This week at the IRIS NIGHTS lecture series @ Annenberg Space for Photography in Culver City. Currently the lecture is fully booked but they do stand-bys. If you already RSVP, get there before 6:15 otherwise they may start letting stand-bys in. First come, first serve.
Gerd Ludwig studied photography with Otto Steinert in his native Germany. In 1984 he relocated to New York and signed on as a contract photographer for National Geographic Magazine in the early 1990's. His focus on the socio-economic changes following the dissolution of the Soviet Bloc resulted in the publication of his ten-year retrospective book and exhibition, Broken Empire: After the Fall of the USSR. His ongoing coverage of post-Soviet Russia has garnered his distinction as being the world’s foremost color photographer documenting the region.
Now based in Los Angeles, Gerd Ludwig photographs primarily for National Geographic, occasionally shoots advertising, and lectures at universities and photographic workshops internationally.
In 2006 he received the Lucie Award for International Photographer of the Year.
October 1, 2009 6:30 - 8:30 pm
Annenberg Space for Photography
2000 Avenue of the Stars
Los Angeles, CA 90067
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
A & I Fine Art Book Making Seminar (9/30) & (10/8)
If you can't make it to Hollywood for this one, looks like they are doing the seminar over at A&I Santa Monica on Oct.7th.
A&I Books Presents, "An Introduction to Book Creator," A&I's FREE book making software.
Come to this FREE seminar and learn how to organize your photographs and design a book using Book Creator.
Be one of the first 30 poeple to RSvP with first and last name to Events@AandI.com get a 20% discount on any book. Must attend seminar to receive 20% off book coupon. Not valid with any other offer.
This event is FREE. Please RSVP to Events@AandI.com
6:30-8;30 pm
A&I Hollywood
933 N. Highland Avenue
Los Angeles, CA, 90038
Wednesday (9/30)
+ So I happen to be by Calumet and so I snap a quick photo of their student special. Remember how a few days ago I stumbled up on it but my iPhone lost the photo ? So yes, looks like you can rent their studio space for $75 and they throw in free usage of a Travelite kit and background stands plus you get 25% of additional equipment rentals. Talk to Jeff Hall, the store manager or Damien, the rental manager. 323-466-1238. Hey guys, I'm a student ! A student of life ! Can I rent ya space ?
+ By the way, I was walking by the Space 15 Twenty and noticed they have a "Where the Wild Things Are" in their gallery space. Unfortunately they were closed that day but I peeked in through the windows. After digging around the web, I found this :
Gallery Space presents
Where The Wild Things Are
September 19 – October 18, 2009
Featuring an exclusive Filmmaker Print Series from the forthcoming film.
Signed by director Spike Jonze and cinematographer Lance Acord, the 15 photo prints are limited to an edition of 5 and are only available at Gallery Space during the show.
Space 15 Twenty is called "a retail experiment" with stores such as Urban Outfitter and alife. My reason for is purely for Hennessey + Ingalls store. I used to trek to the westside to check out current photography books but this one here in Hollywood saves time - plus I can use the subway to get up there ! So whenever I need inspiration, I just wander....
One book was by Soren Solkaer Starbird, a Danish photographer and covers musicians he's photographed over the year. When I took a look at his site, I gravitated to more of the moody
+ Oh, LA-photographer Reggie Casagrande has started a website called Lipsticktracez. She's been around the LA scene for many, many years. I believe I met her around 2003 (?) my memory is fuzzy now days but she recently email about her new adventure. Yesterday while scoping out the blogs, I ran across her site again - she interviewed and photographed Bettina Korek, the founder of For Your Art which is one of the many websites I visit to find out what's going on in the gallery world.
+ By the way, I was walking by the Space 15 Twenty and noticed they have a "Where the Wild Things Are" in their gallery space. Unfortunately they were closed that day but I peeked in through the windows. After digging around the web, I found this :
Gallery Space presents
Where The Wild Things Are
September 19 – October 18, 2009
Featuring an exclusive Filmmaker Print Series from the forthcoming film.
Signed by director Spike Jonze and cinematographer Lance Acord, the 15 photo prints are limited to an edition of 5 and are only available at Gallery Space during the show.
