Exhibitions Material as Witness, 2026

Group exhibition at Oakland Photo Workshop, Oakland, CA, October 2 through November 15, 2026. 

What happens when a two-dimensional image escapes the bounds of the frame, the scrapbook, or the screen? Material as Witness explores the photograph as object, with its own material sensibility and narrative. Objects can trigger powerful emotions and memories, and materials carry their own associations based on tactile properties or cultural significance. The artists in the exhibition engage in image-making, in a truly hands-on sense, to subvert (or amplify) the power attributed to photos as documentary evidence and bearers of truth.

Artists:

Sam Kober
dani lopez
Lucy Puls
Sarah Sanford
Gabby Severson
Shirin Towfiq

Amy Yoshitsu

Photos: Julia Jerome