Save the date to meet Bay-Area photographer Richard Misrach, Thursday, August 7. Join us for a book signing at the Museum Store in celebration of his new book, Richard Misrach: Cargo.

Thursday, August 7 
5:30 p.m.
Floor 1, SFMOMA Museum Store
This event is open to the public and free to attend

Richard Misrach: Cargo presents the acclaimed photographer’s sublime meditation on the often-unseen patterns of global trade and commerce. In 2021, on the heels of the COVID-19 pandemic, which, at its height, seemed to nearly halt the networks of international trade, Misrach began taking thousands of photographs of cargo ships as they moved to and from the Port of Oakland, California. In these monumental seascapes, cargo ships appear frozen in time—diminutive but stalwart—within an expansive, richly colored confluence of sea, sky, and atmosphere.

Eerie, sparse, and undeniably beautiful, Misrach’s images abstractly trace multiple histories: the recent collapse and slow recovery of these seafaring trade routes, the confrontation of the human and natural environment in an era of climate disaster, and a rich lineage of maritime art.

Also available, our exclusive Richard Misrach x SFMOMA custom prints, and Richard Misrach: Golden Gate.

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