Space 15 Twenty is called "a retail experiment" with stores such as Urban Outfitter and alife. My reason for is purely for Hennessey + Ingalls store. I used to trek to the westside to check out current photography books but this one here in Hollywood saves time - plus I can use the subway to get up there ! So whenever I need inspiration, I just wander....
One book was by Soren Solkaer Starbird, a Danish photographer and covers musicians he's photographed over the year. When I took a look at his site, I gravitated to more of the moody
+ Oh, LA-photographer Reggie Casagrande has started a website called Lipsticktracez. She's been around the LA scene for many, many years. I believe I met her around 2003 (?) my memory is fuzzy now days but she recently email about her new adventure. Yesterday while scoping out the blogs, I ran across her site again - she interviewed and photographed Bettina Korek, the founder of For Your Art which is one of the many websites I visit to find out what's going on in the gallery world.
Douglas Gayeton "Slow : Life in a Tuscan Town" (10/3)
"As a filmmaker who also shoots photographs, I try to document an event while it happens, not as one moment, but more from a cumulative standpoint. The concept of stories evolving over time is very important to me. In fact, many of my images are comprised of multiple photographs taken over the course of hours or even days. Others photographs capture a single moment from different vantage points. In this way I both compress and explode time.
"After shooting, I go into my "editing room" and build my story, which often takes the form of writing. This began, incidentally, as a personal record, a way for me to remember phrases overheard while I was shooting or specific cultural data, but lately the stories people tell me have become a major part of the work." - Douglas Gayeton
This Saturday Oct. Equator Books on Abbot Kinney Blvd will be hosting an exhibition, presentation and book signing by Douglas Gayeton from 6- 9 pm. In conjunction with his book, The Tasting Kitchen will hold a special four course menu inspired by the same book "Slow : Life in a Tuscan Town" from 9 - 11 pm
Well, ain't that a kicker ? A photography exhibition a with four course meal ! For reservation, call (310) 392-6644
Check out Dogulas Gayeton's website.
Have a look inside his book.
Visit Slow Food Nation photo exhibition.
Saturday Oct. 3rd 6-9 pm
Equator Books
1103 Abbot Kinney Blvd.
Venice, CA 90291
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Connecting With People
I'm not a Terry Richardson fan but I totally understand what he says in this clip. When I first started photography, I thought it was about the equipment but after years here I realized it is how you communicate, vibe, work with who you are photographing that is really important. How do you reach and shake down that barrier ? How do you get to that level where the subject and photographer can work off each other easily ?
I'm sure many photographers have noticed a pattern of this curve. Your first roll or two may not be great but you ae two are getting to know each other, somewhere in the middle you get to the point where you two are in sync, and it goes for a while, you're getting great stuff and there's an apex where it drops.
What do you do to get the person you're photographing to be comfortable ?
Monday, September 28, 2009
Monday (9/28)
+ Hey, this Wednesday ASMP/LA will be presenting architectural photographer Norman McGrath @ Bergamot Station. Doors at 6:30, event at 7 pm. All the details can be found here.
+ Just open yesterday at Craft and Folk Art Museum (y'know, the one down from LACMA ?) Myth and Manpower: Graphics and the California Dream.
Early 20th century California fruit box labels painted a mythical picture of a sun-soaked state with pristine orchards, luxurious fruit, and glamorous women. With its peaceful colors, reassuring text, and Hollywood-backdrop scenery, these labels sold the California dream to American consumers every time they went to the grocery store.
Funny enough, I remember sitting at a pizza joint (my old college hangout) looking at framed fruit box labels hanging on the wall. Even in small town in Texas, California beckon me. ^^ The exhibition runs till Jan 10th.
+ I was at Calumet dropping off Epson ink cartridges into their recycle box when I noticed a sign by their rental desk advertising studio and travelite kit rental to students for an incredible cheap price. Yes, I didn't know this but Calumet has a small studio in the back - I assume it must be for their classes they have at their store though I admit I never attended one.
