J Chen / Photography
@jchenphoto.bsky.social
A fine art, documentary & street photographer
45 years in the making, and a lifetime of journeying around the world, A Period in Time is finally out today. It contains not only my career-defining work but personal journal entries t...
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October 16, 2025 at 1:25 AM
In honor of Indigenous Peoples' Day.
#MMIW #IndigenousPeoplesDay #photography #documentaryphotography #streetphotography
#MMIW #IndigenousPeoplesDay #photography #documentaryphotography #streetphotography
October 13, 2025 at 11:50 PM
In honor of Indigenous Peoples' Day.
#MMIW #IndigenousPeoplesDay #photography #documentaryphotography #streetphotography
#MMIW #IndigenousPeoplesDay #photography #documentaryphotography #streetphotography
Serious Play, Graciela Iturbide's debut solo show in New York opens October 16, 2025 - Jan 12, 2026 at ICP. #photography #GracielaIturbide #womenphotographers #InternationalCenterofPhotography www.icp.org/exhibitions/...
September 17, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Serious Play, Graciela Iturbide's debut solo show in New York opens October 16, 2025 - Jan 12, 2026 at ICP. #photography #GracielaIturbide #womenphotographers #InternationalCenterofPhotography www.icp.org/exhibitions/...
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Visual literacy doesn't just help us avoid being “duped” by AI images, Morgan Barrie writes. There is value in thinking critically about the images we see, “with the knowledge that, just out of frame, something lingers that could change the entire narrative.” www.thenation.com/article/arch...
What the Photoshop Panic Should Have Taught Us About AI
In 2004, a doctored political image caused outrage and confusion. Twenty years later, why hasn’t visual literacy improved?
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September 17, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Visual literacy doesn't just help us avoid being “duped” by AI images, Morgan Barrie writes. There is value in thinking critically about the images we see, “with the knowledge that, just out of frame, something lingers that could change the entire narrative.” www.thenation.com/article/arch...
R.I.P Magnum Photographer Chris-Steele Perkins. #photography #streetphotography #ChrisSteele-Perkins
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September 9, 2025 at 8:00 AM
R.I.P Magnum Photographer Chris-Steele Perkins. #photography #streetphotography #ChrisSteele-Perkins
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“Faces in the Crowd: Street Photography”
Opens October 11, 2025 - July 13, 2026 at the MFA, Boston! #photography #streetphotography Street photographs from the 1970s through the ’90s by the likes of #GarryWinogrand, #HelenLevitt, #DawoudBey, #StephenShore, and #YolandaAndrade #believeinfilm
Opens October 11, 2025 - July 13, 2026 at the MFA, Boston! #photography #streetphotography Street photographs from the 1970s through the ’90s by the likes of #GarryWinogrand, #HelenLevitt, #DawoudBey, #StephenShore, and #YolandaAndrade #believeinfilm
Faces in the Crowd: Street Photography
The ubiquity of camera phones today has very much made all the world a stage. In the modern city, photographers are now less concerned with surreptitiously capturing an image and much more likely to c...
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September 8, 2025 at 7:05 AM
“Faces in the Crowd: Street Photography”
Opens October 11, 2025 - July 13, 2026 at the MFA, Boston! #photography #streetphotography Street photographs from the 1970s through the ’90s by the likes of #GarryWinogrand, #HelenLevitt, #DawoudBey, #StephenShore, and #YolandaAndrade #believeinfilm
Opens October 11, 2025 - July 13, 2026 at the MFA, Boston! #photography #streetphotography Street photographs from the 1970s through the ’90s by the likes of #GarryWinogrand, #HelenLevitt, #DawoudBey, #StephenShore, and #YolandaAndrade #believeinfilm
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📸 EBPCO Fest 2025! Sat, Sept 20, 5–8pm @ Shershow Studios, Oakland. *The* Bay Area photo hangout: art, food, drinks + a stellar raffle. Meet photographers, artists + photo lovers. Proceeds support EBPCO’s mission. Poster photo by Maryam Salassi + Taylor Blanchard. 🎟️ ebpco.org/ebpcofest
August 27, 2025 at 3:14 AM
📸 EBPCO Fest 2025! Sat, Sept 20, 5–8pm @ Shershow Studios, Oakland. *The* Bay Area photo hangout: art, food, drinks + a stellar raffle. Meet photographers, artists + photo lovers. Proceeds support EBPCO’s mission. Poster photo by Maryam Salassi + Taylor Blanchard. 🎟️ ebpco.org/ebpcofest
Great assessment of the state of street photography today.
#photography #streetphotography #believeinflm
#photography #streetphotography #believeinflm
Why modern Street Photography feels repetitive and how to reclaim authenticity - Rohit Vohra
Discover why modern street photography feels repetitive, how algorithms fuel sameness, and how to reclaim authenticity behind the lens.
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August 22, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Great assessment of the state of street photography today.
