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January 12, 2026

A Measure of Uncertainty at Harvey Milk Photo Center

January 17 – February 21, 2026
Opening reception: Saturday, January 17 2 to 5pm

I will have 4 images from my series Burn Line, including a new Pyrotype. This exhibition marks an important milestone as the work moves beyond early experimentation into a deeper material language. Following my previous work in photographic sculpture and installation, these pieces continue exploring carbonization — treating fire not as damage but as completion. Showing this work alongside fellow BAPC artists reflects an ongoing dialogue about how photography expands beyond the frame into object, intervention, and material process. These works serve as early anchors for a larger installation cycle unfolding through 2026, situated between past research and upcoming Kyoto exhibitions, linking intimate Bay Area conversations to the architectural direction the series is now taking.

 

The exhibition A Measure of Uncertainty features new work by 22 Bay Area Photography Collective artists. Curated by Heather Snider (independent curator and former director of SF Camerawork, PhotoAlliance, and other leading local galleries), the exhibition presents imaginative visions of extraordinary times, from the ecstatic to the existential.

Meet the Artists: Saturday January 24, 1 to 4pm
featuring:  Chad Amory, Timofey Glinin, Shelley Hodes, Mitch Nelles, Angelika Schilli, Anastasia Shubina, Cindy Stokes, Alison Taggart-Barone and me!
 

“The BAPC artists employ a range of artistic approaches to tap into photography’s unique relationship with both truth and fiction, from straight documentation to juxtaposition, intervention, and fabrication. Together, their work creates a chorus of photographic perspectives exploring the edges of meaning, inviting open-ended interpretation, and moving in tandem towards the sublime.”
— Curatorial Statement by Heather Snider

Harvey Milk Photo Center
50 Scott Street San Francisco, CA 94117
Hours: Tuesday – Thursday 3:00pm to 8:30pm
Saturday 11:00am to 4:30pm
Closed Friday, Sunday, Monday

 

 





 

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Ari Salomon is a fine art photographer working in San Francisco.

Current and Upcoming Exhibitions

  • Burn Line at Nohga Hotel Kyoto — KG+ / GOJO+ Award

    April 18–May 17, 2026 Open everyday, 11am-5pm

  • Luminous at KG+ Kyoto, with Samurai Foto

    4/21–5/3, 12–7pm (Opening: 4/22, 5-7pm)

Recent Exhibitions

  • A Measure of Uncertainty at Harvey Milk Photo Center
  • Change at the Magnes Collection
  • Pingyao International Photography Festival
  • SF Photobook Fair
  • Ephemeral Earth at Alameda Photo Festival

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  • Burn Line featured in Forbes and J
  • “Lasting Evidence”: featured in Professional Photographer magazine
  • Float Magazine Instagram Takeover
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Current and Upcoming Exhibitions

  • Burn Line at Nohga Hotel Kyoto — KG+ / GOJO+ Award

    April 18–May 17, 2026 Open everyday, 11am-5pm

  • Luminous at KG+ Kyoto, with Samurai Foto

    4/21–5/3, 12–7pm (Opening: 4/22, 5-7pm)

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31 写真:エド・ヘッカーマン 他16作家|工芸:臼井浩明 他8作家 Ed Heckerman a 31

写真:エド・ヘッカーマン 他16作家|工芸:臼井浩明 他8作家
Ed Heckerman and other 16 artists|Hiroaki Usui and other 8 artists
SHITSURAI -Offerings XII- PAUSE
PAUSE…
In contemplative photography, a crucial step to making an image is “understanding one’s perception.
” This means to still the mind, remain present with what is seen, and appreciate its essence.
It is an intentional pause…..

THE TERMINAL KYOTO
424 Iwatoyama-cho, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto
Open: 4.18 Sat.–5.17 Sun.
Open Everyday
09:30 - 18:00
入場無料 | Free
キュレーター | Curators: ジョン・アイナーセン、中川周士 | John Einarsen, Shuji Nakagawa
30 - this is a great show with some thoughtful con 30 - this is a great show with some thoughtful conceptual photography. I really enjoyed it.

