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Photographs: San Francisco, Photographs: Urban/Street

From The Gallery Window

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From The Gallery Window
A San Francisco street scene viewed from the window of a photography gallery

From The Gallery Window. San Francisco, California. December 6, 2017. © Copyright 2017 G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.

A San Francisco street scene viewed from the window of a photography gallery

We came to this place more or less by chance. It was a somewhat lazy day for us — we had attended a concert the night before and stayed overnight near the venue. Since we had another concert coming up on the second evening we decided to not have any serious plans in the morning. We got up late and finally wandered down past City Hall, through a farmers market, and then headed down Market Street. At one point I happened to look across the street and see the sign for “SF Camerawork” above an unlikely looking storefront, so we walked across to take a look, noticed that it was scheduled to open in less than 10 minutes, and decided we would stick around and take a look.

It probably seems odd that I hadn’t ever visited before, especially since this organization has existed in the City for decades, but sometimes odd things happen. In any case, the door finally opened, we climbed the long and marrow stairway, and arrived to find them in the process if installing an upcoming show: Landmark: Yosemite Through The Lens of Contemporary Landscape Photography. Despite the unfinished state of the installation, they allowed us to poke around and see the work that was already hung. They had one of Jerry Uelsmann’s fantastical landscape, several of the Mark Klett & Byron Wolfe juxtapositions of classic photographs collaged with modern photos of the same locations, a few witty Ted Orland pieces, and more. The exhibition space itself is very nice — open and with good light — and at one point I wandered to one of the street-facing windows and took advantage of the upper story location to make a few photographs of the street below.

G Dan Mitchell is a California photographer and visual opportunist. His book, “California’s Fall Color: A Photographer’s Guide to Autumn in the Sierra” is available from Heyday Books and Amazon.
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Community, Deals and Sales, Events, Gallery, News, Shows

AVIAN: Birds In A Changing World

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Two of my photographs (seen below) were selected to be part of AVIAN: Birds In A Changing World, a current exhibit featuring  work by more than 40 artists — photographers, painters, sculptors, ceramicists, and much more.

Black-necked Stilt Taking Flight
Black-necked Stilt Taking Flight

The show benefits Yosemite Audubon and Sierra Art Trails, and is now open at Gallery Five in Oakhurst, California, a Yosemite National Park gateway community. You can find out more — and see/purchase the art — at the AVIAN facebook page and you can also view a video about the show.

Snow Goose Maelstrom
Snow Goose Maelstrom

The show is open now and continues through January 14, 2018 at Gallery Five at Gallery Row in Oakhurst. Inquiries sales from the exhibit may be directed to the gallery by phone at 559-683-5551 or by email admin@sierraarttrails.org.

G Dan Mitchell is a California photographer and visual opportunist. His book, “California’s Fall Color: A Photographer’s Guide to Autumn in the Sierra” is available from Heyday Books and Amazon.
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Photographs: People, Photographs: San Francisco, Photographs: Urban/Street

Three People, Gallery, Elevator Door

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Three People, Gallery, Elevator Door
Three people in an art gallery with a freight elevator door

Three People, Gallery, Elevator Door. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. January 3, 2017. © Copyright 2017 G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.

Three people in an art gallery with a freight elevator door

I suppose that if you are camera-shy and you see me in a museum that you may want to run for cover. (Or just wait for me to become interested in the exhibits — I’m notorious for taking forever to work my way though museums. Family members have been known to just give up and go find a restaurant to wait for me to finally finish!) In any case, I like to photograph in museums, for the interesting architectural details and light and for the opportunity to watch people doing interesting things and assembling themselves into various compositions.

We were at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMoMA) where we had seen a lot of very interesting stuff. (My favorite was the installation on the top floor by William Kentridge, “The Refusal of Time. I walked into it prepared to be unimpressed, but ended up being very moved by it.) Along the edge of a gallery on a lower floor there was a giant freight elevator door taking up almost all of one wall. One thing about museums is that almost anything seen in such a place has the potential to take on meanings beyond the ordinary, and for some reason this door caught my attention. I did as I often do with such subjects — I waited for people to populate this “intimate urban landscape” so that I could make a few photographs.

G Dan Mitchell is a California photographer and visual opportunist. His book, “California’s Fall Color: A Photographer’s Guide to Autumn in the Sierra” is available from Heyday Books and Amazon.
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News, Shows

Five Prints in “The Great Certainty” — Current Show at The Ansel Adams Gallery

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I am very grateful to The Ansel Adams Gallery for including five of my photographs in the exhibition that opened this week in Yosemite Valley: “The Great Certainty: Photographs Commemorating 100 Years of National Park Stewardship,” August 6 through September 10.
 
A great variety of photographers are represented in this exhibit, and I feel honored to be included among them and to count many of them as personal and professional friends: Ansel Adams, William Neill, Charles Cramer, Keith Walklet, Michael Frye, Mark Citret, Bob Kolbrener, Scot Miller, Rex Naden, Charlotte Hamilton Gibb, Mike Reeves, Franka Mlikota Gabler, David Hoffman, and Evan Russel.
 
Stop in for a visit if you are in Yosemite Valley!
Sandstorm, Dunes
Stong winds lift clouds of sand high into the air above desert sand dunes, Death Valley National Park.
Submerged Boulders, Lake, and Cliffs
Sunlight illuminates submerged boulders near the cliff face along the High Sierra Trail – Sequioa National Park.
Basalt Columns, Lichen, Autumn Plants
Autumn plants and lichen lend color to basalt columns, Devils Postpile National Monument
Sunrise, Capitol Reef
Dawn clouds about the peaks of Capitol Reef National Park
Fractured Granite, Reflections
The base of a rugged granite wall reflected in the still surface of a sub-alpine Sierra Nevada lake