Datz Press is an art book press that works with photographers, designers, and bookmakers. We create, publish, and exhibit books centered on photography. We advocate for the growth of participatory artistic activity through exhibiting and publishing art, as well as art education.

Datz Books is a bookmaking studio. We collaborate with artists who want to create artist books. We suggest appropriate designs, materials, and binding procedures and complete a book. We assure an excellent book through direct management of the whole delicate process, handcrafted to perfection.

Sangyon Joo founded and runs Datz Press, a publishing company based in Seoul, South Korea. Joo is also the founder and director of the related Datz Museum and the magazine Gitz, focusing on fine art photography. Sangyon Joo received her BFA from Seoul National University and MFA in photography from the San Francisco Art Institute. She has been involved in the cross-cultural art exchanges between Korea and the United States.

Datz Press is an artist book publisher and community space based in Seoul, South Korea. Focused on working with photographers, designers, and bookmakers, Datz Press creates, publishes, and exhibits works centered on photography, operating a bookmaking studio to support artists who want to self-publish their work. Joo’s comprehensive vision of artists’ photo books includes artists living and working across many countries and cultures while creating compelling work. Datz Press has published books for many artists, including PhotoAlliance lecturers.

Linda Connor has had a long and distinguished career in photography and has traveled extensively to produce her work to places such as India, Turkey, Peru, Iceland, and Southeast Asia. Connor received her BFA from Rhode Island School of Design and her Masters from the Institute of Design, IIT, Chicago. In 1969 she joined the photography faculty at the San Francisco Art Institute where she has taught for 53 years. A recipient of, among other awards, the National Endowment for the Arts grant (1994, 1988, 1976), a Guggenheim Fellowship (1979) and the Flintridge Foundation Award for Visual Arts (2001-02), Connor was recognized with the Society of Photographic Education’s Honored Educator Award in 2005.

Connor is the founder of the nonprofit, PhotoAlliance. She is represented by the Haines Gallery, San Francisco and has published the monographs Odyssey, 2008, with Chronicle Books, San Francisco, and Constellations and Linda’s Ornaments, with Datz Press, Korea, 2021.

Lonnie Graham is a photographer, installation artist, educator, and cultural activist whose work bridges the worlds of art and social engagement. Currently a Distinguished Professor of Visual Art at Pennsylvania State University, Graham has dedicated his career to using photography as a tool for dialogue, cultural exchange, and community empowerment.

His long-term project A Conversation with the World is a decades-long portrait and interview series that explores shared human experience across continents. Other notable works, like the African/American Garden Project, foster cross-cultural understanding through collaborative public art and sustainable gardening practices.

A recipient of the Pew Fellowship and the Pennsylvania Governor’s Award for Artist of the Year, Graham’s work has been exhibited internationally and is held in collections such as the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Addison Gallery, and the Datz Museum in Seoul. With a practice rooted in empathy and activism, Graham invites viewers to see art as a force for social change.

Hendrik Paul is a black-and-white photographer based in Mill Valley, California, known for his hand-processed silver gelatin prints that explore the meditative qualities of nature. His analog practice reflects a deep reverence for process and place.

Paul holds a BA from Providence College and an MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute. He was a Fulbright finalist and a nominee for the 2012 SECA Art Award at SFMOMA. His work has been exhibited at the San Francisco International Airport, Marin MOCA, and Rayko Photo Center, and is held in the collections of Providence College and the San Francisco Public Utility Commission.

A formative experience in a monastery in India continues to guide his artistic vision. Paul recently published Dark Light, his second book with Datz Press, and continues to work from his darkroom studio in Mill Valley.

Anne Veh is an artist, curator, filmmaker, writer, and champion of kindness whose work transforms everyday life into moments of connection and meaning. With a career spanning over 25 years, Anne has served on the boards of the Modern Art Council at SFMOMA, Youth in Arts, Headlands Center for the Arts, PhotoAlliance, and the Green Museum.

SUN, WATER, BEING (2020)
Bryant Austin
PhotoAlliance 2018 Lecturer

A CONVERSATION WITH THE WORLD (2025)
Lonnie Graham
PhotoAlliance 2007, 2003 Lecturer

WAS IM LICHT ERSCHEINT (2018)
Max Kellenberger
PhotoAlliance 20024 Lecturer

MARKING TIME (2023)
Chris McCaw
PhotoAlliance 2024, 2015, 2007 Lecturer

ONLY THE RIVER REMAINS (2017)
Jane Baldwin
PhotoAlliance 2019 Photobook Event Lecturer

OFFERINGS (2019)
Mary Daniel Hobson
PhotoAlliance 2003 Lecturer

THING (2025)
Jungjin Lee
PhotoAlliance 2006 Lecturer

DARK LIGHT (2024)
Hendrik Paul
PhotoAlliance 2019 Photobook Event Lecturer

HEAVEN, WIND, STARS AND POEMS (2017)
Barbara Bosworth
PhotoAlliance 2008 Lecturer

OTHER WAYS OF BEING (2023)
Sangyon Joo
PhotoAlliance 2017 Lecturer, Founder of Datz Press

MOUNTAINS AND CLOUDS (2023)
Wayne Levin
PhotoAlliance 2008. 2003 Lecturer

PAPER CONSTRUCTS (2024)
Diane Pierce
PhotoAlliance Bay Area Currents 2018 Artist

CONSTELLATIONS (2021)
Linda Connor
PhotoAlliance Founder/Creative Director

NUMEN (2022)
Ville Kansanen
PhotoAlliance 2023 Lecturer

THIS EARTHEN DOOR (2024)
Amanda Marchand & Leah Sobsey
PhotoAlliance 2025 Lecturer

DEAR MOTHER (2022)
Young Suh
PhotoAlliance 2019 Photobook Event Lecturer

Located in San Francisco’s historic Dogpatch district, the Minnesota Street Project offers economically sustainable spaces for art galleries, artists and related nonprofits. Inhabiting three warehouses, Minnesota Street Project seeks to retain and strengthen San Francisco's contemporary art community in the short term, while developing an internationally recognized arts destination in the long term.

Founded by entrepreneurs and collectors Deborah and Andy Rappaport, Minnesota Street Project was inspired by the couple's belief that philanthropic support for the arts today requires an alternate model—one that uplifts the innovative nature of San Francisco and the Bay Area as a whole.

Their vision of a dynamic, self-sustaining enterprise that encourages heightened support for the arts from newcomer and established patrons alike.

Minnesota Street Project

1275 Minnesota St, San Francisco, CA 94107
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The Lounge is located to the left upon entering the Minnesota Street Project.