Events this Weekend (Aug 14-16)

So this time around I'm going to start adding photos of the photographer whose opening it is just to give you an idea of what they do. I'll be updating this page through the day as I find out more events, alright ? Cool.


:: FRIDAY ::



"Alternative Photography" @ Julia Dean Gallery in Venice, CA. An exhibit of photographs from the sixth annual alternative photography contest. The exhibit features the work of 16 photographers who recognize and support the importance of alternative photography within the arts community. The contest was juried by Aline Smithson and Ken Merfeld. 5-8 pm. 801 Ocean Front Walk, Studio #8 Venice, CA 90291

:: SATURDAY ::

+ APA/LA "Beauty Retouching Secrets with Lisa Carney and Dennis Dunbar" @ Helms Daylight Studio 9 am - 3:30 pm. Check out link for more details.

+ Barbara Benjamin Marcus will be signing her new photography book "Inside Out" @ Book Soup 7-8:30 pm L.A.-based author and photographer Barbara Benjamin Marcus conducted interviews and shot revealing portraits of forty drag queens—both in and out of drag—in Los Angeles, Key West, New York City, Provincetown and Tampa....Inside Out was the winner in the Gay & Lesbian category at the 2009 San Francisco Book Festival Awards, and official runner up in the Photography/Art Category at the 2009 New York Book Festival. 8818 W Sunset Blvd 90069





+ Woodstock: The 40th Anniversary @ Duncan Miller Gallery . The exhibition features the works of Jim Marshall, Baron Wolman, Henry Diltz and Lisa Law. This show recreates the experience of the ambiance, the crowd and the music of the world's most famous music festival. 7-10 pm 10959 Venice Boulevard, Los Angeles CA 90034


+ Katie Shapiro "A(part)/Together" @ Azucar Gallery 3022 West Sunset Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90026 7-10 pm


+ULTRA-ANGELES Kodachrome in 3-D: The Stereo Photography of Jack Laxer @ drkrm gallery. Like Julius Shulman, Laxer’s primary subject matter was the ultramodern architecture of midcentury America. However, unlike Shulman’s famous black and white 2-D images of private residential oases, Laxer’s work documented the ultramodern Main Streets of Los Angeles in a pristine palette of Kodachrome colors with a hyper-exaggerated stereo depth. 7-10 pm 2121 San Fernando Road Suite 3 Los Angeles, CA 90065


+" Deep End" Group Show @ The Company (946 Yale St. 90012 in Chinatown) 6-9 pm. Jen DeNike, Carlton DeWoody , Alexa Gerrity, Elizabeth Huey , Susan Lipper , Eric Payson , Ali Prosch and Lucy Stein . (Bold are photographers)