PHOTOFAIRS | San Francisco: Key galleries, themes and VIP highlights announced

© ABELARDO MORELL, Tent Camera Image on Ground, View of the Golden Gate Bridge from Battery Yates, 2012. Courtesy of Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York and Zurich

"After three very successful fairs with the team in Shanghai, PHOTOFAIRS | San Francisco gives us the very best opportunity to present our artists in the United States under the most promising conditions."

- Ms. Ute Hartjen, CAMERA WORK Executive Board Member

Today PHOTOFAIRS | San Francisco reveals the key galleries, programming themes and VIP highlights for its inaugural edition (Jan 27 - 29, 2017). The announcement follows the posting of the strongest ever sales at the third edition of its sister fair in Shanghai, which ran in September 2016.
 
PHOTOFAIRS | San Francisco will present work by international artists never before seen in the Bay Area and will shine a spotlight on key photographic talent from the United States’ West Coast, one the most important locations for the medium of photography. 

The fair will be working with leading galleries including: M97 Gallery (Shanghai); Flowers (London, New York & Hong Kong); Ratio 3 (San Francisco); Casemore Kirkeby (San Francisco); Danziger Gallery (New York); Edwynn Houk Gallery (New York & Zürich); Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery (New York); Three Shadows +3 Gallery(Beijing & Xiamen); CAMERA WORK (Berlin), and ROSEGALLERY (Santa Monica).  

© RONGRONG & INRI, LiuLiTun, No. 8, 2003. Courtesy of Three Shadows +3 Gallery (Beijing & Xiamen)

Public Program
The public program for PHOTOFAIRS | San Francisco will bring together experts from across the industry. The program includes Conversations, a rigorous and relevant series of talks, as well as Insights, a curated exhibition offering unique pieces for private sale.

VIP Highlights

Key San Francisco institutions, galleries and artists will participate in the PHOTOFAIRS | San Francisco VIP program, including:

• Private tour of San Francisco Museum of Modern Art’s new Pritzker Center for Photography, featuring diane arbus: in the beginning and Japanese Photography from Postwar to Now
• Allie Haeusslein, Associate Director at Pier 24 Photography will lead a private tour of Collected with a talk by collector Dan Holland
• The de Young Museum will offer a behind-the-scenes view of the Ed Ruscha Archive and an exhibition tour of Danny Lyon: Message to the Future, led by Julian Cox, Founding Curator of Photography and Chief Curator, and Karin Breuer, Curator in Charge of the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts
• Artist studio visits with Sean McFarland, Erica Deeman and Klea McKenna at Minnesota Street Project Studios

Tickets for Sale 
Tickets are now on sale now for PHOTOFAIRS | San Francisco, January 27-29 at Festival Pavilion, Fort Mason.

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