East Bay Photo Collective
An Oakland-based creative arts non-profit providing inspiration, education, and community through the art and craft of photography.
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An Oakland-based creative arts non-profit providing inspiration, education, and community through the art and craft of photography.
FEATURED EVENTS
EBPCO Fest is an ode to the spirit of creativity and community fostered by the East Bay Photo Collective! It is your chance to contribute to a cause that brings together the power of art, culture, and community. Proceeds from EBPCO Fest will directly support the East Bay Photo Collective’s efforts to provide photographic resources, education, and opportunities for the community.
It’s Photo Walk Time!
We will be meeting on the first Sunday of the month. Bring any camera you like, and be prepared to wander and shoot for up to an hour.
EBPCO’s bimonthly photo walks are a great way to connect with other photographers while exploring and photographing an interesting Oakland location.
Our photo walks are free and OPEN TO ALL! Bring your camera(s) and your creativity. All cameras welcome, including phones.
Please join us at Telegraph Beer Garden for a low-key gathering. This is a chance to mingle and meet some fellow photographers, and talk about photography, or whatever else strikes our fancy!
WITH VINCE DONOVAN AT OAKLAND PHOTO WORKSHOP
This one-day workshop will cover the basics of good portrait photography, including lighting, posing, hair, and makeup. Participants will work with a model and basic studio lighting set-ups to create a variety of portraits. This workshop is intended for photographers of all stripes, formats, and experience levels, including digital, film, and phone. Participants should bring their own digital camera, film camera, or camera phone, as well as memory cards, chargers, or film if applicable. All other equipment and materials will be provided by EBPCO!
Class Full! JOIN WAITLIST | ENROLLMENT FEE: $50* | MATERIALS FEE: $20
*Current EBPCO members may receive enrollment fee discounts with valid code entered at checkout
WITH CHRISSY HUHN AT THE EBPCO COMMUNITY DARKROOM
Join us for World Cyanotype Day 2025! Delve deeper into the world of cyanotype by making prints on fabric and toning with botanicals. You’ll have the option to bring some of your own textiles, botanicals, photogram materials, and negatives to experiment with and/or choose from a selection that we’ll provide. All other materials for this workshop are provided by EBPCO. This advanced workshop is reserved for those who have their own previous experience with cyanotype or have taken one of our cyanotype workshops.
Class Full! JOIN WAITLIST | ENROLLMENT FEE: $65* | MATERIALS FEE: $15
*Current EBPCO members may receive enrollment fee discounts with valid code entered at checkout
WITH JYOTI LIGGIN AT THE EBPCO COMMUNITY DARKROOM
This 4 week course is for those who are comfortable shooting 35mm film but have no previous experience in a black & white darkroom. Throughout the course, an instructor will guide you through the basics of darkroom processes, including processing black & white film, contact printing, and enlargement printing. Participants must bring an exposed but unprocessed roll of film to work with for the first class. All other materials for this course are provided by EBPCO!
Class Full! JOIN WAITLIST | ENROLLMENT FEE: $220* | MATERIALS FEE: $30
*Current EBPCO members may receive enrollment fee discounts with valid code entered at checkout
WORKSHOPS
IN THE GALLERY
If These Eyes Could Talk is a love letter to the moments our words fail us. It is an ode to what we’ve grown up on, what gets us attuned to our communities, our desire for peace from the noisy metropolis, and quiet observations. The artists here are a reflection of these things. It is my belief that as lens-based artists we say more visually than any sentence we put together. If These Eyes Could Talk the point would be simultaneously complex and simple. I hope that as you take yourself through the ‘words’ of these artists, you find elements of comfort, familiarity and wonder the way that I do.
Featuring the work of Bradley Fowl, Justin Wilson, Keelan Sungalo-Valdez, and Sean Keelan