Janet Delaney

Artist Talk | SF Art Commission: Treasure Island and Yerba Buena Island

February 1, 2024 from 6-7:30p

Join me on Treasure Island for a series of presentations by the five photographers commissioned to document the changes being made to Treasure Island and Yerba Buena Island over the course of one year. This will be followed by a conversation moderated by Fei Tsen, President of Treasure Island Development Authority.

For more details and to RSVP, click here.

Exhibition | Bay Area Now 9 at YBCA

October 6, 2023-May 5, 2024
Opening Night Party: October 6, 7:30-11p
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts

Bay Area Now 9 is the ninth iteration of YBCA’s signature triennial exhibition highlighting artists working throughout the Bay Area’s nine counties. Eight diptychs from South of Market, 1978-1986 and my current project SoMa Now are on view throughout the exhibition.

Exhibition | San Francisco Art Commission Treasure Island Artist in Residence

October 11-November 30, 2023
On kiosks throughout San Francisco

For the last year and a half I have been photographing Treasure Island as part of an effort by the San Francisco Art Commission to document the island's changing landscape amidst major redevelopment. A selection of these images, along with those from four other photographers, will be displayed on kiosks throughout the city this fall. Read more about this initiative, check out the interactive kiosk map, and view the full portfolio of images.

Artist Talk | Photo Alliance Portfolio Review Keynote Lecture

March 18, 2022
San Francisco Art Institute

I am honored to be giving the Keynote Speech at the 2022 Photo Alliance Portfolio Review. I will also be a returning as a reviewer, among a host of talented colleagues.

Signed copies of Red Eye to New York (MACK, 2021) will be available for purchase at the event.

Artist Talk | Janet Delaney in Conversation with Rebecca Bengal

March 15, 2022
Rizzoli Bookstore, New York City

Join me for a conversation with writer Rebecca Bengal about Red Eye to New York (MACK, 2021). Signed copies of the book will be available at the event.

Rebecca Bengal is a widely published writer of fiction, essays, and narrative nonfiction who frequently writes about photography and collaborates with artists. Recent books include contributions to But Still, It Turns (MACK), Justine Kurland: Girl Pictures (Aperture), and Carolyn Drake: Knit Club (TBW Books).

Exhibition | New York in the 80s at Euqinom Gallery

January 15 - March 5, 2022

Euqinom Gallery
1295 Alabama Street
San Francisco, CA

Artist Talk | Janet Delaney in Conversation with Kim Beil

February 23, 2022
Euqinom Gallery, San Francisco & online

Join me for a conversation with art historian Kim Beil. We will be discussing the role art plays in understanding urban life, using as our subject the current Euqinom Gallery show and Red Eye to New York (MACK, 2021)

Kim Beil is an art historian who specializes in the history of photography. Her book, Good Pictures: A History of Popular Photography, looks at 50 stylistic trends in the medium since the 19th century. She teaches art history and is the Associate Director of ITALIC at Stanford University.

Exhibition | Photo London Digital II

September 9-28, 2021
Online

Bringing together leading photography galleries and publishers from 15 countries, Photo London once again presents an innovative public programme of exhibitions, talks and workshops. Photo London Digital also returns for its second edition from 9–28 September, with a preview on artsy.net on 8 September. The digital fair supplements the physical event, allowing participation to those unable to travel and will feature curated picks by leading photography professionals.

Works can be purchased with the click of a button on the artist’s artsy.net profile.

Artist Talk | International Center for Photography Keynote Lecture

June 26, 2021
Online

I am honored to be giving the Keynote Lecture for ICP’s One Year Certificate Program in Creative Practices and Documentary/Journalism. Due to the pandemic, this certificate program was conducted online for the 20-21 academic year, and artists from over a dozen countries were able to study together.

Artist Talk | UC Berkeley Future Histories Lab Lecture

November 6, 2020
Online

”Looking Back, Seeing the Future: Photographer Janet Delaney’s Eye on South of Market”

In conversation with Future Histories Lab creative director Susan Moffat, Delaney will talk about the meaning of a personal archive, the nature of time and seeing, and the history of a neighborhood that has become a Bay Area icon of gentrification and displacement.

