Foto-Grafix Books
formely friends of Photography Bookstore
655 Mission Street
(3rd and New Montgomery)
San Francisco, CA 94105
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BOOKSTORE
Open Daily 11:00 - 5:30 p.m.
closed on Monday
It is with deep regret that we inform you that The Friends of Photography closed all operations and exhibitions as of 10/31/01
We are pleased to inform you
that our programs and assets are being transferred to other San
Francisco Bay Area organizations for the ongoing benefit of our
members and the public.
The Friends of Photography
was a not-for-profit, member-supportedinternational visual arts organization
that operated the Ansel Adams Center for Photography in San Francisco.
The Friends promoted visual literacy by presenting, analyzing
and interpreting photography as the fundamental medium of visual
experience.
The Friends of Photography was founded in 1967 in Carmel, California
by Ansel Adams, Morley Baer, Beaumont and Nancy Newhall, Brett
Weston, and other prominent artists and historians. After Adams'
death in 1984, The Friends moved from Carmel to San Francisco.
In 1989, The Friends opened the Ansel Adams Center for Photography
in the Yerba Buena Gardens cultural district.
Public Programs
In its 30-year history, The Friends has mounted more than 275 exhibitions; published more than 70 major catalogues, monographs and critical anthologies on photography;
presented more than 200 intensive workshops and classes; and
established two annual awards for outstanding emerging photographers.
In addition, our education
department has established
a photography-in-the-schools program and other community-based
outreach activities as part of the organization's long-standing
commitment to developing new and diverse audiences for photography.
Support
Our major supporters include
the members of The Friends of Photography; Metropolitan
Life Foundation; Grants for the Arts/San Francisco Hotel Tax
Fund; The San Francisco Foundation; California Arts Council,
a state agency; The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation; Gruber Family
Foundation; Wallace Alexander Gerbode Foundation; Kodak Professional,
a Division of Eastman Kodak Company; and Calumet Photographic,
Inc.
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