Re: [Leica] Bay Area LUGgers and visitors, Don't miss this! You will be

[kiklaas@iinet.net.au]

Gosh, Jim, you ven have me fired up and wanting to go....I am in Perth, 
Australia - wish I could!!

Enjoy, anyway.



> My very close friend, swim partner, and esteemed colleague, Angela 
> Buenning, is having a show of her project Living in Silicon Valley 
> Saturday March 16th in Noe Valley, San Francisco.
> 
> I'll give the details in a moment.
> 
> History:
> 
> I've known Angela for several years. We met at the pool. We planned our 
> workouts together and talked about photography in between swim sets, and 
> afterwards over lunches, Keeble visits, etc. Her interest was fine art 
> photography, with the mind set of street and urban life, urbanscape 
> photography.
> 
> We initially talked about cameras. She had a Nikon SLR but wanted 
something 
> more substantial. Something that she could use and not worry about 
making 
> quality big prints. After much looking, talking, and testing, she 
decided 
> on the latest Pentax 67II. It took her about a nanosecond for the Pentax 
to 
> become second nature to her. It's like an extension of her mind. You'll 
see 
> it's on topic later on...  :)
> 
> After getting the Pentax and starting the photography for her project, 
she 
> began making prints at San Jose State, a school in Oakland, and a few 
other 
> places that had RA4 processors, but to her dismay, the RA4 processors 
were 
> not maintained properly and her results were all over the map. So she 
> started using my darkroom. I had just installed a JOBO ATL-2400. Because 
> she was such a heavy user (eight to ten hours at a stretch) she 
basically 
> debugged the system for me. It is because of Angela, I now have an air 
> conditioner, bulk chemical heaters, and two enlargers in my darkroom. 
This 
> is where she decided that 20x24 would be her standard print size. The 
JOBO 
> and one shot chemistry made fantastic prints, but, of course, the 
process 
> is a bit slow as you cannot put another print in until the previous 
print 
> is completely processed. Unlike roller transport processors. And I only 
had 
> one enlarger at that time so she could not work on two negatives at the 
> same time.
> 
> She found a rental darkroom in San Francisco that has a 50+ inch roller 
> transport processor that is perfectly maintained. And each darkroom has 
two 
> enlargers which allow printing two negatives simultaneously. A print 
from 
> one is processing while working on a different negative in the second 
> enlarger. The roller transport processor is dry to dry and you can have 
> multiple prints going through at the same time.
> 
> Because of the large processor in the rental darkroom, Angela has been 
> making some 30x40 prints. These are unbelievably awesome!!! Angela is a 
> perfectionist. I have seen her use 10 or more sheets of paper to make a 
> single print, take it home, pin it to the wall, and then come back and 
make 
> more prints because of some minute nuance that she didn't like. That 
even I 
> couldn't see! Her prints are all as perfect as humanly possible.
> 
> Angela teaches Journalism and Photography at Eastside College 
Preparatory 
> School in East Palo Alto as well as working tirelessly, what seems like 
24 
> hours a day, on her Living in Silicon Valley project. She has had rave 
> reviews from notables like Judy Dater and has had her prints exhibited 
in 
> several shows.
> 
> So, the show:
> 
> Angela has an architect friend, Ross Levy, who designed and just built a 
> new home at 1451 Sanchez St., San Francisco (between 27th and 28th 
> streets.) Angela's photographs (20+) will be hung throughout the house. 
The 
> house is not occupied yet so it makes a great gallery. She mounted her 
> prints on aluminum and they are held away from the wall 3/4 by a small 
> base on the back. This is an awesome look! Her show will be all 20x24 
and 
> 30x40 prints of urban life in Silicon Valley.
> 
> I urge anyone who can, to come see this exhibit. It is up for one night 
> only. Saturday March 16th and it starts at 8pm and goes to... whenever. 
And 
> yes, there will be food. :) Street shooters, come see Silicon Valley 
life 
> portrayed through a medium format camera and an incredible eye. You'll 
be 
> amazed.
> 
> If you know anyone who buys/collects fine art photographs, this would be 
a 
> great opportunity for them to get in on the ground floor of what surely 
> will be a very big photographic name in the near future. Her work is 
really 
> outstanding!
> 
> If you go, please tell Angela who you are and that you are a friend of 
> mine. I will be there for an hour or two, 8-ish to perhaps 10-ish, and 
if 
> we haven't met before, find me and say hi. White hair, not skinny... :)
> 
> Oh yeah, ON TOPIC, Angela owns and uses a Leica R8 for stuff other than 
her 
> Silicon Valley project.
> 
> :)
> 
> Jim
> 
> ps...  From the south bay, up 280, exit San Jose Ave. (north), left on 
30th 
> or 29th, right on Sanchez. Or up 101, exit Army Street (west), left on 
> Sanchez. From Oakland/Berzerkeley, across Bay bridge, exit from 101 on 
Army 
> west, left on Sanchez. From Marin, across Golden Gate, 19th ave., left 
on 
> Soat, left on Portola Drive, right on Diamond Heights Blvd, left on 
Douglas 
> St, right on 28th, left on Sanchez. 
> 
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