Artist Talk | ICP Talks: On the Photobook

May 13, 2020
Online

In this inaugural session of ICP Talks: Lessons and Insights in Photography, join TIS Books co-founder Nelson Chan for a series of lectures on producing a photobook with guests Janet Delaney, Kris Graves and Darin Mickey.

Exhibition | Early Works / Never Shown at Euqinom Gallery

Feb 5-Mar 28, 2020
San Francisco

EUQINOM Gallery is pleased to present a winter group show, Early Works / Never Shown. On view will be thirteen of Janet Delaney’s never-before-released South of Market photographs. These images were made in the SOMA neighborhood of San Francisco between 1978-1986 when 5000 residents and 700 businesses were displaced to make room for the Moscone Center. The personal stress and community strain in these pictures directly reflects many of the city’s current civic crises.

Artist Talk | Berkeley Public Library 18th Annual Authors Dinner

February 8, 2020
Berkeley City Club

I will be one of twenty-four Bay Area authors honored at the annual Berkeley Public Library Foundation Authors Dinner for Public Matters.

Artist Panel | The Artist Initiative Symposium on Photography: Reprinting Color Photographs as a Preservation Strategy

May 10, 2019
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

I will be a panelist for this conversation about the practice of reprinting color photographs. Moderated by Erin O’Toole, the panel will include Richard Misrach, John Divola, and myself.

Artist Talk | The 2nd Biennial Reva & David Logan Photo Book Symposium

May 3-4, 2019
Sibley Auditorium, Bechtel Engineering Center, UC Berkeley

The Reva and David Logan Book Symposium brings together photographers, academics, students and collectors to celebrate the published photograph. The event begins Friday evening with a talk by Larry Fink. On Saturday I will be in conversation with photographer Nina Berman, moderated by Svetlana Bachevanova, founder of FotoEvidence. Check out the full lineup and register for free tickets at the link above.

Artist Talk | Photo Alliance A Day of Photo Books

February 2, 2019
San Francisco Art Institute Graduate Center at Pier 2 Fort Mason

I will be in conversation with Mimi Plumb about Public Matters and her new book Landfall. Copies of both books will be available for purchase.

Book Signing | FOG Design+Art Fair

January 19, 2019
Park Life Bookstore Booth
Fort Mason Festival Pavillion
San Francisco, CA

Exhibition | Public Matters at Euqinom Gallery

Nov 1-Dec 22, 2018

Artist Talk & Book Signing: November 29, 2018
Join me for a political and personal journey through the 1980s. Reception at 6pm, talk at 7pm.

Book Signing | Public Matters at Paris Photo

November 10, 2018
MACK Books Booth
Grand Palais
3 Avenue du Général Eisenhower
75008 Paris, France

Book Signing | Public Matters at Offprint

November 10, 2018
MACK Books Booth
École des Beaux-Arts
Paris, France

Book Signing | Public Matters at the NY Art Book Fair

September 22, 2018

Join me for the first signing of my new book Public Matters at The NY Art Book Fair! I will be at the MACK Books booth on Saturday, September 22 at 4:00 pm. Admission is free for this three-day event, where you can check out 365 exhibitors from around the world.

Exhibition | Refocus: A Collaboration between Aperture and WeTransfer

September 10-26, 2018

Previously unseen images from the South of Market, 1978-1986 project will be shown at Aperture Gallery in NYC from September 10-26. Join me at the opening reception on Tuesday, September 11 from 7-8:30 pm.

I am grateful to have been awarded a grant from WeTransfer that made possible this exhibition and further production of my current SoMa Now project. Refocus will also feature work by Siân Davey and Joe Nishizawa.

Artist Talk | Gallery Chat at the Contemporary Jewish Museum

April 22, 2016
Contemporary Jewish Museum
San Francisco

Janet Delaney examines the social-documentary style of Roman Vishniac’s work, drawing from her experience photographing everyday life in San Francisco and other cities. Click here for more info about the Vishniac show.

