At this meeting we are lucky enough to have photographer James A. Martin presenting on the theme of his book The Islands of San Francisco Bay.
The Islands of San Francisco Bay is James Martin’s vision. A Bay Area native, the idea to produce a book that would cover ALL the islands in this great Bay came to him in the early 90′s while as a photojournalist he was shooting island images for various nature and ecological publications.
More than just a pretty coffee-table companion, he envisioned a voluminous reference book that would draw the reader in with imagery and keep them there with rich stories.
A long-awaited dream, he began actively shooting images for the book in the year 2000.
You see, from design-conception to the final look, the Islands Book is all our own. No corporate entities or big-dollar contributors shaped this book – it was just us two nature-lovin’, rock-climbin’ photographer guys who aimed to put together something memorable enough to peruse twice, and share with others.
See you on Thursday at 7:30!