Chiara photographs cityscapes in a process that is part photography, part event and part sculpture – an undertaking in apparatus and patience. Many times this process involves composing pictures from the inside of a large hand-built camera, that is mounted on a flatbed trailer, and produces large scale, one of a kind, positive exposures. Chiara is a native Californian who lives and works in San Francisco.
Fort at Lime Point, Solo Exhibition, Von Lintel Gallery, New York, NY
November 17th to January 5th
Presented by Pier 24 Photography, home of the Pilara Foundation, HERE highlights the vibrancy of San Francisco and the surrounding area through the work of 34 photographers and over 700 images. Artists include Diane Arbus, Lewis Baltz, Ruth Bernhard, John Chiara, Kota Ezawa, Robert Frank, Lee Friedlander, Jim Goldberg, Katy Grannan,Anthony Hernandez, Todd Hido, Dorothea Lange, Richard Misrach, Eadweard Muybridge, Bill Owens, Irving Penn, Stephan Shore, Peter Stackpole, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Larry Sultan, Catherine Wagner, Carleton Watkins, Henry Wessel and Edward Weston.. For HERE, Chiara was commissioned to photograph the Golden Gate and Bay Bridges. John Chiara's Bridge Project and the process that went into making the work will be featured in the San Francisco Chronicle June 16th. Exhibition on view through December 16, 2011. Pier 24 Photography, San Francisco, CA
Bending the Light, Oakland International Airport Exhibition, Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA
In Coversation - June Schwartz and John Chiara, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA