Every year at StreetFoto, we bring in a distinguished veteran photographer whose career has not confined within the narrow boundaries of “street.” In 2016 this was Ken Light and it 2017 it was Janet Delaney.

This year, we’re pleased to introduce you to Mimi Plumb, whose lengthy career in photography has included fine art projects, reportage, and documentary work.

Born in Berkeley, and raised in the suburb of Walnut Creek, Mimi Plumb received her Master of Fine Arts from the San Francisco Art Institute in 1986. She has taught photography nationally and locally, including the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, the San Francisco Art Institute, Stanford University, and San Jose State University. Over the years, Mimi has explored a wide range of subjects, from her suburban roots in What Is Remembered to the United Farmworkers as they organized for union elections in the fields. Landfall, Dark Days, and the City, photographs from the 1980s, picture an American dystopia. Her current project, Local Girls, is a contemporary nod to the girl she was, and the young women and girls she knew, growing up in California. Mimi has also spent many years riding and photographing horses.

Mimi’s photographs are in the collection of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Houston Museum of Fine Art, the Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, and the Yale University Art Gallery. Her various projects have received grants and fellowships from the John Gutmann Photography Fellowship (2017),  the California Humanities (2015), the California Arts Council (1989-90), the James D. Phelan Art Award in Photography (1985-86), and the Marin Arts Council (1999-2000).

Mimi will deliver a lecture and slideshow of her work on Saturday, June 9, at 6;45PM, at Harvey Milk Photo Center.

Mimi will also have work exhibited at the Bystander exhibit at Leica Store San Francisco and you can say hello to her at the opening reception.