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J Chen / Photography @jchenphoto.bsky.social · 1d

Last weekend Arthur screened his documentary along with a pop up exhibition at CPA down in Carmel.

Pop-up Exhibition and Film Screening Arthur Tress, Selections — Center for Photographic Art

The Center for Photographic Art and the Monterey History and Art Association are excited to announce a weekend of collaborative events with photographer Arthur Tress in October! The MHAA will be ...

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J Chen / Photography @jchenphoto.bsky.social · 1d

In honor of Indigenous Peoples' Day.
#MMIW #IndigenousPeoplesDay #photography #documentaryphotography #streetphotography

MMIW (Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women) at Womens March. Outside City Hall, San Francisco, CA. Photo by Jessica Chen. All rights reserved.

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J Chen / Photography @jchenphoto.bsky.social · 6d

Ah shucks, sold out. Great photographs.

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J Chen / Photography @jchenphoto.bsky.social · 28d

Serious Play, Graciela Iturbide's debut solo show in New York opens October 16, 2025 - Jan 12, 2026 at ICP. #photography #GracielaIturbide #womenphotographers #InternationalCenterofPhotography www.icp.org/exhibitions/...

Serious Play, Graciela Iturbide's solo show in New York opens October 16, 2025 - Jan 12, 2026 at the International Center of Photography.

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Data & Society @datasociety.bsky.social · 28d

Visual literacy doesn't just help us avoid being “duped” by AI images, Morgan Barrie writes. There is value in thinking critically about the images we see, “with the knowledge that, just out of frame, something lingers that could change the entire narrative.” www.thenation.com/article/arch...

What the Photoshop Panic Should Have Taught Us About AI

In 2004, a doctored political image caused outrage and confusion. Twenty years later, why hasn’t visual literacy improved?

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J Chen / Photography @jchenphoto.bsky.social · Sep 9

R.I.P Magnum Photographer Chris-Steele Perkins. #photography #streetphotography #ChrisSteele-Perkins
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Chris Steele-Perkins, *Outside Divis Flats* 1978

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J Chen / Photography @jchenphoto.bsky.social · Sep 8

New book.
#JoelMeyerowitz #photography #streetphotography #colorfilm #believeinfilm

A Sense of Wonder

Skira 2025 Hardback, 1st edition, 224p New Dedicated to one of the great figures of contemporary photography, this selection of over 90 images explores the most significant moments in the career of Jo...

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J Chen / Photography @jchenphoto.bsky.social · Sep 8

“Faces in the Crowd: Street Photography”
Opens October 11, 2025 - July 13, 2026 at the MFA, Boston! #photography #streetphotography Street photographs from the 1970s through the ’90s by the likes of #GarryWinogrand, #HelenLevitt, #DawoudBey, #StephenShore, and #YolandaAndrade #believeinfilm

Faces in the Crowd: Street Photography

The ubiquity of camera phones today has very much made all the world a stage. In the modern city, photographers are now less concerned with surreptitiously capturing an image and much more likely to c...

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Ed Templeton @edtempleton.bsky.social · Aug 28

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Ed Templeton uses the skateboard deck as an anti-racist manifesto | Collater.al

The new deck by Ed Templeton, the founder of Toy Machine, stages a fierce and truly unequivocal cartoon.

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EBPCO @ebpco.bsky.social · Aug 27

📸 EBPCO Fest 2025! Sat, Sept 20, 5–8pm @ Shershow Studios, Oakland. *The* Bay Area photo hangout: art, food, drinks + a stellar raffle. Meet photographers, artists + photo lovers. Proceeds support EBPCO’s mission. Poster photo by Maryam Salassi + Taylor Blanchard. 🎟️ ebpco.org/ebpcofest

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J Chen / Photography @jchenphoto.bsky.social · Aug 22

Great assessment of the state of street photography today.
#photography #streetphotography #believeinflm

Why modern Street Photography feels repetitive and how to reclaim authenticity - Rohit Vohra

Discover why modern street photography feels repetitive, how algorithms fuel sameness, and how to reclaim authenticity behind the lens.

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J Chen / Photography @jchenphoto.bsky.social · Aug 11

Join us for EBPCOFest 2025! We, at the East Bay Photo Collective, @ebpco.bsky.social want to let you in on the best kept secret in the East Bay! Come see for yourself what all the hoopla is about! Tickets for EBPCOFest can be purchased here: www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticket... #photography #believeinfilm

EBPCOFest 2025!

EBPCOFest is more than a party; it's a celebration of creativity and community! Join us on September 20th at Ellen Shershow Studios to celebrate the photographic community in the East Bay. Secure yo...

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J Chen / Photography @jchenphoto.bsky.social · Aug 8

In convo with two great street photographers, hosted by #ApertureBooks. Melissa O’Shaughnessy's book "Perfect Strangers: New York City Street Photographs" is back in stock. Snap it up while you can. #Streetphotography #Photography #AlexWebb #MelissaOShaughnessy aperture.org/events/alex-...

