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Documentarian / street photographer / curator + NEWS + Where Words Fail Us February 6 - EXTENDED! (Fall 2026) Asian Resource Center, Oakland, CA ebpco.org/where-words-fail-us Insight/Incite 20/20 Exhibition Sonoma State University Sept 3 - Oct 17, 2026

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J Chen / Photography @jchenphoto.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The best documentary experiment in my lifetime; watching the Up Series dir. by Michael Apted has been like living alongside a historical time capsule happening in real time. I've been following, since 49Up released in 2005. The final installment 70Up aired on Sept 15th! #documentaryfilm #UpSeries
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70 Up review – a deeply moving conclusion for the 63-year-long TV experiment
The landmark documentary series looked like it was done for good – until one participant was diagnosed with terminal cancer. Asif Kapadia takes the helm for its most elegiac, thoughtful outing ever
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J Chen / Photography @jchenphoto.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
FOUR DAYS! The East Bay Photo Collective @ebpco.bsky.social is hosting the biggest photo party of the year! Join us for music, tacos, treats, libations, photo bingo, BIG raffle, and the legendary silent auction feat. the best of the best Bay Area photographers! #photography #believeinfilm #filmphoto
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EBPCOFest 2026!
EBPCOFest is more than a party; it's a celebration of creativity and community! Join us on September 19th at Ellen Shershow Studios to celebrate the…
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J Chen / Photography @jchenphoto.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
PhotoAlliance SF Insight/Incite 20/20 portfolio is now exhibiting at Sonoma State University! Curated by Linda Connor. On view September 2 - October 17, 2026 at University Art Gallery, 1801 E Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park, CA. #photography #contemporaryphotography @photoalliance.bsky.social
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2026 Insight/incite Sonoma State Exhibition — PhotoAlliance
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J Chen / Photography @jchenphoto.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
The Oculus, NYC . A year prior, I made my first trip to New York. I visited the towers. My friend and I rode the elevator all the way to the top, the view, incredible. Our collective memory, beautiful and heartbreaking. #photography #architecturalphotography #believeinfilm #35mmfilm #filmphotography
Evening Oculus, NYC (2018)


© Jessica ChenHidden Shadows, NYC (2018)


© Jessica ChenNight at the Oculus, NYC (2018)


© Jessica ChenWTC, NYC (2018)


