JEFF WESTON is a photographer and educator in the San Francisco Bay Area. He has been an active exhibiting photographer since 1978 and earned a BFA degree in photography from San Francisco State University in 1985. He began teaching photography in 1985 and has taught at College of Marin, City College of San Francisco, The Academy of Art University, U.C. Berkeley Extension and ASUC Art Studios at UC Berkeley. He began teaching at City College of San Francisco in 1988 as an Adjunct Professor.
His work includes black and white and color landscape, and film and digital photography. He photographed weddings from 1996 until 2002. He has recently worked on a project of night landscapes titled Poet’s Corner: Pre-Dawn, in which he photographed his neighborhood at around 5am to capture the dawning day and the hope in holds. It was created during the pandemic.
All images are available for purchase. Please contact the artist for details.
Teaching Experience
City College of San Francisco: Adjunct Professor, 1988-present (Beginning Photography, Color Printing, Color Theory, Landscape Photography, Using Your Digital Camera, Lightroom 1: Library and Develop)
College of Marin, Kentfield, CA: Adjunct Professor, 2001-2008 (Beginning Black and White Photography)
Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA: Adjunct Professor, 1992-2019 (Beginning Black and White Photography, Color Theory, Architectural Landscape, Landscape as Fine Art. Fine Art Portfolio, Natural Light Photography, The Language of Photography - Undergraduate; Color and Light, Landscape as Architecture, Contemporary Landscape, Directed Study – Graduate)
Rayko Photo Center, San Francisco, CA: Instructor, 2009, 2011, 2013-2017 (Digital Intensive, Lightroom Classic Workshops).
University of California at Berkeley Extension: Instructor, 1994-2004 (Beginning Black and White Photography, Fundamentals of Color Photography)
ASUC Art Studio, UC Berkeley: Instructor, 1985-1986 (Night Photography)
Palmer’s Camera Shop, Berkeley: Instructor, 1985-1988: Beginning Camera Classes)
Invitational and Juried Exhibitions
2025
The Coastal Landscape; PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT
Color and Space; PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT
SF Bay Area CCC Photo Instructor Exhibition. Foothill College, Los Altos, CA
2024
Landscape. PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT
In Honor of Trees. PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT
2023
Shades of Gray; Gray Loft Gallery, Oakland, CA
2021
Yellow!. Gray Loft Gallery, Oakland, CA
2020
The Meaning of Green; Gray Loft Gallery, Oakland, CA
2019
Seeing Blue; Gray Loft Gallery, Oakland, CA
2014
CCSF Photography 75th Anniversary Exhibition; CameraWork Gallery, SF, CA
2005
Rayko Photo Center CCSF Faculty Exhibition, SF, CA
2003
College of Marin Faculty Exhibition, Kentfield, CA
2000
Faculty Exhibition”, City College of San Francisco, SF, CA
1999
University of California Extension Faculty Exhibition, San Francisco, CA
1998
University of California Extension Faculty Exhibition, San Francisco, CA
1996
University of California Extension Faculty Exhibition, San Francisco, CA
One and Two-Person Exhibitions
1986
Vision Gallery, SF, CA
1978
Bakersfield Community College Gallery, Bakersfield, CA
Publications and Catalogues:
“The Coastal Landscape”, Exhibition Publication
“Color and Space”, Exhibition Publication
“Landscape”, Exhibition Publication
“In Honor of Trees”, Exhibition Publication
“Poet’s Corner: Pre-Dawn; A Berkeley Neighborhood”, Photo book
College of Marin, Kentfield, CA: Adjunct Professor, 2001-2008 (Beginning Black and White Photography)
Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA: Adjunct Professor, 1992-2019 (Beginning Black and White Photography, Color Theory, Architectural Landscape, Landscape as Fine Art. Fine Art Portfolio, Natural Light Photography, The Language of Photography - Undergraduate; Color and Light, Landscape as Architecture, Contemporary Landscape, Directed Study – Graduate)
Rayko Photo Center, San Francisco, CA: Instructor, 2009, 2011, 2013-2017 (Digital Intensive, Lightroom Classic Workshops).
University of California at Berkeley Extension: Instructor, 1994-2004 (Beginning Black and White Photography, Fundamentals of Color Photography)
ASUC Art Studio, UC Berkeley: Instructor, 1985-1986 (Night Photography)
Palmer’s Camera Shop, Berkeley: Instructor, 1985-1988: Beginning Camera Classes)
Education
BFA, Magna Cum Laude, San Francisco State University, 1985
California State University, Bakersfield
AA, Bakersfield Community College, 1978