Photography Shows at Gallery

With the completion of an 800 sq ft. space in the studio, Project Basho now houses a gallery dedicated to the medium of photography. This space will be one of a few in Philadelphia, exclusively featuring photography. Unique architectural details and a 14 ft foot ceiling create a gallery that is both spacious and intimate. Project Basho Gallery is a place where visually arresting photographs and educated viewers will meet to celebrate the beauty, craft and vision of the medium.

If you have questions on a current or past photography show, or plan a field trip to see photography exhibition with your class, please feel free to contact us.

General Gallery Hours:

• Mondays - Fridays: 5:30 pm - 10:30pm
• Sundays: 12 - 10 pm
• Weekday: Available by Appointment

At Project Basho Gallery

Shozo Tomioka: Images from Noto Peninsula

May 8th - June 29th
Opening Reception: May 8th, 6-9 pm

By Shozo Tomioka, Silver Print

This exhibition features 25 images of by Shozo Tomioka, a Japanese photographer from Kanazawa, Japan.

Made in the 1950s, his black&white images were created in the fishing villages of Wajima and its surrounding area. Influenced by Ken Domon, a prominent Japanese photographer of the same generation, Tomioka's keen eye for composition with a sense of geometry captures the harsh, yet lively and joyful, lives of the local people.

His two books will be available for sale: one book on images from Noto Peninsula (Ai no Kaze, $40) and the other on abstract study of the decay (Toki no Ato, $40). They are soft-bound and autographed by the photographer.

View images in Web Gallery

Time: Contemporary Collotype Prints

March 13th - April 27th
Opening Reception: March 13th, 6-9 pm

In collaboration with FOTOSPHERE in NY and Benrido, Kyoto Japan, the exhibition will feature contemporary collotype prints. For this exhibit, Benrido has collaborated with eight photographers to create these collotype prints. The show is comprised of 20 modern collotype prints ranging from monochrome to full color images printed on fine art paper such as Gampi paper.

For more information on Collotype, please visit the accompanying site which introduces the details of the process.

Participating photographers:

• Emmet Gowin
• Eikoh Hosoe
• Graciela Iturbide
• Koichiro Kurita
• John Pfahl
• Ryuji Taira
• George Tice
• Auther Tress

Related Links:

• Time: Exhibition of Contemporary Collotype Prints
• Press Release (196 KB)
• FOTOSPHERE
• Benrido
• 2nd Thursday Openings

ONWARD ‘08

January 10th - February 24th
Opening Reception: January 12th, 2-4 pm

Brea Souders, “Tuesday Afternoon” Chromogenic Print, 15"x15"

Download Selected Artist List (900KB)

ONWARD '08, annual juried photography competition by Project Basho, will feature 59 photographs by 57 emerging photographers and represent the variety of photographic processes used by contemporary artists, including traditional silver prints, digital output, and historical processes.

Names of selected photographers (alphabetical order):
Noah Addis (Philadelphia, PA), Kate Anderson (Minneapolis, MN), Sarah Barr (Wynnewood, PA), Meg Birnbaum (Somerville, MA), Polly Chandler (Austin, TX), Julian Crooks (Wynnewood, PA), Adam Davies (Pittsburgh, PA), Mary Doherty (Raleigh, NC), Manuel Dominguez, Jr. (Philadelphia, PA), Shawn Dougherty (Pulaski, PA), Carol Dragon (New York City, NY), Jon Edwards (South Freeport, ME), Lisa Elmaleh (Brooklyn, NY), Josh Fields (Tuscon, AZ), Marta Fodor (Corona, NY), Fran Forman (Watertown, MA), Peg Fredi (Brentwood, TN), Andrew Frost (TN), Wendy Goldberg (Philadelphia, PA), Laura Graham (Gladwyne, PA), Noa Griffel (Cranbury, NJ), Frank Hegewald (Ansbach, Germany), Keiko Hiromi (Dorchester, MA), Christy Karpinski (Chicago, IL), Richard Kent (Lancaster, PA), Dennis Kleiman (New York City, NY), Dana Krengel (Chestnut Ridge, NY), Adi Lavy (New York City, NY), Jai Lennard (Brooklyn, NY), Tracy Longley-Cooke (Tallahassee, FL), David Lykes Keenan (Austin, TX), Jan Makowski (Philadelphia, PA), Van Marcu (Flagstaff, AZ), Michael Matsil (Takoma PK, MD), Monika Merva (Brooklyn, NY), Tamaki Obuchi (Kitakyushu, Japan), Megan O'Hearn (Brookline, MA), Alison Overton (Raleigh, NC), Danielle Picard (Newton, PA), Justin Reed (Philadelphia, PA), Benjamin Riley (Bryn Mawr, PA), Jessica Roberts (Philadelphia, PA), Patricia Sandler (Los Angeles, CA), Brian Shumway (New York City, NY), Kimberly Sikora (Warwick, NY), David Simonton (Raleigh, NC), Brea Souders (New York City, NY), Cole Thompson (Laporte, CO), Kevin Thrasher (Gray, TN), Christine Tran (Baltimore, MD), Les Tyler (Atco, NJ), Chris Vivier (Brighton, MA), Kara Vuong (Hillsborough, NJ), Andrew Warren (Roslindale, MA), Paul Weiner (Sommerville, MA), Carrie Will (Syracuse, NY), Sebastian Zimmerman (New York City, NY)

Related links:

• ONWARD '08 Web Gallery
• In the Space: News from Project Basho
• Press Release (229 KB)
• 2nd Thursday Openings

Friends of Project Basho

November 8th - 30th

Opening Reception: November 8th, 6-9 pm

Alfred For, “Untitled” Platinum/palladium print from pinhole camera

The inaugural show titled “Friends of Project Basho” at Project Basho Gallery will feature the works of students, instructors, monitors, darkroom users, and others who have been actively engaged in photographic activities at Project Basho. It will attempt to portray a sense of community and the diversity of talent at Project Basho as well as represent a vibrant segment of the current photographic scene in Philadelphia.

Participating photographers:
Olivia Antsis, Mary Arnold-Brightwell, Emily Barnhart, Aaron Bechtel, Richard Boutwell, Gary Briechle, Robert Cocozza, Ryan Collerd, Genevieve Coutroubis, Mary Crowley, Christa Cywinski, Olga Dekalo, Suzanne Delaney, Alfred For, Jacob Hellman, Dutch Huff, Jessica Hoffman, Tsuyoshi Ito, Kerik Kouklis, Kara Lafleur, Este Lewis, Lauren Mackiewicz, Julie Melton, Brenna Murphy, Nadhar Omar, Salazar-Borja, Karen Sobolewski, Rod Sutherland, Jim Stogdill, and current and past students at Project Basho

Related links:

• Statement (496 KB)
• In the Space: News from Project Basho
• Press Release (252 KB)
• 2nd Thursday Openings