Alex Webb and Melissa O’Shaughnessy in Conversation | Aperture Conversations

Monday, September 8 | Join us for a conversation between two prolific New York City street photographers: Melissa O’Shaughnessy and Alex Webb.

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J Chen / Photography @jchenphoto.bsky.social · Jul 31

Tomorrow is the LAST DAY to see the Metaphors of Recent Times exhibition at San Francisco City Hall! On view January 16 through August 1, 2025. Many thanks to @sfac.bsky.social @photoalliance.bsky.social for bringing much needed dialogue to the forefront of our conversations and minds! #photography

Opening Night at San Francisco City Hall, opening remarks by curator Beth Davila Waldman from PhotoAlliance.

Opening Night at San Francisco City Hall. North Light Court.

Exhibition details: sfartscommission.org/experience-art/exhibitions/metaphors-recent-times

Metaphors of Recent Times, San Francisco City Hall, Ground Floor

Under the American Flag, photo and essay by Jessica Chen

Exhibition details: sfartscommission.org/experience-art/exhibitions/metaphors-recent-times

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J Chen / Photography @jchenphoto.bsky.social · Jul 28

ONE WEEK left to visit Metaphors of Recent Times: A Dialogue of the Personal, the Political and the Cultural at San Francisco City Hall! Don’t miss your chance to see this powerful exhibit. Closes this Friday, August 1st at 5pm PT. www.sfartscommission.org/experience-a... #photography #PhotoAlliance

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Ag+ Process @agplusprocess.bsky.social · Jul 24

Another Kodachrome article out today, about Film Rescue International, the lab in Alberta, Canada that processes old film, including Kodachrome (the latter in B&W). They built a hi-res scanner that they hope archivists will clamor for.
#believeinfilm #analogphotography
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New Multispectral Film Scanner Is a Breakthrough for Analog Photography

One of few major photographic film scanning innovations of the 21st century.

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J Chen / Photography @jchenphoto.bsky.social · Jul 24

Exciting news for film photography!

J Chen / Photography @jchenphoto.bsky.social · Jul 22

Perfect.

J Chen / Photography @jchenphoto.bsky.social · Jul 22

Haha, I would have enjoyed being a fly on the wall for that shoot.

J Chen / Photography @jchenphoto.bsky.social · Jul 11

Going through my pandemic archive and found these gems. #WhoIsMichaelJang I ventured out during the Omnicron wave to see Michael's first of many giant wheat paste murals; his way of protecting our community during the wave of violence against our most vulnerable. #photography #streetphotography

Michael Jang and Jessica Chen in front of The Jangs photo series wheat pasted mural over the boarded up GoodWill storefront, San Francisco, CA 2021

Michael Jang poses in front of The Jangs photo series wheat pasted mural over the boarded up GoodWill storefront, Richmond District, San Francisco, CA 2021

Photo by Jessica Chen

The Jangs photo series wheat pasted mural over the boarded up GoodWill storefront during the Omnicron wave, San Francisco, CA 2021

Photo by Jessica Chen

An elderly asian woman walks past Michael Jang's wheat pasted mural over the boarded up GoodWill storefront, San Francisco, CA 2021

Photo by Jessica Chen

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J Chen / Photography @jchenphoto.bsky.social · Jun 19

One of my favorite series.

J Chen / Photography @jchenphoto.bsky.social · Jun 16

"That moment, the moment of choice, is as important as the instant he took the shot. In Frank’s case, that moment was when photography became what it is today: a glorious mess, beholden to no one, from which almost anything might emerge." #photography #RobertFrank #streetphotography #believeinfilm

San Francisco, 1956

A photograph and its afterlife

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J Chen / Photography @jchenphoto.bsky.social · Jun 13

Great news! The Metaphors of Recent Times exhibition at San Francisco's City Hall now extended to August 1st! Thanks to #SanFranciscoArtsCommission for sharing, "Under the American Flag" sfartscommission.org/experience-art/exhibitions/metaphors-recent-times #photography #PhotoAllianceSF #documentary

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J Chen / Photography @jchenphoto.bsky.social · Jun 13

"Larry Fink: Sensual Empathy" an exhibition at CPW located in Upstate NY. On view May 24 through August 31, 2025. Curated by Lucy Sante cpw.org/exhibition/larry-fink-sensual-empathy #photography #larryfink #socialgraces

Opinion | These photographs reminded me that Americans are still beautiful

Photographer Larry Fink documented the things we have in common across the rural-urban divide.

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J Chen / Photography @jchenphoto.bsky.social · Jun 12

Setting up camp here, cozy and minimal freeway noise. Finally, a photo app w/o popularity contests, unbridled capitalism, influencers and pesky ads. There's some parking going on, but refreshing to see good #streetphotography from around the world again. #photography #believeinfilm #35mm #jchenphoto

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