I took a photo of the sign on my iPhone and somehow lost the image. I believe the price is $75 bucks for studio space and lights. Call Calumet (323) 466-1238 to check it out - just ask for their rental dept. I'm gonna try to drive by later this week and snap another shot of it. Curse you iPhone...I love you and I hate you !
+ I keep find out more and more ArtWalks...if you're in San Pedro (people here pronounce it Peeee-dro while I'm used to Ped-rooo) this Thursday, they have their own walk going on. It's called "First Thursdays" and starts at 6 pm.
+ Looking briefly at different events listed around town for the week and I don't see much photo events. I'll keep digging and of course if y'all out there know anything, please email me details ! PIXFEED (at) GMAIL.
:: RANDOM ::
+ LAT : Appiphilia: A Chase to legitimize iPhone photography
+ Rockaway Records in Silverlake turns 30
+ Where The Wild Things Are Pop-Up Shop at Space 15 Twenty
+ Futuristic Gas Station (La Brea/Slauson)
+Los Angeles Plays Itself, "FlashForward" Edition
+ Tomorrow (Sept 29) @ SMMOA : "Building the Love House: Using Art for Social Change in Watts"
+ Just open yesterday at Craft and Folk Art Museum (y'know, the one down from LACMA ?) Myth and Manpower: Graphics and the California Dream.
Early 20th century California fruit box labels painted a mythical picture of a sun-soaked state with pristine orchards, luxurious fruit, and glamorous women. With its peaceful colors, reassuring text, and Hollywood-backdrop scenery, these labels sold the California dream to American consumers every time they went to the grocery store.
Funny enough, I remember sitting at a pizza joint (my old college hangout) looking at framed fruit box labels hanging on the wall. Even in small town in Texas, California beckon me. ^^ The exhibition runs till Jan 10th.
+ I was at Calumet dropping off Epson ink cartridges into their recycle box when I noticed a sign by their rental desk advertising studio and travelite kit rental to students for an incredible cheap price. Yes, I didn't know this but Calumet has a small studio in the back - I assume it must be for their classes they have at their store though I admit I never attended one.
I took a photo of the sign on my iPhone and somehow lost the image. I believe the price is $75 bucks for studio space and lights. Call Calumet (323) 466-1238 to check it out - just ask for their rental dept. I'm gonna try to drive by later this week and snap another shot of it. Curse you iPhone...I love you and I hate you !
+ I keep find out more and more ArtWalks...if you're in San Pedro (people here pronounce it Peeee-dro while I'm used to Ped-rooo) this Thursday, they have their own walk going on. It's called "First Thursdays" and starts at 6 pm.
+ Looking briefly at different events listed around town for the week and I don't see much photo events. I'll keep digging and of course if y'all out there know anything, please email me details ! PIXFEED (at) GMAIL.
:: RANDOM ::
+ LAT : Appiphilia: A Chase to legitimize iPhone photography
+ Rockaway Records in Silverlake turns 30
+ Where The Wild Things Are Pop-Up Shop at Space 15 Twenty
+ Futuristic Gas Station (La Brea/Slauson)
+Los Angeles Plays Itself, "FlashForward" Edition
+ Tomorrow (Sept 29) @ SMMOA : "Building the Love House: Using Art for Social Change in Watts"
“Adapting and Thriving in the Current Market” Workshop (9/28)
Samy's Camera + Create : Fixate presents a photography workshop with Explorer of Light Nick Vedros TONIGHT 7-9 pm
"Adapting and Thriving in the Current Market” with renowned photographer Nick Vedros. From 7:00 - 9:00 p.m., soak up invaluable knowledge from this award-winning photographer whose studio was named “Studio of the Year” by American Photography Magazine. Primarily a commercial photographer, Vedros has been producing mind-blowing work for such clients as Apple, Coca-Cola, IBM, and Kodak, from his Kansas City studio since 1977. In this workshop, Vedros will present a program on advertising, commercial, and personal photography by examining dozens of projects while sharing methods, tips, and money saving tricks with the audience. See choice Nick Vedros photographs on display at the main event on Saturday in the upstairs Samy’s Camera Loft area. Come learn from the best thanks to Samy’s Camera and Canon Explorer of Light Workshops.
