The San Francisco Camerawork

The San Francisco Camerawork

            The San Francisco camerawork is a contemporary art gallery that offers art enthusiasts a look into photography as a new form of modern art. Cameras have allowed people to express themselves and allow for their creativity skills to be shown to others. In addition to this, photographers are capable of impacting the society positively by adding their voice on the issues people are facing in the world. I recently had the opportunity to visit the San Francisco camerawork exhibition. The experience was fun and intriguing because it changed my attitude towards photography in general because of the different designs the photographs had. The gallery is located in San Francisco at 1011 market street. The displays of photography works can be viewed from the outside of the gallery since it has glass panels at the entrance. Once you have entered the gallery, one is introduced to a collection of works from other photographers which raises a person’s thirst for more art pieces..

The collection that sparked my interest was the Jamil Hellul exhibition collection titled Together. The exhibition featured the photographer’s views on the issue of the LGBT in society. His exhibition work, Together, is a collection of his works over the last ten years. His uses his works to explore the issue of culture, sexuality and gender. In his work he invites his San Francisco audience to understand that identity is subject to cultural and social construct. Hellu’s work challenges the audience to defy the cultural and social assumptions regarding sexuality and race when it comes to the subject of sexual orientation and the societal view pertaining to race and gender. Overall, I enjoyed visiting the San Francisco camerawork gallery because it helped me understand the importance of photography as a form of contemporary art.