We are water | We are earth | We are sky is an exhibition about how we live entwined with natural systems. We do not co-exist with nature - we exist within it. In our increasingly digitized lives it can be easy to forget that we remain physical animals, tied to a physical body that is made up of natural elements. We are still 70% water, we are still what we eat, we still breathe the air. We are inherently one with our ecosystems. When our ecosystems are healthy, so are we. When we pump toxins into the air and water, we pump toxins into ourselves.

What does family mean to you? Is it the people who raised you? The friends you’ve made? Members of your church, your fellow sports-fans, your kids, your neighbors, your pets? Are you a family of one, a member of the family of humanity?

There are many ways to define the meaning of family; Oakland Photo Workshop’s final exhibition of 2022 is a photographic interpretation of family, by our family at the East Bay Photo Collective.

Exhibiting Artists

Alan Krakauer - Amanda R. Bensel - Bob Shonkoff - Chris Gibbons - DeAnna Tibbs - Douglas Stinson - Eric Weiss - Evan Kartheiser - Fairlight de Michele - Gene Dominique - Gina Gaiser - Guy Sussman - Hannah Rohret - J. M. Golding - Jackie Chou - Jessica Chen - Julianne Clark - Jyoti Liggin - Kendra Luck - Lucas Yan - Maria Budner - Matthew Krupoff - Najee Tobin - Ngân Vũ - Paige Le - Philip Krayna - Senny Mau - Susan Harding

Our long awaited members’ exhibition, FOOD WITH A TWIST! Featuring the work of East bay Photo Collective members, this exhibition explores our relationship with food - the comforts, challenges, and essential aspects of our daily interactions with the nourishment that sustains us.

We are so proud of the work on our walls, and are very excited to share it with you! The exhibition will be up through the end of February - perhaps longer. We hope to have a party to celebrate, as soon as it’s relatively safe to do so. Keep your eyes open - all will be welcome to attend.