#photography #streetphotography #believeinflm
#photography #streetphotography #believeinflm
Join us for EBPCOFest 2025! We, at the East Bay Photo Collective, @ebpco.bsky.social want to let you in on the best kept secret in the East Bay! Come see for yourself what all the hoopla is about! Tickets for EBPCOFest can be purchased here: www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticket... #photography #believeinfilm
EBPCOFest 2025!
EBPCOFest is more than a party; it's a celebration of creativity and community! Join us on September 20th at Ellen Shershow Studios to celebrate the photographic community in the East Bay. Secure yo...
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August 11, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Join us for EBPCOFest 2025! We, at the East Bay Photo Collective, @ebpco.bsky.social want to let you in on the best kept secret in the East Bay! Come see for yourself what all the hoopla is about! Tickets for EBPCOFest can be purchased here: www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticket... #photography #believeinfilm
In convo with two great street photographers, hosted by #ApertureBooks. Melissa O’Shaughnessy's book "Perfect Strangers: New York City Street Photographs" is back in stock. Snap it up while you can. #Streetphotography #Photography #AlexWebb #MelissaOShaughnessy aperture.org/events/alex-...
Alex Webb and Melissa O’Shaughnessy in Conversation | Aperture Conversations
Monday, September 8 | Join us for a conversation between two prolific New York City street photographers: Melissa O’Shaughnessy and Alex Webb.
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August 8, 2025 at 7:29 PM
In convo with two great street photographers, hosted by #ApertureBooks. Melissa O’Shaughnessy's book "Perfect Strangers: New York City Street Photographs" is back in stock. Snap it up while you can. #Streetphotography #Photography #AlexWebb #MelissaOShaughnessy aperture.org/events/alex-...
Tomorrow is the LAST DAY to see the Metaphors of Recent Times exhibition at San Francisco City Hall! On view January 16 through August 1, 2025. Many thanks to @sfac.bsky.social @photoalliance.bsky.social for bringing much needed dialogue to the forefront of our conversations and minds! #photography
July 31, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Tomorrow is the LAST DAY to see the Metaphors of Recent Times exhibition at San Francisco City Hall! On view January 16 through August 1, 2025. Many thanks to @sfac.bsky.social @photoalliance.bsky.social for bringing much needed dialogue to the forefront of our conversations and minds! #photography
ONE WEEK left to visit Metaphors of Recent Times: A Dialogue of the Personal, the Political and the Cultural at San Francisco City Hall! Don’t miss your chance to see this powerful exhibit. Closes this Friday, August 1st at 5pm PT. www.sfartscommission.org/experience-a... #photography #PhotoAlliance
July 28, 2025 at 7:39 AM
ONE WEEK left to visit Metaphors of Recent Times: A Dialogue of the Personal, the Political and the Cultural at San Francisco City Hall! Don’t miss your chance to see this powerful exhibit. Closes this Friday, August 1st at 5pm PT. www.sfartscommission.org/experience-a... #photography #PhotoAlliance
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Another Kodachrome article out today, about Film Rescue International, the lab in Alberta, Canada that processes old film, including Kodachrome (the latter in B&W). They built a hi-res scanner that they hope archivists will clamor for.
#believeinfilm #analogphotography
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#believeinfilm #analogphotography
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New Multispectral Film Scanner Is a Breakthrough for Analog Photography
One of few major photographic film scanning innovations of the 21st century.
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July 24, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Another Kodachrome article out today, about Film Rescue International, the lab in Alberta, Canada that processes old film, including Kodachrome (the latter in B&W). They built a hi-res scanner that they hope archivists will clamor for.
#believeinfilm #analogphotography
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#believeinfilm #analogphotography
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Going through my pandemic archive and found these gems. #WhoIsMichaelJang I ventured out during the Omnicron wave to see Michael's first of many giant wheat paste murals; his way of protecting our community during the wave of violence against our most vulnerable. #photography #streetphotography
July 11, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Going through my pandemic archive and found these gems. #WhoIsMichaelJang I ventured out during the Omnicron wave to see Michael's first of many giant wheat paste murals; his way of protecting our community during the wave of violence against our most vulnerable. #photography #streetphotography
"That moment, the moment of choice, is as important as the instant he took the shot. In Frank’s case, that moment was when photography became what it is today: a glorious mess, beholden to no one, from which almost anything might emerge." #photography #RobertFrank #streetphotography #believeinfilm
San Francisco, 1956
A photograph and its afterlife
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June 16, 2025 at 9:18 PM
"That moment, the moment of choice, is as important as the instant he took the shot. In Frank’s case, that moment was when photography became what it is today: a glorious mess, beholden to no one, from which almost anything might emerge." #photography #RobertFrank #streetphotography #believeinfilm
Great news! The Metaphors of Recent Times exhibition at San Francisco's City Hall now extended to August 1st! Thanks to #SanFranciscoArtsCommission for sharing, "Under the American Flag" sfartscommission.org/experience-art/exhibitions/metaphors-recent-times #photography #PhotoAllianceSF #documentary
June 13, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Great news! The Metaphors of Recent Times exhibition at San Francisco's City Hall now extended to August 1st! Thanks to #SanFranciscoArtsCommission for sharing, "Under the American Flag" sfartscommission.org/experience-art/exhibitions/metaphors-recent-times #photography #PhotoAllianceSF #documentary
"Larry Fink: Sensual Empathy" an exhibition at CPW located in Upstate NY. On view May 24 through August 31, 2025. Curated by Lucy Sante cpw.org/exhibition/larry-fink-sensual-empathy #photography #larryfink #socialgraces
Opinion | These photographs reminded me that Americans are still beautiful
Photographer Larry Fink documented the things we have in common across the rural-urban divide.
