The artists of this striking piece on Folsom Street are Lisa Levine and Peter Tonningson. Levine holds a BFA in Photography from the School of Visual Arts in New York and an MFA in Photography from Brooklyn College. Peter, a native Californian earned both his BFA (San Francisco Art Institute) and MFA (San Jose State University) in photography.
The two met at Kala Art Institute in Berkeley where they were both artists-in-residence. They live in Alameda and teach fine art photography at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco. Lisa and Peter have been collaborating for several years utilizing their unique method of repetitive shooting and exchange of film to create layered imagery depicting multidimensional perspectives of time and place.
Their collaborative company is called Counterpoint Studios
The photo mural is infused in glass using Dip/tech printing technology. The piece consists of 6 panels 48″ x 86″ each.