Monday Sept 28th 7-9 pm
Premiere Events Center
613 Imperial St.
Downtown Los Angeles, 90021
Tickets : $20 / $15 with stub from Sat's Create : Fixate show
Tickets can be purchased on line here.
"Adapting and Thriving in the Current Market” with renowned photographer Nick Vedros. From 7:00 - 9:00 p.m., soak up invaluable knowledge from this award-winning photographer whose studio was named “Studio of the Year” by American Photography Magazine. Primarily a commercial photographer, Vedros has been producing mind-blowing work for such clients as Apple, Coca-Cola, IBM, and Kodak, from his Kansas City studio since 1977. In this workshop, Vedros will present a program on advertising, commercial, and personal photography by examining dozens of projects while sharing methods, tips, and money saving tricks with the audience. See choice Nick Vedros photographs on display at the main event on Saturday in the upstairs Samy’s Camera Loft area. Come learn from the best thanks to Samy’s Camera and Canon Explorer of Light Workshops.
Monday Sept 28th 7-9 pm
Premiere Events Center
613 Imperial St.
Downtown Los Angeles, 90021
Tickets : $20 / $15 with stub from Sat's Create : Fixate show
Tickets can be purchased on line here.
Friday, September 25, 2009
Friday (9/25)
+ LAT : MOCA announces fundraising milestone, new (and returning) trustees
+ NPR : David Burnett's Lens On Revolution
+ LAT : Art Review: Doug Aitken at Regen Projects and Regen Projects II
+ Here's a link of art events going on around town this weekend.
+ NPR : David Burnett's Lens On Revolution
+ LAT : Art Review: Doug Aitken at Regen Projects and Regen Projects II
+ Here's a link of art events going on around town this weekend.
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Norman McGrath Program & Workshop (9/30)
From ASMP/LA :
Norman McGrath is an architectural photographer famous for his work, his workshops, and for his books, one of which, Photographing Buildings Inside and Out is a standard text for architectural photography.
The newest version, Architectural Photography: Professional Techniques for Shooting Interior and Exterior Spaces, is out now, and will be available to buy - and for Norman to sign.
He will speaking here about that new book, which addresses the many changes in technology in recent years, and he'll be demonstrating two new tilt-shift lenses that have been creating some excitement, Canon's revamped 24 mm, and especially the 17 mm - the widest lens of its sort, ever.
He'll also be discussing HDR (High Dynamic Range) photography - a way of extending the information in a digital file to include detail in the highights and shadows.
Trained as a structural engineer before becoming a photographer in the early 1960s, he is the only Canon Explorer of Light who is also an architectural photographer. He has taught at the Maine and Palm Beach workshops, as well as Havana, Cuba.
His photos have appeared in every major shelter magazine in the world, including Architectural Digest, Interior Design, Architectural Record, along with Art in America, New York Magazine, and Life.
He has also shot for more well-known architects than can be listed here, as well as for the New York Museum of Modern Art, Sotheby's, Tishman, and the New York Philharmonic.
It is a rare event for McGrath to speak in Los Angeles, and even rarer for him to be giving a workshop here.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2009
7:00 PM (doors open at 6:30 PM)
Writers Boot Camp
Bergamot Station Arts Center
2525 Michigan Ave., Bldg. i
Santa Monica, CA 90404
ASMP Members - $10 in advance, $15 at the door.
Students (with ID ) - $5 in advance, $10 at the door.
Affiliate Organization Members - $15 in advance, $20 at the door.
Non-Members: $20 in advance - $25 at the door.
www.normanmcgrath.com
ASMP RSVP
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Events This Weekend (Sept 24-27)
I'll update as I find more events....
:: THURSDAY (Sept 24) ::
+ Lucie Foundation is finishing up their summer series at Space15Twenty in Hollywood with their final installment called "Sounding Still:Photography Capturing the Scenes and Faces of the Music World" with photographers Emily Shur, Greg Watermann, Piper Ferguson, Aaron Farley and Dan Monick This kicks off at 8 pm plus live music by The Lost Libraries and Modern Memory. RSVP by Wednesday, September 23rd by 4 p.m. to summerseries@luciefoundation.org
+ APA/LA "Personal Projects: Richard Salas" @ Helms Daylight Studio in Culver City. Dinner/social hour starts at 6:30, event starts at 7:30. Free for APA, $25 for ASMP/LADIG/LAUPS/OCUPS/full-time students and $35 for all others.