© Jessica Chen
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J Chen / Photography @jchenphoto.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
New exhibition at the @fraenkelgallery.bsky.social! On view September 10th – October 24, 2026 #photography #photographylegends #LeeFriedlander #FraenkelGallery
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Maria | Fraenkel Gallery
An exhibition of photographs by Lee Friedlander focuses on images of his wife Maria, made over the course of 70 years.
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J Chen / Photography @jchenphoto.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
“It’s more important to click with people than to click the shutter.” - Alfred Eisenstaedt #photography #streetphotography #filmphotography #photojournalism #AlfredEisenstaedt
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“It’s more important to click with people than to click the shutter.” The photographer behind one of history's most iconic photographs understood something that too many modern photographers do not
Iconic photojournalist Alfred Eisenstaedt understood that people come before photographs
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J Chen / Photography @jchenphoto.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Amused. #photography #believeinfllm #filmphotography #pinholecamera
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Italian Photographer Makes Pinhole Camera Out of Fresh Pasta
You can build your own Ravihole Camera, too!
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J Chen / Photography @jchenphoto.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
"...It is critical that we make work about this moment in time. We have a responsibility to document the complexities of the time we are living through not only to preserve history, but to help shape how it is remembered through evidence and testimony." #photography #documentaryphotography
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The 2026 Fault Lines Exhibition - LENSCRATCH
Happy Birthday 250th, America! Thanks to all who submitted and thank you to our jurors Norm Diamond and Marcy Palmer for selecting 50 images that speak to this moment in time. Law Hamilton (see above)...
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J Chen / Photography @jchenphoto.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Happening this Friday! The Where Words Fail Us Artist Panel with Q&A, June 26th 6-8pm! Join us in discussion as we share the stories behind these deeply moving photographs that document the many ways love shows up without words! #photography #filmphotography @ebpco.bsky.social @ebaldc.bsky.social
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J Chen / Photography @jchenphoto.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Much like his photographs, if you ever had the chance to meet him or hear him speak, his stories always took you on a ride. he was hilarious, provocative, and one-of-a-kind! You are missed Duane! #DuaneMichals #photography #photographylegends #believeinfilm #filmphotography #portraitphotography
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Duane Michals, Photographer With Stories to Tell, Dies at 94
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J Chen / Photography @jchenphoto.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
An unforgettable exhibition I had the privilege to see at Tate Modern. It opened my eyes to what's possible when designing exhibitions and creating an experience that transcends the art itself. The exhibit was a lesson on human behavior, how we connect and impact one another. #art #life #tatemodern
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Duchamp, Man Ray, Picabia | Tate Modern
Duchamp, Man Ray, Picabia 21 February – 26 May 2008 Exhibition of leading figures in the New York Dada movement at Tate Modern
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J Chen / Photography @jchenphoto.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
What a weekend! The @catchlight-io.bsky.social summit was full of courageous and thoughtful photographers! This year's theme tackled vulnerability, trust, and integrity in photojournalism. Powerful stories and engaging conversations with like-minded folks was inspiring and rejuvenating! #photography
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2026 Visual Storytelling Summit
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J Chen / Photography @jchenphoto.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
The EBPCO Gear Sale is this weekend, April 25-26th! Thank you to all who came through with gear donations! For those looking for a new/old camera, we look forward to seeing you there! Some rare "signature" gems this year! Happy hunting! @ebpco.bsky.social #photography #believeinfilm #filmphotography
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World Press Photo @worldpressphoto.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
‘Separated by ICE’ by Carol Guzy, ZUMA Press, iWitness, for Miami Herald, is the #WPPh2026 World Press Photo of the Year. Watch as Carol shares the story behind this image: youtu.be/1BkjOOl_4QU?si=Awz4gAX-L2A56-74
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World Press Photo of the Year: Carol Guzy | 2026 Contest
YouTube video by World Press Photo
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J Chen / Photography @jchenphoto.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Orange Crush, 8th Annual Color exhibition at the Gray Loft Gallery on Opening Night. March 14, 2026. Many thanks to Jan Watten & Ann Jastrab for including "Board Meeting"; an honor to be in this show! grayloftgallery.com/orangecrush #photography #filmphotography #streetphotography #photocarmel #35mm
Board Meeting, Avalon, CA. Orange Crush, 8th Annual Color exhibition at Gray Loft Gallery, On view March 14 through May 9, 2026.Orange Crush, 8th Annual Color exhibition at Gray Loft Gallery, Opening Night. March 14, 2026.
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J Chen / Photography @jchenphoto.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Incredible. #photography #artinspace
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Ghostly Sculpture Floats Above Earth in Stunning Art Project
Filmed on 360 cameras in space.
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J Chen / Photography @jchenphoto.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Where Words Fail Us . This exhibition, curated by Jessica Chen, explores the bonds within our family; these photographs depict the unspoken connections and the many ways we show love for each other without words. ebpco.org/where-words-fail-us . Opens this Friday, February 6th 2026! . #photography
Waiting for the Light (to Change)
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Photo: ©Jessica ChenPhoto @ Ngân VũPhoto © Laura Ming WongWhere Words Fail Us exhibition poster 
On view February 6 through July 19, 2026
Asian Resource Center, Oakland CA

