Barbara Ramos' A FEARLESS EYE In Store Presentation And Book Signing

Join us at Mrs. Dalloway's Bookstore on Thursday, June 5 at 7:00 PM when previously unknown master of 20th-century photography, Barbara Ramos comes to the store to share her new book of photography A Fearless Eye: The Photography of Barbara Ramos: San Francisco and California, 1969-1973. Barbara will present a slideshow of her photography and will sign copies of her book after the talk.

“Ramos’ decision to release A Fearless Eye now, after a 50-year hiatus from photography, is certainly a gift to California and beyond. But it’s especially a gift to those of us who love San Francisco: its streets, its people, its history. Ramos has frozen each of those in time and given us a gorgeous permanent record of this city’s past.” —KQED

Unearthed fifty years after they were originally taken, Ramos' photographs offer up stirring scenes from everyday life—a group of Hari Krishnas sing on Market Street, a window dresser changes a mannequin at the Union Square Macy’s, two men lean in for a kiss at a peace rally in Golden Gate Park. A Fearless Eye brings Ramos' images to print for the very first time, introducing audiences to a photographer whose work belongs alongside that of Robert Frank, Diane Arbus, and Vivian Maier.

Featuring a preface by award-winning novelist and essayist Rachel Kushner, an essay by photography historian Sally Stein, and an interview with Ramos by photographer and writer Stephen A. Heller, this enthralling street photography book is a fascinating time capsule of a bygone moment in California history.

BARBARA RAMOS is a photographer who was born in New York City and moved to Los Angeles with her family at the age of six. She received a BFA in photography at the San Francisco Art Institute and a master’s degree in Interdisciplinary Creative Arts from San Francisco State in 1973. She photographed avidly in the 1970s but switched careers to start a handcrafted jewelry business and raise a family, packing away her negatives and taking a nearly fifty-year hiatus from the medium. Her work was rediscovered and digitized during the pandemic, gaining acclaim online and in the fine arts space. She lives in San Francisco with her husband, Joe Ramos.

THIS EVENT is free but registration is requested. Registration ends at 6:00 pm on June 5.

BECAUSE SEATING is limited, please register only if you plan to attend.

DUE TO SPACE limitations, we may not be able to accommodate every person at an event, so early registration is encouraged.

WALK-INS will be accommodated only if space allows.

WE ASK that attendees arrive between 6:45 and 7:00 PM for the event.

PLEASE leave your non-support companion animals at home.

OUR shared restrooms are not accessible after 6:30 PM, please plan accordingly.

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