Publications — Janet Delaney

Monographs

Red Eye to New York (2021) | MACK Books

Throughout the 1980s, Janet Delaney’s job in a San Francisco photography lab was punctuated by the last-minute flights she would take to New York as a courier. Within these unexpected pockets of time she spent in New York, Delaney would wander the streets with her Rolleiflex camera, attending to the rhythms and characters of this much-mythologized city. Despite being tired and often lost, the act of photographing made Delaney feel present and alert, in tune with the crowds that pushed past her and mesmerized by the depth of history woven into the city’s structures.

Text by Amanda Maddox, Associate Curator in the Department of Photographs at The J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles.

Linen bound hardback with tip-in
21 x 25cm, 104 pages

Public Matters (2018) | MACK Books

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Capturing the spirit of protest and parade, Public Matters brings together photographs made by Janet Delaney in Reagan-era San Francisco. At this turbulent time in the mid eighties, Delaney was living in the primarily Latino neighborhood of the Mission District. She would spend the weekends photographing public gatherings, from the annual Cinco de Mayo parade, to the Peace, Jobs and Justice marches, which rallied against the U.S. invasion of Nicaragua. If political governance was regressing, the West Coast city was a place where, as Delaney remembers, ‘progressive ideas would always be upheld.’ Celebrating multiculturalism and collective struggles for social justice, Public Matters surfaces at a juncture when the message of building bridges is needed now more than ever.

OTA bound paperback with jacket
21.5 x 28 cm, 96 pages

South of Market (2013) | MACK Books

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South of Market is a photographic portrait of a San Francisco neighborhood in the throes of urban renewal. The photographs are accompanied by interviews which offer personal responses to the impact of gentrification on twelve of Delaney’s neighbors. An essay by Erin O’Toole sets the context for this story by providing a history of this constantly evolving San Francisco neighborhood.

Embossed hardcover
24 x 28.5 cm, 128 pages

Janet Delaney: South of Market | deYoung Museum Exhibition Catalogue

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This is a new edition, published by the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco for Janet Delaney: South of Market at the de Young. The new text includes a new director's foreword, a new statement by Janet Delaney, and several recent photographic works which contrast the present development and gentrification in San Francisco with the South of Market images. Contains full color reproductions of every work in the exhibition.

Softcover, 104 pages

Anthologies

Framelines 05 | April 2023

Issue 05 of Framelines magazine features an interview and selection of photos from Red Eye to New York, on the cover and in a 10-page spread. This issue also includes work by Baldwin Lee, Oscar Diaz, John Simmons, Anya Broido, Chris Voss and Jonathan Bertin.

A video profile of Red Eye to New York accompanies the publication, which can be purchased on the Framelines website.

108 Pages, 290x270mm

Picturing Resistance | October 2020

Two photographs are included in Picturing Resistance (Ten Speed Press/Random House) by Ken Light & Melanie Light, a photographic history of American social justice movements over the last seven decades.

Including both black-and-white and color photographs, this important record pairs iconic and unexpected images with insightful narrative captions that contextualize the meanings behind the moments.

Mastermind Issue 07 | February 2020

Photographs from South of Market are featured in Issue 07 of Mastermind alongside an interview conducted by Jeremy Olds.

Not quite a magazine, nor exactly a book, Mastermind is rather a hybrid object; a polyphonic work marching to the beat of ten chapters focused on questions, creators and places in whose voices we heard an eternal urgency, brimming with unexpected possibilities. Produced in English and distributed worldwide.

ZYZZYVA No. 117 | Winter 2019

Diptychs from South of Market and SoMa Now were published in the No. 117 issue of ZYZZYVA alongside an article by Nathan Heller.

ZYZZYVA was founded in 1985 in San Francisco with the goal of publishing a superb literary journal shining a spotlight on West Coast poets, writers, and artists from a wide range of backgrounds. Since then, the journal has evolved into a nationally distributed, widely acclaimed publication showcasing contributors from across the country and around the world.

ODDA 16 | February 2019

Photographs from Public Matters and South of Market were printed in ODDA 16 alongside an interview conducted by Joel Danilewitz.

ODDA Magazine is a biannual, contemporary fashion and culture magazine based in New York and founded in April 2012.

The Photographer’s Playbook

The Photographer’s Playbook features photography assignments, as well as ideas, stories, and anecdotes from many of the world’s most talented photographers and photography professionals. My self portrait assignment is included alongside entries from John Baldessari, Tina Barney, Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Jim Goldberg, Miranda July, Susan Meiselas, Stephen Shore, Alec Soth, Tim Walker, and many more.

Edited by Jason Fulford and Gregory Halpern. Published by Aperture in 2014