Eric Feathers

While documenting my travels to Europe, Jamaica, the Hawaiian islands and California, I worked in a busy commercial photo studio constantly honing my technical skills in both subject areas. In the mid 80's, I was ready to apply myself to fine art photography so I applied to the SF Art Institute where I earned honors in color photography while studying with Reagan Louie, . During my two years at the Art Institute, I formed a lasting friendship with Chair of the Photo Dept., Jack Fulton, , who mentored me and helped curate my undergraduate exhibition.
After graduation, I created and managed the Clara Street Studio which became an incubator for collaboration among visual artists and performing artists while providing me a studio for experiments with light and a large space to create photo-collage.
During the infancy of digital photography, I married and moved to a remote region of Brazil, where, for nearly eight years, I documented everything around me. I continued shooting with film, creating photo-collage and large scale prints for exhibition, while teaching myself digital photography to share online at
My return to SF found me working as in-house photographer at a gallery located at 49 Geary Street, home to over a dozen contem...

San Francisco Art Institute, BFA Photography, 1985