Biography:
Kari Orvik is a San Francisco-based photographer and educator. Using film, the wet plate collodion process, and found materials, her work looks at the resilience and fragility of our changing urban and natural environments, exploring what we hold...
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Focus:Photographer, Photography, Portraiture, Art, Educator, Artist
Keep 1, MEDA (Mission Economic Development Association), silver gelatin print (building purchased and renovated by MEDA to let current longtime tenants maintain their housing affordably), 2018
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Black and White, Documentary, Fine Art, Photography, Portraiture
Geneva is an ongoing series focusing on the neighborhood at intersection of Mission and Geneva in San Francisco, told through multiple photographic formats: from wetplate collodion images on metal, glass and acrylic, to traditional silver gelatin prints, color and digital portraits and landscapes. The project is both personal essay and a document of this San Francisco neighborhood in transition. The project has been exhibited at Rayko Photo Center and SF Camerawork, and is part of a book-in-progress. For inquiries and print sales, email kariorvik@gmail.com.