Our new series, Personal Projects, highlights some of the work done by advertising photographers when they are not doing commissioned, commercial work. It is our hope to put a spotlight on those creating personal projects, and encourage and inspire others to do the same.
+ Design Art @ Pacific Design Center Hmm..sounds like a cool idea. Take some unused spaces at The Blue Whale and open it up to galleries and curators ! Thursday Sep 24 (4:30–7:30pm) 8687 Melrose Ave Los Angeles, CA 90069-5730
+ And over at Annenberg Space for Photography, this week's IRIS NIGHT talk is by Colin Finlay. Again, the event is booked up full but they do stand-by so if you have tickets, get there 15 min before or otherwise they open it up for first come first serve. 2000 Avenue of the Stars Los Angeles, CA 90067
+ Smashbox is doing another Industry Soiree #7 at 9 PM pool-side at the Tropicana Bar at the Hollywood Roosevelt. RSVP at VIP@smashboxstudios.com and don't forget to hunt for those iPod Nanos !
:: FRIDAY (Sept 25) ::
+ Dreamers in Dream City @ Autry National Center 9/25/09 - 1/3/10. 4700 Western Heritage Way Los Angeles, CA, 90027-1462
Native son and photographer Harry Brant Chandler brings to the Autry National Center a set of compelling and evocative color portraits, personal insights, and biographies of fifty-four of the most accomplished and colorful men and women from the City of Angels in the new exhibition, Dreamers in Dream City. From immigrants to billionaires, unknowns to the world-famous, surfers to moviemakers, quacks to rocket scientists, dreamers are and have always been attracted to Los Angeles and its surrounding areas. Those who live there know that Southern California has the potential to provide the opportunity to turn dreams into fantastic realities.
:: SATURDAY (Sept 26) ::
+ Create:Fixate "SnapFlash". This time around is Create:Fixate's all photography show. Samy's Camera is helping out with sponsorship and help bring in Jim Marshall, Nick Vedros and Vincent Versace. Other photographers include : Blake Gardner : Bobbi Fabian : Brion Topolski : Cerraeh Laykin : Ching Wah Lam : David K. Hauver : Dayvid Iannaci : Garret Suhrie : Guillermo De La Barreda : Guru Thapar : Jacob Rushing : Jason Elias : Javiera Estrada : JC Jaress : Jens Lucking : Joe Rubinstein : Linka Odom : Michael Rababy : Niki Mustain : Rebecca Johnson : Robert C. Kozek : Ryan Jesena : Ryanne Bee : Sean Costello : Sebastian Artz
Definitely see some familiar names in that bunch. There's BBQ, music and sounds like a fun bash to attend. $20 / $15 before 10pm. There's a preview from 4-7 pm with a suggested donation of $5. Premiere Events Center 613 Imperial St., Los Angeles, CA 90021
+ Over at UCR|California Museum of Photography, they have two exhibitions opening tonight, Lisa Oppenheim "Open Source" and Graham Howe "And Howe" 7-10 pm. 3824 Main St, Riverside CA 92501
:: SUNDAY (Sept 27) ::
+ 25th Annual Abbot Kinney Festival 10 am - 6:30 pm
For the 25th year, the Abbot Kinney District Association invites one and all to Abbot Kinney Boulevard for a day of eco-friendly fun and entertainment.
:: THURSDAY (Sept 24) ::
+ Lucie Foundation is finishing up their summer series at Space15Twenty in Hollywood with their final installment called "Sounding Still:Photography Capturing the Scenes and Faces of the Music World" with photographers Emily Shur, Greg Watermann, Piper Ferguson, Aaron Farley and Dan Monick This kicks off at 8 pm plus live music by The Lost Libraries and Modern Memory. RSVP by Wednesday, September 23rd by 4 p.m. to summerseries@luciefoundation.org
+ APA/LA "Personal Projects: Richard Salas" @ Helms Daylight Studio in Culver City. Dinner/social hour starts at 6:30, event starts at 7:30. Free for APA, $25 for ASMP/LADIG/LAUPS/OCUPS/full-time students and $35 for all others.
