JAY BLAKESBERG

Documenting pop culture with a camera since 1978

current EXHIBITION

Aug 31, 2023 – July 28, 2024
The Contemporary Jewish Museum

Travel through some of the most explosive moments in music history through the lens of Bay Area–based photographer Jay Blakesberg. RetroBlakesberg: The Music Never Stopped presents photographs of legendary musicians that reveal the evolution of San Francisco’s unique music culture and its wide-reaching influence. The exhibition brings together more than 150 photographs and related ephemera from the years 1978–2008, when Blakesberg shot exclusively on film.

RetroBlakesberg:
THE MUSIC NEVER STOPPED

FILM PHOTOGRAPHY

DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY