LIBRARY COORDINATOR

Fairlight is a full time mom and part time portrait photographer looking for "The" light and living in Oakland.

CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR & EBPCO PRESENTS! COORDINATOR

Vince is a photo mad-scientist, exploring, experimenting, and teaching traditional photographic media, techniques and processes. In 2011 he co-founded, with Michael Shindler, Photobooth SF, the first West Coast tintype studio in over 100 years. Vince also worked in the Gallery at Rayko Photo Center in San Francisco, and was in-house event photographer. His long-term portrait series, Cities of Faith, now extends to four different houses of worship in San Francisco and incorporates nearly a thousand individual portraits.

MEMBERSHIP COORDINATOR

Kevin Flynn has a Bachelor’s degree from UC Santa Cruz in Photography. His work career was managing a division of Dun & Bradstreet that specialized in retirement planning and with a small technology company that manufactured tools for monitoring the cold chain for quality control. He has also volunteered with two non profits in the East Bay: the Oakland Heritage Alliance and the Friends of the Rockridge Library

CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, PROMOTIONS COORDINATOR, & SPONSORSHIP COORDINATOR

Anita has had a passion for cinema and photography her entire life, and has been involved with the Bay Area photo community for over two decades, through her work at Berkeley's Looking Glass Photo, and her association with various characters in the local photography scene. While she often talks about her struggle with creative blocks, she also treasures her new World’s Greatest Photographer mug, as it’s always useful to have a goal to work towards. Anita co-founded the East Bay Photo Collective with Vince Donovan in 2017 and has been delighted to help nurture its growth over the years. In addition to board and committee duties she hosts EBPCO’s monthly photo walks and oversees EBPCO’s social media presence.

DARKROOM MANAGER

Brenna Hansen is a photographic visual artist from Southern California, currently living and working in Oakland, CA. Her work focuses on perception, misinformation, and the way contemporary society organizes information and experience. She often uses a combination of digital and analog photography processes to examine the spaces between perception and reality. Hansen studied Studio Art, Art Photography, and holds an Interdisciplinary BA in Art History & Philosophy from Arizona State University. In 2019, she worked to establish the Eugene Darkroom Group community darkroom, serving as Education Coordinator and Volunteer Coordinator until 2023. She currently works as an educator in darkroom & alternative photography processes, book-making, and professional practices for emerging artists, both internationally and within the US as an instructor at Maude Kerns Art Center, East Bay Photo Collective, and Eugene Darkroom Group. She currently serves as the Darkroom Coordinator for East Bay Photo Collective. More at brennahansen.net

GALLERY MANAGER

Jyoti Liggin is a baker, crafter, and photographer. She was born and raised in Oakland and received a BFA in photography from Massachusetts College of Art and Design. She uses film, digital photography, and alternative processes to discuss family, mental health, and identity. Her work has been exhibited at Panopticon Gallery in Boston, MA and in online exhibitions by the Darkside Collective and Too Tired Project.

COMMUNITY SPACE COORDINATOR

Hannah is a full time middle school teacher, EBPCO member volunteer and 35mm film enthusiast. She shoots both color and black and white while continuing to learn the art of film photography as she goes.

CREATIVE COMMUNITY COORDINATOR

Jenny Sampson is a Berkeley-based photographer. Her focus is wet plate collodion and traditional black and white photography. Sampson is a member of the Rolls and Tubes photographic collective. Her work has exhibited in the United States, United Kingdom and has been published in Zyzzyva, Analog Forever Magazine, BBC, GirlTalkHQ, The Hand, SHOTS Magazine, All About Photography Magazine, Lenscratch, The Guardian, The Eye of Photography, PDN and Visual Communications Quarterly. Sampson has two monographs, Skaters (2017) and Skater Girls (2020) published by Daylight Books. Skater Girls received Book of the Month from Leica Fotographie International in September 2020 and is in the Smithsonian Library Collection. The Rolls and Tubes Collective published their book, A History of Photography, in October 2021. Sampson’s photographic work is included in the Candela Collection and other private collections, and her books are included numerous public collections.

EXHIBITIONS COORDINATOR

Najee Tobin is a freelance photographer born and raised in Vallejo, CA. He has received his Bachelor of Arts in Photography from Sacramento State University. His work centers around themes of family, mental health and the expression of it, and the joys and struggles of what it means to be human. He hopes that his work reminds viewers of their own humanity through his own feelings and observations. He is currently exploring these themes through large format film photography and studio work.