Photo © Laura Ming Wong
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Photojournalism News @pjournalismnews.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
PETAPIXEL: Photography’s Truth Is Under Attack and Giving Up Is Not an Option petapixel.com/2026/01/29/p... @petapixel.bsky.social #journalism #photography #photojournalism
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Photography's Truth Is Under Attack and Giving Up Is Not an Option
If we can't trust what cameras capture, what can we trust?
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J Chen / Photography @jchenphoto.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
Great coverage on Photodom, the one stop analog photography shop in Brooklyn. #photography #filmphotography #analogfilm #believeinfilm
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How I Built A $1.1 Million/Year Business In Brooklyn, NY
YouTube video by CNBC Make It
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J Chen / Photography @jchenphoto.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
Reminder! Check out Graciela Iturbide's retrospective 'Serious Play' at ICP - International Center for Photography in New York City. On view until January 12, 2026! #photography #photographymasters #GracielaIturbide #womenphotographers #believeinfilm #filmphotography
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Photographic Retrospective Offers an Evocative, Fantastical Journey Through Mexico
"Graciela Iturbide: Serious Play" gathers nearly 200 photographs, spanning five decades of the Mexican photographer’s career.
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J Chen / Photography @jchenphoto.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Street Legend Daniel Arnold. @borntobenervous.bsky.social #DanielArnold #streetphotography #photography #candid #filmphotography #believeinfilm
theguardian.com
High and low: the spontaneous joy and drama of New York City – in pictures
Street photographer Daniel Arnold searches out the candid human moments of NYC, capturing a complex city alive with characters and contradictions
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J Chen / Photography @jchenphoto.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
A cult classic! Grey Gardens fans and New Yorkers, don't miss this! Celebrating 50 years, a special day of screenings at the #MayslesDocumentaryCenter in Harlem, on Sunday, Nov 23rd! #GreyGardens #documentaryfilms #AlbertandDavidMaysles
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50th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION of GREY GARDENS — maysles documentary center
IN MAYSLES DOCUMENTARY CENTER CINEMA Join us for GREY GARDENS’ 50th Anniversary Celebration Sunday, November 23 at 2PM, 4:30PM, and 7:30PM GREY GARDENS Albert Maysles, David Maysles, Ellen Hov...
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J Chen / Photography @jchenphoto.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
@edkashi.bsky.social's book looks amazing. Snag a copy. #photojournalism #photography #photobooks
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J Chen / Photography @jchenphoto.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
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 · 17/09/2025
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 · 17/09/2025
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...
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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 · 09/09/2025
R.I.P Magnum Photographer Chris-Steele Perkins. #photography #streetphotography #ChrisSteele-Perkins www.magnumphotos.com/arts-culture...
Chris Steele-Perkins, *Outside Divis Flats* 1978
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J Chen / Photography @jchenphoto.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
New book. #JoelMeyerowitz #photography #streetphotography #colorfilm #believeinfilm
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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 · 08/09/2025
“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
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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 · 28/08/2025
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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 · 27/08/2025
📸 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 · 22/08/2025
Great assessment of the state of street photography today. #photography #streetphotography #believeinflm
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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 · 11/08/2025
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
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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 · 08/08/2025
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-...
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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 · 31/07/2025
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-timesOpening Night at San Francisco City Hall. North Light Court.

Exhibition details: sfartscommission.org/experience-art/exhibitions/metaphors-recent-timesMetaphors 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 · 28/07/2025
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 · 24/07/2025
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 petapixel.com/2025/07/23/n...
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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 · 11/07/2025
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 2021Michael 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 ChenThe Jangs photo series wheat pasted mural over the boarded up GoodWill storefront during the Omnicron wave, San Francisco, CA 2021