Our new series, Personal Projects, highlights some of the work done by advertising photographers when they are not doing commissioned, commercial work. It is our hope to put a spotlight on those creating personal projects, and encourage and inspire others to do the same.
+ Design Art @ Pacific Design Center Hmm..sounds like a cool idea. Take some unused spaces at The Blue Whale and open it up to galleries and curators ! Thursday Sep 24 (4:30–7:30pm) 8687 Melrose Ave Los Angeles, CA 90069-5730
+ And over at Annenberg Space for Photography, this week's IRIS NIGHT talk is by Colin Finlay. Again, the event is booked up full but they do stand-by so if you have tickets, get there 15 min before or otherwise they open it up for first come first serve. 2000 Avenue of the Stars Los Angeles, CA 90067
+ Smashbox is doing another Industry Soiree #7 at 9 PM pool-side at the Tropicana Bar at the Hollywood Roosevelt. RSVP at VIP@smashboxstudios.com and don't forget to hunt for those iPod Nanos !
:: FRIDAY (Sept 25) ::
+ Dreamers in Dream City @ Autry National Center 9/25/09 - 1/3/10. 4700 Western Heritage Way Los Angeles, CA, 90027-1462
Native son and photographer Harry Brant Chandler brings to the Autry National Center a set of compelling and evocative color portraits, personal insights, and biographies of fifty-four of the most accomplished and colorful men and women from the City of Angels in the new exhibition, Dreamers in Dream City. From immigrants to billionaires, unknowns to the world-famous, surfers to moviemakers, quacks to rocket scientists, dreamers are and have always been attracted to Los Angeles and its surrounding areas. Those who live there know that Southern California has the potential to provide the opportunity to turn dreams into fantastic realities.
:: SATURDAY (Sept 26) ::
+ Create:Fixate "SnapFlash". This time around is Create:Fixate's all photography show. Samy's Camera is helping out with sponsorship and help bring in Jim Marshall, Nick Vedros and Vincent Versace. Other photographers include : Blake Gardner : Bobbi Fabian : Brion Topolski : Cerraeh Laykin : Ching Wah Lam : David K. Hauver : Dayvid Iannaci : Garret Suhrie : Guillermo De La Barreda : Guru Thapar : Jacob Rushing : Jason Elias : Javiera Estrada : JC Jaress : Jens Lucking : Joe Rubinstein : Linka Odom : Michael Rababy : Niki Mustain : Rebecca Johnson : Robert C. Kozek : Ryan Jesena : Ryanne Bee : Sean Costello : Sebastian Artz
Definitely see some familiar names in that bunch. There's BBQ, music and sounds like a fun bash to attend. $20 / $15 before 10pm. There's a preview from 4-7 pm with a suggested donation of $5. Premiere Events Center 613 Imperial St., Los Angeles, CA 90021
+ Over at UCR|California Museum of Photography, they have two exhibitions opening tonight, Lisa Oppenheim "Open Source" and Graham Howe "And Howe" 7-10 pm. 3824 Main St, Riverside CA 92501
:: SUNDAY (Sept 27) ::
+ 25th Annual Abbot Kinney Festival 10 am - 6:30 pm
For the 25th year, the Abbot Kinney District Association invites one and all to Abbot Kinney Boulevard for a day of eco-friendly fun and entertainment.
Antonio Villaraigosa is following me...
Definitely one of the more unusual emails I've gotten... though really, it isn't him. Either LAObserved or LAT or I don't recall which LA media dug around and found the real twitter behind this one. lol !
Pro'jekt LA Summer Series #3 (9/24)
Installment number three of The Lucie Foundation's Pro'jekt LA Summer Series showcases curated photographs by Jessie Cowan. Feauturing Los Angeles-based photographers exploring the theme Sounding Still:Photography Capturing the Scenes and Faces of the Music World, all perfectly situated in the outdoor courtyard of Space15Twenty.
