Pier 24 Photography Explained

Pier 24 Photography
Location:Pier 24, The Embarcadero, San Francisco, California
Coordinates:37.7891°N -122.3877°W
Type:Photography, Art, Nonprofit organization
Founder:Andrew Pilara and Mary Pilara
Director:Christopher McCall and Allie Haeusslein
Visitors:Free by Appointment
Publictransit:Muni


Folson & Embarcadero Station
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    B.A.R.T.:
    Embarcadero Station

    Parking:Pier 30 Parking Lot
    Harrison & Embarcadero

    Pier 24 Photography is a non-profit art museum located on the Port of San Francisco directly under the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge. The organization houses the permanent collection of the Pilara Foundation, which collects, preserves and exhibits photography.[1] [2] It produces exhibitions, publications, and public programs.[3] Pier 24 Photography is the largest exhibition space in the world dedicated solely to photography.[4] [5]

    Collection

    Revelations—the Diane Arbus retrospective organized by San Francisco Museum of Modern Art in 2003—inspired the purchase of the Pilara Foundation’s first photograph, a portrait from her "Untitled" series.[6] The collection has grown to over 4,000 works spanning the history of the medium and its international breadth. At the collection’s core are those photographers first exhibited in two seminal twentieth-century exhibitions: New Documents (1967) at the Museum of Modern Art and New Topographics (1975) at George Eastman Museum. In recent years, the Foundation has collected more emerging photographers in depth, developing holdings that reflect evolving practices within the medium.[7] [8]

    Auction

    In May 2023 Sotheby's New York held an auction entitled "Pier 24 Photography from the Pilara Family Foundation Sold to Benefit Charitable Organizations".[9] As Sotheby's stated:

    Exhibitions

    Larry Sultan Visiting Artist Program

    The Larry Sultan Visiting Artist Program is a collaboration between Pier 24 Photography, California College of the Arts and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art created in honor of the influential Bay Area photographer and educator, Larry Sultan.[32] Each year, the program brings six international artists to San Francisco. During their visits, artists provide a free lecture open to the public. They also work with graduate students at California College of the Arts, mentoring them in the studio and taking them on citywide fieldtrips.[33] [34]

    Visiting artists

    Larry Sultan Photography Award

    In 2016, Pier 24 Photography in partnership with California College of the Arts, Headlands Center for the Arts, and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art launched the Larry Sultan Photography Award. The award includes a six- to ten-week residency at the Headlands Center for the Arts in Sausalito, California, and a $10,000 cash award.[35]

    Recipients

    Publications

    The building

    Located just south of the Ferry Building on the Port of San Francisco, Pier 24 Photography is housed in the Pier 24 annex. Originally designed to connect Piers 24 and Pier 26, the Pier 24 annex was originally built to be a 28,000 square foot cargo shed for truck side loading. Pier 24 was constructed between 1912 and 1916, and the annex followed in 1935-36. Several businesses were housed in Pier 24 annex over the twentieth century, including Nelson Steamship Company, American-Hawaiian Steamship Company and Williams, Diamond & Company. The principal cargo stored by these companies included sugar, copra, vanilla, whale oil, and hides. Pier 24 was demolished after its transit shed and bulkhead caught fire in 1997. While the last remnants of Pier 24’s substructure were fully demolished in 2004, the Pier 24 annex remained intact.

    The building is rented from the Port of San Francisco, which until 2017 granted the museum rent credits in exchange for repairs and improvements; these expired with the end of the lease term in 2017, and since the museum refused to pay the increased rent, in December 2019 the port served the foundation with notice that it must vacate the building and may be sued for underpayment of rent during the two years since the lease expired.[43]

