Plant Photography Workshop with Mark Citret

Location: San Francisco Botanical Garden – Meet at Main Gate

Date: Sunday, May 18, 2025

Time: 10:00am – 11:30am

Fee: $25

Plant Photography in San Francisco Botanical Garden;
or wherever else you might find yourself
Workshop with Mark Citret

Photographing plants: from the stems to the leaves to the flowers, presents its own set of
challenges. Not all of these challenges are photographic. The first of these that ought to cross the
photographer’s mind, whether consciously or unconsciously, is, “What is it about this plant/
flower/tree that moves me?” Having a sense of the answer to that question, again, consciously
or unconsciously, can be the difference between making a photograph that simply shows what a
particular plant looks like, and making a photograph that conveys something of what a
particular plant makes you feel.

We all know what it is to be moved by plants that we love. The focus of this workshop will be learning how to make your botanical photographs go beyond a description of the subject, to photographs that convey something of the wonder and awe that the subject inspires in you.

This workshop is open to all levels of photographic experience. The only prerequisite would be
knowing how your camera operates. That covers everything from the camera in your phone, to
a DSLR, or a film camera. Whatever your camera of choice, the workshop will explore how you
may do a better job of capturing what it is that you love in the botanical world.

Materials Needed:

Bring a camera of your choice and know how it operates.

About the Instructor:

Structural Beauty: Photographs of the San Francisco Botanical Garden by Mark Citret is on exhibit at the Helen Crocker Russell Library through May. Learn more here.

Mark Citret’s work is represented by prominent photography galleries in the United States, and is in many museum, corporate, and private collections, including the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the New Orleans Museum of Art, the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, the University of Arizona’s Center for Creative Photography, The Art Institute of Chicago, and the Monterey Museum of Art. A monograph of his photographs, Along the Way, was published by Custom & Limited Editions, San Francisco, in 1999.

Gardens of Golden Gate Park Members may attend this event at a 20% discount. Contact membership@gggp.org to receive the Member Discount Code, then enter the Member Discount Code in the “Promo Code” field when checking out.

Tickets are non-refundable and non-transferable.