East Bay Photo Collective
An Oakland-based creative arts non-profit providing inspiration, education, and community through the art and craft of photography.
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An Oakland-based creative arts non-profit providing inspiration, education, and community through the art and craft of photography.
FEATURED EVENTS
Join us for an opening reception for Gomez Was Here, a multimedia exhibition curated by Vero Majano. DJ set by Oso Feo.
In Gomez Was Here, a multidisciplinary tribute to the elusive tagger Gomez, artists capture the ways in which the streets participate in their own archiving. Featuring the work of Hernán Martinez, Julian Marin, Kari Orvik, Leena Joshi, and Tatiana Rivas.
It’s Photo Walk Time!
We will be meeting on the first Sunday of the month. Bring any camera you like, and be prepared to wander and shoot for up to an hour.
EBPCO’s bimonthly photo walks are a great way to connect with other photographers while exploring and photographing an interesting Oakland location.
Our photo walks are free and OPEN TO ALL! Bring your camera(s) and your creativity. All cameras welcome, including phones.
Please join us at Telegraph Beer Garden for a low-key gathering. This is a chance to mingle and meet some fellow photographers, and talk about photography, or whatever else strikes our fancy!
WITH CHRISSY HUHN AT THE EBPCO COMMUNITY DARKROOM
Join us for World Cyanotype Day 2025! Delve deeper into the world of cyanotype by making prints on fabric and toning with botanicals. You’ll have the option to bring some of your own textiles, botanicals, photogram materials, and negatives to experiment with and/or choose from a selection that we’ll provide. All other materials for this workshop are provided by EBPCO. This advanced workshop is reserved for those who have their own previous experience with cyanotype or have taken one of our cyanotype workshops.
Class Full! JOIN WAITLIST | ENROLLMENT FEE: $65* | MATERIALS FEE: $15
*Current EBPCO members may receive enrollment fee discounts with valid code entered at checkout
WITH JYOTI LIGGIN AT THE EBPCO COMMUNITY DARKROOM
This 4 week course is for those who are comfortable shooting 35mm film but have no previous experience in a black & white darkroom. Throughout the course, an instructor will guide you through the basics of darkroom processes, including processing black & white film, contact printing, and enlargement printing. Participants must bring an exposed but unprocessed roll of film to work with for the first class. All other materials for this course are provided by EBPCO!
Class Full! JOIN WAITLIST | ENROLLMENT FEE: $220* | MATERIALS FEE: $30
*Current EBPCO members may receive enrollment fee discounts with valid code entered at checkout
WITH BEATRICE THORNTON AT THE EBPCO COMMUNITY DARKROOM
We’re partnering with Bay Area brewers Laughing Monk to source some tasty beer for participants in this workshop to enjoy both as a refreshing beverage AND as a developer base for black & white film processing! In this one-day workshop, participants will learn the basics of film processing with homemade “Beerol” developer. Participants must bring two rolls of exposed 35mm black & white film to process during the workshop. All other materials are provided, including a glass of Laughing Monk beer to drink! This workshop is open only to those 21+ years of age.
REGISTER HERE | ENROLLMENT FEE: $60* | MATERIALS FEE: $15
*Current EBPCO members may receive enrollment fee discounts with valid code entered at checkout
WORKSHOPS
IN THE GALLERY
Growing up in the Mission District of San Francisco, ‘Gomez was here’ was the first graffiti tag that caught my attention. ‘Gomez’ was everywhere - in between the buildings and walls of the Mission, on MUNI, at Juvenile Hall, carved into benches. This tag and practice have influenced my multi-disciplinary practice of collecting stories of the streets and archiving them through experimental film, live cinema, photography, collage, and assemblage.
When I was asked to curate this show, it was an opportunity for me to put photography in conversation with a diversity of visual experiences of the streets and other moments that might not always be exhibited together (or in strictly photographic spaces).
Whether it is through archiving their first rolls of shooting film, their walking meditation as they move through the city, their young queer moments, or their unique perspective on passengers on a MUNI journey - the artists in this show are part of the visual Rolodex in my mind.
This exhibition features the work of Hernán Martinez, Julian Marin, Kari Orvik, Leena Joshi, and Tatiana Rivas.