ユリア・メイナーツェン、チェン・チュアンドゥアン、ティナ・エングホフ、カタリーナ・ドゥーヴェ、ヤーコプ・ジン カーステン・ラーベ、ファビアン・ハンメルル 他2作家
Julia Mejnertsen, Chen Chuanduan, Tina Enghoff, Katharina Duve, Jakob Sinn, Carsten Rabe, Fabian Hammerl and other 2 artists.
Dwelling on Uncertain Ground: Essayistic Encounters between Fact and Fiction
Goethe-Institut Villa Kamogawa
19-3 Yoshidakawaracho, Sakyo Ward, Kyoto, 606-8305, Japan
Open: 4.18 Sat.–5.17 Sun.
Closed: Mon. Tue. 4.29–5.6
12:00 - 17:30
Exhibition [31] this is in my favorite art center Exhibition [31] this is in my favorite art center / café in Kyoto - check out my YouTube channel for a video walk-through. I got to do a wonderful workshop on contemplative photography today with @edheck613 

写真:エド・ヘッカーマン 他16作家|工芸:臼井浩明 他8作家
Ed Heckerman and other 16 artists|Hiroaki Usui and other 8 artists
SHITSURAI -Offerings XII- PAUSE
PAUSE…
In contemplative photography, a crucial step to making an image is “understanding one’s perception.
” This means to still the mind, remain present with what is seen, and appreciate its essence.
It is an intentional pause.
It is difficult because our natural tendency is to rush, overthink, become distracted, or to grasp impulsively.
Tour: 84 Yuki Hamanaka YURAGI -Formless Forms Tour:
84 
Yuki Hamanaka YURAGI 
 -Formless Forms
Kyotographie KG+ 2026 tour: #123 “Dialogue of the Kyotographie KG+ 2026 tour: #123 “Dialogue of the Earth” New.

This is a great exhibit, outdoors in a shrine. I’m actually really glad I got to see it in the rain. This is a 13 minute long tour showing the whole exhibit and a little bonus exhibit next-door. This is a mostly Korean group of photographers, it’s a Korean photo festival that is participating in this Japanese photo festival. @kgplus @yukiiwanami @yipf_official
Katsura Imperial Villa 桂離宮 New Everything in this Katsura Imperial Villa 桂離宮 New

Everything in this garden was so beautifully done. It’s kind of crazy and I know how much work it is to keep things so simple and clean. Built in 1610. You have to reserve an advance and you have to take a tour and the tour guide was pretty stiff. I do really wish I could just walk around and sit and quietly enjoy this garden, but I’m grateful I got to see it.
Great scenography (exhibition design) in this show Great scenography (exhibition design) in this show sponsored by a French champagne brand. This is the fifth year they have sponsored a show for the festival. 
@sarishibat  is the artist - the work comes out of a residency done on the champagne grape farm in 🇫🇷.

The exhibition title Dotok Days derives from dotoku (literally “virtue of the soil”), a term used by Sōetsu Yanagi , founder of the Mingei movement, to describe the spiritual climate of Nanto. It means knowing that one cannot live without mutual support. It means entrusting oneself to a force far greater than anything one could plan. It means that the labours and prayers of unnamed people accumulate in the land, quietly supporting daily life from beneath.
OK, honestly, I was skeptical that I would like th OK, honestly, I was skeptical that I would like this exhibition of photos of famous people but the very first person was siouxsie Sue, who is my favorite - and that won me over. Of course the venue is so beautiful and the video of him talking about his work is very modest and heartfelt.
@kyotographie @antoncorbijn4real
Kg plus 09 @sakenomad has a beautiful exhibition i Kg plus 09
@sakenomad has a beautiful exhibition in the ace hotel featuring images from her research into sake brewing, and the development of how this local brewery has evolved through the generations
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