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Do you like shooting portraits, documentary, fashion, editorial, or experimental photography? Are you an analog shooter? Do you like film cameras? Well, this is the Meetup for you! Join us on photo walks, photo excursions, sit-down discussions about the analog world of film photography. It doesn’t matter whether you shoot 35mm, instant, medium format or large format, come to our Meetups and learn, teach, share, and enjoy in the camaraderie. Places we go range from anywhere from The City, North Bay, East Bay, Peninsula, South Bay and beyond. We have a lot of organizers who help arrange Meetups with all kinds of interests. Whether you’re new to film photography or advanced, we are the Meetup for you. And when you become a regular to our group, you too can join in the ranks of ‘organizer’. With over one thousand member strong, we have many ideas to create fun-filled and exciting Meetups for everyone to enjoy. Join us won’t you!?
Upcoming events
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Diane Arbus - Critique Workshop / B&W Photo Walk, Beauty Pageant
fraenkel gall6, 49 Geary Street, 4th Floor, San Francisco, CA, USJoin us as we visit the Diane Arbus photo exhibit and then take a B&W Photowalk. We will walk to this event at Civic Center. https://bamboovoice.org/songkran-2026/
CCC-BAFPM EVENT TIMELINE
(Subject to Change)
11:30am All attendees meet at the meeting location. Wait for late comers.
11:45am Meetup event officially begins. Take attendance. Introductions / Group Discussion: Your name? What kind of photography do you like? What level photographer are you: beginner, intermediate, advanced, expert, master? Why did you choose to attend this event? What do you hope to get out of this event? Gear show and tell. [Workshop assignment (optional): upload/submit 1-5 photos to the event page within 2 weeks, comment on each others' photos. Share photos on SOCIAL MEDIA TAGS @thebambooorg @sfphotocollective
Take a group photo with the CCC banner.]
12:00pm-12:30pm Distribution of Critique Manual Workbook (limited copies, $5). View and critique photos in the gallery.
12:30pm Briefly visit CameraWest.
12:45pm B&W Photo walk to civic center.
1:30pm-3:30pm Photograph Beauty Pageant at Civic Center. End of meetup event.
(Nate Love will be available for photography questions and seminar workshop mentoring.)Diane Arbus: Sanctum Sanctorum, an exhibition of forty-five photographs made in private places across New York, New Jersey, California, and London between 1961 and 1971, will be on view at Fraenkel Gallery from March 12 to May 22, 2026, following an exhibition at David Zwirner, London. The exhibition will be accompanied by a comprehensive monograph reproducing works in the exhibition, jointly published by both galleries. https://fraenkelgallery.com/exhibitions/diane-arbus-sanctum-sanctorum About the Artist Diane Arbus (1923–1971) is one of the most original and influential photographers of the twentieth century. In 1963 and 1966 she was awarded John Simon Guggenheim Fellowships and was one of three photographers whose work was the focus of New Documents, John Szarkowski’s landmark exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in 1967. A year after her death, her work was selected for inclusion in the Venice Biennale, and from 1972 to 1975, the Museum of Modern Art hosted a major traveling retrospective. Her photographs are in the collections of numerous institutions around the world, including the Art Gallery of Ontario, Canada; the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; the Museum of Modern Art, New York; and Tate Gallery, London, among many others.
Fraenkel Gallery
49 Geary Street,
4th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94108 (map)I will have few copies of the California Camera Club book "Photo Critique Manual" ($5 Venmo/Cash) for those who don't have one yet. -Nate Love
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This event is hosted in conjunction with The California Camera Club.
https://www.meetup.com/sf-photo-collectiveCheckout this Meetup with The California Camera Club - SF Photo Collective: https://meetu.ps/e/PXGVg/byrPR/i
The California Camera Club
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Photo Academy Workshop
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Contemporary Photographic Artist Association
Fine Art Institute of Aesthetic Philosophy
Society of Film Photographers
Analogue Emulsion Imagemakers
Bay Area Photo Alliance
Camera Culture GuildA DEDICATED CAMERA IS REQUIRED FOR PHOTOWALKS: Thanks.
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