UPCOMING EVENTS
UPCOMING EVENTS
COMMUNITY
Thursday, July 23
6:30 – 8:30pm
Femme Fotogs' Meeting - "Summer Feels" theme
Women’s (identifying) photography group.
Community
Sunday, July 26
4:00 – 6:00pm
Zine making club
A free monthly gathering for photographers of all levels to share work, get feedback, and connect over zine making. One part support & inspiration, one part co-working.
Community
Saturday, August 1
5:00 – 8:00pm
Road Songs Exhibit Opening Reception by Michele Thompson
Opening Reception of our August Gallery Exhibit, “Road Songs” by Michele Thompson.
Road Songs pulls together images from Michele's forty year career and a lifetime of road trips, all filtered through the music that shaped those miles. The book pairs photographs with short reflections on the songs that mattered most along the way, and what they meant: a disappearing America, a changing landscape, what it means to be a woman traveling alone, finding the spiritual in the journey and the people you encounter, death, politics, joy, age, whether Bob Dylan is the ultimate relationship test, and whether the Beatles or Bob Marley did more for world peace.
The exhibition will feature images and music from the book, and a very limited number of exhibition only editions will be available for purchase. Michele's work will be on display all month.
This exhibit is in conjunction with the celebration of our 2nd Anniversary party!
Community
Saturday, August 1
5:00 – 8:00pm
Franklin Foto is turning 2! Come celebrate our 2nd Anniversary with us!
Franklin Foto is turning two, and we want to celebrate with you. Join us Saturday, August 1st from 5 to 8 p.m. for our second anniversary party.
Franklin Foto opened its doors two years ago with a simple hope, build community through photography and make this space accessible to everyone, no matter their experience level or financial means. Today, we're continually amazed by the community that's grown up around that idea.
Every member, student, and collaborator who's walked through our doors has helped shape this space into what it is today. Your support, creativity, and trust are what keep the darkroom lights on and what keep us going. We're grateful for all of it, and we're looking forward to many more years as Portland's photography hub.
Our August gallery show is part of the celebration too: Michele Thompson's Road Songs, featuring work from her latest book of the same name.
Road Songs pulls together images from Michele's forty year career and a lifetime of road trips, all filtered through the music that shaped those miles. The book pairs photographs with short reflections on the songs that mattered most along the way, and what they meant: a disappearing America, a changing landscape, what it means to be a woman traveling alone, finding the spiritual in the journey and the people you encounter, death, politics, joy, age, whether Bob Dylan is the ultimate relationship test, and whether the Beatles or Bob Marley did more for world peace.
The exhibition will feature images and music from the book, and a very limited number of exhibition only editions will be available for purchase. Michele's work will be on display all month.
And we couldn't be more excited to have live music from Jake Capistran @jdoubleyousee as part of the celebration, alongside treats and a few words from the Franklin Foto community marking the occasion.
Want to participate? We would love you to send us email images you have of work you’ve done at Franklin Foto, BTS, the images themselves, photos of your FF buddies hanging out! Help us show what the Franklin Foto community is all about. 🙏🏻💖 Email to manager@franklinfoto.org
Testimonials would be a great anniversary gift as well!
Sunday, August 2
(PLUS an online group review, the following week)
10:00 AM - 1:00pm
Class
The Whys and Hows of Self-Portraits with Julie C Jacobs
What better way to journey through self-expression and self-discovery than self-portraiture?
Get inspired! We’ll discuss working with the best model you have: yourself.
We’ll discuss the rich history of self-portraits (beyond the smartphone selfie!)--the inherent human desire for self-reflection, introspection, and self-representation. We’ll also explore various themes and inspirations for taking your own picture.
You’ll learn about tactics, techniques, and tools to begin creating your own images.
This is a hands-on workshop, so bring a camera! (If you don’t have a ‘real’ camera, your phone will work great.) We will practice some of the techniques and you’ll walk away with a few different self-portraits to get your own journey started.
*Digital camera preferred for review/practice, but film cameras are okay too.