    External links

    Notes and References

    1. News: San Francisco's unusual new museum of photography . 31 December 2010 . 12 June 2016 . . Brendan . Spiegel.
    2. News: Emotional Documentary: Andy Pilara's Photography Collection . 6 December 2010 . 12 June 2016 . Editioned Art Magazine . editionedartmag.com/ . Margan . Mulvihill.
    3. Web site: Pier 24 Photography. Phillip . Gefter . Philip Gefter . Aperture Foundation.
    4. Web site: Pier 24, San Francisco's fantastic photography freebie. Matthew. Lombardi. BBC Worldwide.
    5. Web site: Free to Focus on the Pictures Inside . 24 February 2011 . 12 June 2016 . David. Littlejoh. The Wall Street Journal.
    6. Web site: Vast photo collection shown in S.F. Warehouse. 9 May 2010.
    7. Web site: Collection - Pier 24. Pier 24 Photography.
    8. News: Gallery intern improbably leaps to important show . 2 May 2016 . 11 June 2016 . . SFGate.com . Sam . Whiting.
    9. https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2023/pier-24-photography-from-the-pilara-family-foundation-sold-to-benefit-charitable-organizations-evening-sale
    10. https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2023/pier-24-photography-from-the-pilara-family-foundation-sold-to-benefit-charitable-organizations-evening-sale/migrant-mother-nipomo-california?locale=en
    11. https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2023/pier-24-photography-from-the-pilara-family-foundation-sold-to-benefit-charitable-organizations-evening-sale/the-little-screens?locale=en
    12. https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2023/pier-24-photography-from-the-pilara-family-foundation-sold-to-benefit-charitable-organizations-evening-sale/the-music-lesson?locale=en
    13. https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2023/pier-24-photography-from-the-pilara-family-foundation-sold-to-benefit-charitable-organizations-evening-sale/charleston-s-c?locale=en
    14. https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2023/pier-24-photography-from-the-pilara-family-foundation-sold-to-benefit-charitable-organizations-evening-sale/juan-patricio-lobato-carney-rocky-ford-colorado?locale=en
    15. News: Vast photo collection shown in S.F. warehouse. Whiting. Sam. 9 May 2010. San Francisco Chronicle. 11 June 2016. SFGate.com.
    16. Web site: From the Collection of Randi and Bob Fisher - Art Practical. Catherine. Art Practical.
    17. Web site: Home is Where the 'Here' Is: Photography at Pier 24 . 25 May 2011 . 11 June 2016 . Carmen . Winant . KQED.
    18. News: John Chiara's camera obscura captures big picture . 16 June 2011 . 12 June 2016 . . SFGate.com . Sam . Whiting.
    19. Web site: About Face at Pier 24 Photography. 2 February 2013 . 11 June 2016 . Kendall . George . SFAQ.
    20. Web site: A Sense of Place. Artforum. October 1, 2013. June 8, 2016.
    21. Web site: Best of 2014. Artforum. December 1, 2014. Vince . Aletti . Vince Aletti . June 8, 2016.
    22. Web site: Secondhand at Pier 24 Photography. 7 January 2015. 11 June 2016 . Lenscratch . Aline . Smithson.
    23. Web site: Daniel Gordon on view at Pier 24 Photography. Harper's Magazine. February 1, 2014. June 12, 2016.
    24. News: Paul Graham and Seizing the Everyday Moments. 21 February 2016. . Phillip . Gefter . Philip Gefter.
    25. Web site: Paul Graham's Photos Tell Expansive Story of Everyday America. 19 August 2015 . 11 June 2016 . Matthew . Harrison Tedford . KQED.
    26. Web site: Paul Graham on The Whiteness of the Whale at Pier 24 Photography . Aperture Foundation. Allie. Haeusslein . October 28, 2015. June 12, 2016.
    27. Web site: Photography show a snapshot of collectors' selves. San Francisco Chronicle. Charles. Desmarais. June 3, 2016. June 8, 2016.
    28. Web site: Local Largesse: Collected in San Francisco. Art in America. Lindsay. Pollock. Lindsay Pollock . May 16, 2016. June 12, 2016.
    29. Web site: Ways of viewing the social landscape at Pier 24 Photography. San Francisco Chronicle. Charles. Desmarais. June 3, 2016. September 8, 2017.
    30. Web site: Pier 24 Offers a Dark Look at America's Past Decade in 'This Land'. KQED. Sarah. Hotchkiss. July 5, 2018. May 28, 2019.
    31. Web site: Aesthetica Magazine - Defining Images. Aesthetica Magazine. en-GB. 2019-07-19.
    32. News: The Influence and Legacy of Larry Sultan . 4 November 2014 . 12 June 2016 . . time.com . Carmen . Winant .
    33. Web site: Larry Sultan Visiting Artist Program & Award. California College of the Arts. 11 June 2016.
    34. Web site: Programs .
    35. Web site: Larry Sultan Photography Award - Headlands Center for the Arts. Headlands Center for the Arts.
    36. Web site: Marco Breuer Wins Larry Sultan Award. 4 October 2015. Photograph.
    37. Web site: Awoiska van der Molen - Headlands Center for the Arts. Headlands Center for the Arts.
    38. Web site: Bieke Depoorter - Headlands Center for the Arts. Headlands Center for the Arts.
    39. Web site: 2019-05-28. Jonathan Calm. Pier 24 Photography.
    40. News: See the Eerie Life-Size Portraits Created in a Camera Obscura. 29 September 2015 . 11 June 2016 . Lucia . De Stefani . .
    41. News: Day For Night. 25 November 2015 . 12 June 2016 . Laura . De Jong . GUP magazine.
    42. News: How Does it Feel To Have Magnum Photographers Document Your Town?. 25 September 2015 . 12 June 2016 . Debbie . Grossman . American Photo magazine.
    43. News: Dominic . Fracassa . Sam . Whiting . Wealthy art collector's SF photo museum faces eviction over rent spat . San Francisco Chronicle . December 13, 2019 .

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