Artist Talk | PhotoAlliance Lecture

April 8, 2016
San Francisco Art Institute Lecture Hall

Janet Delaney with introductory presentation by Paccarik Orue.

Exhibition | Hanna S. Barsam Photography Invitational: Urban California

September 25, 2015 - January 3, 2016

Curated by Jay Belioli, former director of the gallery programs at the Armory Center for the Arts in Pasadena, the theme of the 2015 Hanna S. Barsam Photography Invitational is “Urban California.” Mr. Belioli has selected eleven photographers from Southern California, Central California, and the San Francisco Bay Area to take part in this exhibition. Each selected photographer explores the urban experience and the human reaction to the man-made environment as captured through a lens. Just as Mr. Barsam was known for his innovative and often avant-garde approach to photography, this invitational showcases photographers that push the envelope with regards to technique and subject matter.

The photographers in the exhibition: Jim Curnyn (Fresno); Janet Delaney, (San Francisco); J. Bennett Fitts (Pasadena); Christina Fernandez (L.A.); Robbert Flick (Claremont); Anthony Hernandez (L.A.); Michael Light (San Francisco); Doug McCulloh (Riverside); Doug Rickard (near Sacramento); Connie Samaras (L.A.); Mark Swope (Santa Monica).

Artist Talk | Now, Then, and Future Changes in Central SoMa

July 16, 2015
San Francisco Heritage Foundation

Stop by this magnificent pre-earthquake church right across the street from the Yerba Buena Gardens to hear a talk about the South of Market project. I will be joined by Preservation Planner Jonathan Lammers who will provide an overview of SoMa's oft-contested development history. 

Exhibition | New York City, 1984-1987 at Jules Maeght Gallery, SF

Jun 11-Sep 25, 2015
Jules Maeght Gallery

In an exhibition titled Inside Out, Janet's photographs of New York City from the 1980s will be featured alongside a selection of vintage photographs and collotypes from the Maeght archives. "Inside Out explores the richness of urban life, its interiors and exteriors, from cityscapes and streets to the artist studio and artists themselves, and draws attention to the imagination of the photographer and its subjects."

Exhibition | Janet Delaney: South of Market at the de Young Museum

Jan 17-Jul 19, 2015 
Opening Talk: January 17

Please join me for an opening talk in the Piazzoni Murals Room across from the exhibition. I will be in conversation with Erin O'Toole, associate curator of photography at SFMOMA, and Julian Cox, founding curator of photography and chief administrative curator, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. 

Exhibition Auxiliary Events | Friday Nights at the de Young

June 5, 2015: Gary Kamiya will read from and sign copies of his book A Cool Gray City of Love: 49 Views of San Francisco; Janet will speak with Seth Curcio, Associate Director of Pier 24, about South of Market then and now; and Wilsey Court will share a slideshow of work by photographers who've made San Francisco their subject from the 1850s to the present.  

June 12, 2015: This program will address current issues of displacement and how we can keep art alive in San Francisco through discussions between politicians, tech industry representatives, cultural leaders and urban planners. 

Friday Nights at the de Young in partnership with the Arts Research Center at UC Berkeley presents:  

• Artist Wendy MacNaughton discussing her book Meanwhile in San Francisco: The City in its Own Words

• MFA graduate Leslie Dreyer talking about her ongoing performance project Reclaim Disrupt

• Chris Carlsson of FoundSF, sharing a multimedia program of forgotten stories of San Francisco

• Cutting Ball Theatre presenting performance excerpts from Tenderloin

• Poets from Youth Speaks present work inspired by San Francisco.

Book Signing | South of Market at Paris Photo LA

April 26, 2014
Paramount Pictures Studios, Los Angeles

Join Janet Delaney for a signing of her book South of Market at the MACK Booth.

Book Signing | South of Market at International Center of Photography

May 2, 2014
ICP Store, 1133 Avenue of the Americas

Join Janet Delaney for a signing of her book South of Market at the MACK Booth.