San Leandro Main Library, 300 Estudillo Ave, Karp Room

Barrie Rokeach, Bay Area professional freelance and commercial photographer, specializing in aerial, industrial, architectural and advertising photography will be the guest speaker on April 12, 2022 for the next meeting of the San Leandro Art Association.

The Meeting starts at 6:00pm, with a business meeting and the lecture/slide show will begin at 6:20.

Barrie Rokeach has over 50 years and 2000 hours in the air photographing from aircraft that he flies himself simultaneously while photographing. He has been known to rent helicopters, as well as capture photos from commercial airplanes at 30,000 feet. He has photographed everything from landscapes, to buildings, to portraiture, including the construction of the new East Bay Portion of the Bay Bridge. He taught photography after getting his MA in Design/Photography at UC Berkeley and among his awards; Barrie was named a Distinguished Alumnus of the College of Environmental Design at UC Berkeley and received a Kodak Professional Photographer’s Showcase Award as well as having one of his aerial photos printed as a Forever Stamp by the United States Postal Service. His fine art aerial imagery has been exhibited at dozens of museums and galleries across the US., and his images have been commissioned by public and private institutions.

Barrie’s lecture will focus on excerpts from his three books: Rising From the Bay, (about the construction of the new East Span of the Bay Bridge); Timescapes: California From The Air, (about the diverse geological forms across California), and The Kodak Guide to Aerial Photography, (a how-to manual for small planes and helicopters aerial photographs).

The public is invited to join us for a fascinating and informative talk about the beauty and majesty of aerial photographs by one of the leading Bay Area aerial photographers.

For more information please contact Kat Kelly, President of the San Leandro Art Association at sanleandroart.contact@gmail.com