Good looks in Los Angeles are hard currency and, when invested properly, more dependable in their rate of return than Treasury bills. The body and face have become the billboard for how we advertise ourselves. We are obsessed with youth and beauty, with attempting to create it and hold it hostage for as long as we can. When legions of women conform to the same narrow standards, they begin to redefine the beauty ideal.
Alex Kuczynski, author of Beauty Junkies and a reporter and columnist for The New York Times. She also writes for Vanity Fair, The New York Times Book Review, The New York Times Magazine, Harper's Bazaar and a number of other publications. She has also contributed essays to National Public Radio. Kuczynski will discuss the iconography of beauty and celebrity that has created a culture of obsession and conformity.
Susan Anderson, a Los Angeles-based photographer who has explored notions of beauty through her portraits of child pageant contestants, focuses this time on subjects in Southern California, and examines the concept of a gold standard in beauty. Her inspiration comes from art history, Hollywood glamour, reality television, celebrity culture and the California dream
Passes for next week's IRIS Nights will be available Wednesday (Nov 9) at noon as well as Thursday (Nov 10) at 9:30 am.
Thursday, November 17, 2011 6:30 - 8:00 PM
The Annenberg Space for Photography
2000 Avenue of the Stars
Los Angeles, CA 90067
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