Kari Orvik

Photographer and Educator

Geneva

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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... MORE

Kristian, Geneva Avenue 2015

Edward at his desk, Valente Ma...funeral home , (closed in 2018)

Edward at his desk, Valente Marini Perata & Co., funeral home, (closed in 2018)

Millie in the kitchen, Dark Horse Inn

Rudy at the studio, 2015, tintype

Doc and little Eric, birthday haircut at Amazon barber shop, 2016

Juan, Geneva Steak House, 2016

Tony and Maria, Geneva Avenue, 2015

Seneca Street, looking east towards Mission Street, 2016

This happened (4 seconds apart), Geneva Avenue, 2019

Millie at the studio, 2016, tintype and acrylic

Funeral Home, Family Room Chapel 1

Tony at his desk, Tony's Watch and Jewelry Repair, 2015

Tony's Watch and Jewelry Repair, 2015, tintype

Billiard Palacade , silver gel...t from collodion negative, 2014

Billiard Palacade, silver gelatin mural print from collodion negative, 2014

Ruta on break, J & J's Hardware store, 2015

Keep 1, MEDA (Mission Economic ...their housing affordably), 2018

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

Keep 2, Tony's pins, 8x10 tintypes, 2015

Mission and Geneva, 2015, ambrotype and acrylic

Geneva installation at San Francisco Airport Museum, 2022

Installation view at SF Camerawork, 2019

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Thumbnail of Kristian , Geneva Avenue 2015

Thumbnail of Edward at his desk, Valente Mar_ funeral home , (closed in 2018)

Thumbnail of Millie in the kitchen, Dark Horse Inn

Thumbnail of Rudy at the studio, 2015, tintype

Thumbnail of Doc and little Eric, birthday haircut at Amazon barber shop, 2016

Thumbnail of Juan, Geneva Steak House , 2016

Thumbnail of Tony and Maria , Geneva Avenue, 2015

Thumbnail of Seneca Street, looking east towards Mission Street , 2016

Thumbnail of This happened (4 seconds apart), Geneva Avenue, 2019

Thumbnail of Millie at the studio, 2016, tintype and acrylic

Thumbnail of Funeral Home, Family Room Chapel 1

Thumbnail of Tony at his desk , Tony's Watch and Jewelry Repair, 2015

Thumbnail of Tony's Watch and Jewelry Repair,  2015, tintype

Thumbnail of Billiard Palacade , silver gela_nt from collodion negative, 2014

Thumbnail of Ruta on break, J & J's Hardware store , 2015

Thumbnail of Keep 1, MEDA (Mission Economic D_ their housing affordably), 2018

Thumbnail of Keep 2, Tony's pins, 8x10 tintypes, 2015

Thumbnail of Mission and Geneva, 2015 , ambrotype and acrylic

Thumbnail of Geneva installation at San Francisco Airport Museum, 2022

Thumbnail of Installation view at SF Camerawork, 2019

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Geneva

Copyright Kari Orvik 2024

Updated Jun 2020

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Topics 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.