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June 13, 2025 at 1:22 AM
"Larry Fink: Sensual Empathy" an exhibition at CPW located in Upstate NY. On view May 24 through August 31, 2025. Curated by Lucy Sante cpw.org/exhibition/larry-fink-sensual-empathy #photography #larryfink #socialgraces
Setting up camp here, cozy and minimal freeway noise. Finally, a photo app w/o popularity contests, unbridled capitalism, influencers and pesky ads. There's some parking going on, but refreshing to see good #streetphotography from around the world again. #photography #believeinfilm #35mm #jchenphoto
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June 12, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Setting up camp here, cozy and minimal freeway noise. Finally, a photo app w/o popularity contests, unbridled capitalism, influencers and pesky ads. There's some parking going on, but refreshing to see good #streetphotography from around the world again. #photography #believeinfilm #35mm #jchenphoto
Opening today, This Sacred Feeling @ebpco.bsky.social Oakland Photo Workshop gallery. Come check out one of our yearly open call exhibitions! Reception from 6pm-9pm, drinks, snacks, great vibes & photographs, what more can you ask for? #photography #believeinfilm www.ebpco.org/in-the-gallery
June 6, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Opening today, This Sacred Feeling @ebpco.bsky.social Oakland Photo Workshop gallery. Come check out one of our yearly open call exhibitions! Reception from 6pm-9pm, drinks, snacks, great vibes & photographs, what more can you ask for? #photography #believeinfilm www.ebpco.org/in-the-gallery
Salgado maintained his way of capturing people was not exploitative. “Why should the poor world be uglier than the rich world? The light here is the same as there. The dignity here is the same as there." #photography #photographylegends #documentaryphotography #SebastiaoSalgado
Sebastião Salgado, Acclaimed Brazilian Photographer, Is Dead at 81
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May 28, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Salgado maintained his way of capturing people was not exploitative. “Why should the poor world be uglier than the rich world? The light here is the same as there. The dignity here is the same as there." #photography #photographylegends #documentaryphotography #SebastiaoSalgado
A few snaps from the In Plain Site Photography Festival in Alameda where @ebpco.bsky.social hosted an epic photo walk earlier this month! The sun was shining, the wind in our hair and the breeze on our backs; a great time was had by all! #photography #streetphotography #EBPCO #photowalks
May 22, 2025 at 10:51 PM
A few snaps from the In Plain Site Photography Festival in Alameda where @ebpco.bsky.social hosted an epic photo walk earlier this month! The sun was shining, the wind in our hair and the breeze on our backs; a great time was had by all! #photography #streetphotography #EBPCO #photowalks
A video recap of the In Plain Site Photography Festival in Alameda earlier this month. If you look closely you might find yours truly in the background on the @ebpco.bsky.social photo walk. What a fun photo day that was! Ongoing through June 1. #ohotography #streetphotography #RisingTides
In Plain Site Photography Festival (May 9-June 1, 2025) at Radium Runway in Alameda Point
YouTube video by West End Arts District
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May 22, 2025 at 7:41 AM
A video recap of the In Plain Site Photography Festival in Alameda earlier this month. If you look closely you might find yours truly in the background on the @ebpco.bsky.social photo walk. What a fun photo day that was! Ongoing through June 1. #ohotography #streetphotography #RisingTides
If you missed this year's Catchlight Storytelling Summit in San Francisco, you can watch all the incredible talks from that day. Thank you @catchlight-io.bsky.social for generously sharing and recording each speaker for those unable to attend.
#photography #photojournalism #visualstorytelling
#photography #photojournalism #visualstorytelling
2025 CatchLight Storytelling Summit
2025 CatchLight Visual Storytelling Summit: Photographic MemoryWatch the 2025 CatchLight Visual Storytelling Summit to hear from visual leaders who are using photography, art, film, and technology to ...
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May 21, 2025 at 3:48 AM
If you missed this year's Catchlight Storytelling Summit in San Francisco, you can watch all the incredible talks from that day. Thank you @catchlight-io.bsky.social for generously sharing and recording each speaker for those unable to attend.
#photography #photojournalism #visualstorytelling
#photography #photojournalism #visualstorytelling