient of the Yefim Cherkis Memorial Scholarship. In this Q&A, he reflects on his path into sports photography and his latest work on display in Gallery Obscura through Dec. 13.

On Display at Gallery Obscura: Forgotten Rivertown

On Display at Gallery Obscura: Forgotten Rivertown

CCSF’s Gallery Obscura opens with Forgotten Rivertown by Jesus Alvarez III, a photo series capturing Old Antioch’s culture amid rapid change.

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

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

By Lisa Martin lisamartin.562@gmail.com Alone Together, the latest exhibit at Gallery Obscura by street photographer and Cherkis scholarship winner, Julia Lomax, explores ideas of public privacy by showcasing different ways people ignore each other while still subconsciously mirroring one another physically. The people pictured in these photographs

Gallery Obscura showcases 'Here, for now"

Gallery Obscura showcases 'Here, for now"

By Corey Holt City College photography student Erhan Erdem explores the concept of belonging through his photoexhibit “Here, For Now” at Gallery Obscura, a part of CCSF’s photo department. Erdem’s photographs focus on objects found on the sidewalks of San Francisco. They depict discarded furniture and the many

Art At Your Fingertips At The Ocean Campus

Art At Your Fingertips At The Ocean Campus

By Donald Ades Chances are that no matter where you are on campus, it is more likely than not that you are within eye shot of art. There are temporary as well as permanent installations scattered about to feast the eyes. This Fall semester we may have traversed the City

City College photography student showcases “Rome Noir Series”

City College photography student showcases “Rome Noir Series”

By Laurie Maemura Yefim Cherkis Scholarship recipient and City College student photographer Simone Mancini held his first artist reception on Apr. 6, 2017 at the Gallery Obscura on Ocean campus. Jazz songs of Kurt Rosenwinkel played while observers walked from image to image, sipped wine and nonalcoholic beverages and snacked

Photos Hint of California’s Charms At Gallery Obscura

Photos Hint of California’s Charms At Gallery Obscura

By Michaela Payne The new show at the photography department’s Gallery Obscura is “Space Oddity” by Heidi Judge, featuring 11 black and white images through April 30. Judge named the show “Space Oddity” only partly after the David Bowie album with the same name. “It’s more because my