Photo by Jessica ChenAn 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 · 16/06/2025
"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
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San Francisco, 1956
A photograph and its afterlife
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J Chen / Photography @jchenphoto.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
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 · 13/06/2025
"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
washingtonpost.com
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 · 12/06/2025
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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J Chen / Photography @jchenphoto.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Opening today, This Sacred Feeling @ebpco.bsky.social Oakland Photo Workshop gallery. Come check out one of our yearly open call exhibitions! Reception from 6pm-9pm, drinks, snacks, great vibes & photographs, what more can you ask for? #photography #believeinfilm www.ebpco.org/in-the-gallery
This Sacred Feeling
Jun 6, 2025 – Jul 20, 2025

This Sacred Feeling is a vibrant collection of photographs exploring the rich tapestry of human experience. These photographs, selected from hundreds of submissions, capture personal moments, vibrant public gatherings, sacred religious rituals, and cultural festivities from around the world. They reveal how rituals shape identity, connect communities, and celebrate life’s milestones, inviting viewers to reflect on the universal language of tradition.

This exhibition features the works of 31 artists in the gallery and an additional 18 artists online.
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J Chen / Photography @jchenphoto.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Salgado maintained his way of capturing people was not exploitative. “Why should the poor world be uglier than the rich world? The light here is the same as there. The dignity here is the same as there." #photography #photographylegends #documentaryphotography #SebastiaoSalgado
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Sebastião Salgado, Acclaimed Brazilian Photographer, Is Dead at 81
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J Chen / Photography @jchenphoto.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
A few snaps from the In Plain Site Photography Festival in Alameda where @ebpco.bsky.social hosted an epic photo walk earlier this month! The sun was shining, the wind in our hair and the breeze on our backs; a great time was had by all! #photography #streetphotography #EBPCO #photowalks
In Plain Site Photography Festival, Alameda, CA at  Radium Runway. May 10, 2025It's photo walk time! East Bay Photo Collective Founder Anita Gay always ready with photo pep in her step! Alameda, CA. May 10, 2025East Bay Photo Collective Co-Founder Vince Donovan, rallies the crowd for the photo walk! Alameda, CA. May 10, 2025East Bay Photo Collective photo walk participants out in the wild! Alameda Point, CA. May 10, 2025
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J Chen / Photography @jchenphoto.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
A video recap of the In Plain Site Photography Festival in Alameda earlier this month. If you look closely you might find yours truly in the background on the @ebpco.bsky.social photo walk. What a fun photo day that was! Ongoing through June 1. #ohotography #streetphotography #RisingTides
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In Plain Site Photography Festival (May 9-June 1, 2025) at Radium Runway in Alameda Point
YouTube video by West End Arts District
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J Chen / Photography @jchenphoto.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
If you missed this year's Catchlight Storytelling Summit in San Francisco, you can watch all the incredible talks from that day. Thank you @catchlight-io.bsky.social for generously sharing and recording each speaker for those unable to attend. #photography #photojournalism #visualstorytelling
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2025 CatchLight Storytelling Summit
2025 CatchLight Visual Storytelling Summit: Photographic MemoryWatch the 2025 CatchLight Visual Storytelling Summit to hear from visual leaders who are using photography, art, film, and technology to ...
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J Chen / Photography @jchenphoto.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Streaming on PBS! #MichaelJang #photography #filmphotography #streetphotography #documentaries
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Who is Michael Jang? - Independent Lens
Chronicles the work of an elusive, once-obscure artist at a flashpoint in his career.
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J Chen / Photography @jchenphoto.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Love reading stories about how photography changes lives. When you photograph with intention and leave your heart open for others, the power is yours to shape and change lives. #photography #streetphotography #portraitphotography #lifelessons
petapixel.com
Capturing Portraits of Strangers Saved This Photographer's Life
'Hello From a Stranger' saved Adam Schluter's life and taught him invaluable lessons about himself and everyone else.
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J Chen / Photography @jchenphoto.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
A time capsule found, the photographer still remains a mystery. #photography #streetphotography #documentaryphotography #unknownphotographer #sanfrancisco #filmphotography #believeinfilm
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Newly discovered vintage photos reveal San Francisco mystery
YouTube video by CBS News
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