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Member News

Anastasiia Nelen Solo Exhibition at Foothill College

01/08/2026/in Member News /by Neo Serafimidis

Anastasiia Nelen’s solo exhibition “Slavic San Francisco” has recently opened in the Photography Department Gallery at Foothill College in Los Altos. This is a long-term project Anastasiia has been working on for the past three years, documenting the Slavic community in San Francisco. It was curated by Judy Walgren, and will remain on display through March.

An artist talk and reception (with some traditional Russian salads ) will take place on February 7 from 2:00 to 4:00 pm.

For more information, message Judy Walgren – walgrenjudith@fhda.edu

Here are the public open hours of the gallery:

W26 Photography Building & Gallery 6100
Mondays – by appointment
Tuesdays – 12:00–9:00 pm
Wednesdays – 12:00–9:00 pm
Thursdays – 12:00–9:00 pm
Fridays–Sundays – by appointment

Allyson Ely in LACP Incubator “Reservoir”

01/03/2026/in Member News /by Neo Serafimidis

Allyson is among the participating artists in Los Angeles Center of Photography’s photographic incubator Reservoir that opens this month at their Downtown Los Angeles headquarters.

Opening Reception

Thursday, January 29, 2026, 6pm to 8pm @ LACP, 252 S. Los Angeles St., Los Angeles, CA 90012

Exhibition Run Dates

Thursday, January 29, 2026 – Saturday, March 14, 2026 @ LACP, 252 S. Los Angeles St., Los Angeles, CA 90012

Reservoir, a new photographic generator by LACP, offers a shared repository of responses to the global crisis of loneliness through visual storytelling. Over 40 artists and mentors that represent a wide array of geographies, approaches, ages, nationalities and lived experiences, create new work and creative response that will be featured in a publication and traveling exhibition that will launch at LACP’s DTLA gallery.

5 members at KG+ 2026 “Luminous”

02/27/2026/in Member News /by Ari Salomon

5 Members at KG+ 2026 “Luminous”

Bay Area Photographers Collective (BAPC) is proud to share that five of our members will be exhibiting in “Luminous: Lighting the Way” as part of KG+ 2026 in Kyoto, Japan. This is the third time BAPC has participated in the festival.

Presented in collaboration with SAMURAI FOTO, the exhibition brings together 13 Japanese photographers and 5 artists from BAPC in an international exchange centered on photography’s relationship to light.

The participating BAPC members are: Ari Salomon, Gene Dominique, Henry Bowles, Ingo Bork, and Rusty Weston

Curated by Deborah Klochko, former Executive Director and Chief Curator of the Museum of Photographic Arts (MOPA) in San Diego (2006–2023), Luminous explores light not only as a technical foundation of photography, but as a cultural, emotional, and philosophical force.

Drawing from photography’s linguistic roots — photos (light) and graphen (to write) — the exhibition considers how artists “write with light” to reveal insight, illuminate the unseen, and shape perception. Works are organized into thematic strands including Literal Light, Enlightenment & Insight, Light on the Unseen, and Beauty in Simplicity.

This exhibition marks the second chapter in a five-year, five-part curatorial series examining contemporary photographic practice across cultures.

Exhibition Details

Venue: Dohjidai Gallery (1928 Building), Kyoto (map)
Dates: April 21 – May 3, 2026
Hours: 12:00–19:00 (Final day until 17:00)
Opening Reception: April 22, 5–7pm

More information: samurai-foto.jp & kgplus.kyotographie.jp (we are exhibition #130 on the festival map)

BAPC is honored to participate in this international dialogue and to strengthen ongoing relationships between Bay Area and Japanese photographic communities.