The work of Emily Shur, Greg Watermann, Piper Ferguson, Aaron Farley and Dan Monick will be projected against the night sky. A special treat this week brings live music performed by The Lost Libraries and Modern Memory. It's going to be a special nite for photography and music in Los Angeles and it's absolutely FREE with rsvp to summerseries@luciefoundation.org.
Thursday, September 24th from 8:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Space15Twenty
1520 N. Cahuenga Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90028 .
RSVP by Wednesday, September 23rd by 4 p.m. to summerseries@luciefoundation.org
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
APA/LA Personal Projects: Richard Salas (9/24)
Our new series, Personal Projects, highlights some of the work done by advertising photographers when they are not doing commissioned, commercial work. It is our hope to put a spotlight on those creating personal projects, and encourage and inspire others to do the same.
Our first event features advertising photographer Richard Salas.
Richard's new book "Sea of Light- Underwater Photography of California's Channel Islands" showcases one photographer's journey out of the controlled environment of the studio into the dynamic swirling currents of the ocean and its wild inhabitants. After 30 years of shooting motionless products, Richard dives into a world that never stands still. Becoming fully engaged in that world, he has rediscovered a lifelong passion beyond his professional life, and through it a passion for all of life.
Thursday, September 24th. Dinner and social hour starting at 630pm, event begins promptly at 730pm.
Helms Daylight Studios
3221 Hutchison Ave #E
Los Angeles, Ca 90034
APA members FREE!
ASMP, LADIG, LAUPS, OCUPS, and full time students $25
All others $35
INFO
Design Art @ Pacific Design Center (9/24)
The Pacific Design Center's upper floor is lined with expansive, largely unoccupied, glass-walled exhibition spaces that have had local gallerists drooling. Well, the love has finally been requited as the PDC invites more than a dozen galleries and curators to occupy these dazzling spaces with independent projects that focus on the emerging LA art and architectural avant-garde. Some previously closed galleries reappear on the scene, while some open WeHo satellites — but it's the PDC that has a new lease on life. – Shana Nys Dambrot
Participating galleries :
CARL BERG PROJECTS
D.E.N. CONTEMPORARY
DIY
CHRISTOPHER GRIMES GALLERY
KOPEIKIN GALLERY
LAX ART OFF SITE INITIATIVE
MONIQUE VAN GENDEREN
MVP
PAUL YOUNG
RANT
SAM LEE GALLERY
SEE LINE GALLERY
SUPERFRONT
WASHINGTON ADAMS
Thursday Sep 24 (4:30–7:30pm)
Pacific Design Center
8687 Melrose Ave
310.652.8576
Full details here
Tuesday
+ Native Intelligence takes a look at this past weekend's Frogtown Art Walk '09
+ LAT's Culture Monster on the Julius Shulman memorial this past weekend.
+ For our SF peeps, APA/SF + Academy of Art University presents Dan Winters tomorrow (9/23). 7:30-9:30 pm. INFO
+ LAT's Culture Monster on the Julius Shulman memorial this past weekend.
+ For our SF peeps, APA/SF + Academy of Art University presents Dan Winters tomorrow (9/23). 7:30-9:30 pm. INFO
Monday, September 21, 2009
Art Center - Business Dialogue Series: Sid Lee (9/22)
This doesn't relate to photography specifically but I always believe in learning from various fields. Tomorrow at 1 pm, Art Center is kicking off their Business Dialogue Series with Sid Lee.
The Business Dialogue Series introduces students to the diverse opportunities available within art and design, and most importantly, provides the opportunity to exchange in a dialogue. Guest speakers discuss their specific areas of expertise and showcase their studios and projects.
The first in the series will be Sid Lee on Tuesday, September 22nd from 1-2 pm in the Boardroom. Sid Lee conceives brand experiences by creating products, services and spaces and markets them through advertising, experiential marketing, branded content and interactive communications. To embed brands, products, spaces and services with more meaning and more resonance, we have assembled one of the most multidisciplinary creative teams in the world under one roof. Our 300 artisans work globally for top-tier clients from our Montreal, Amsterdam and Paris ateliers.
To RSVP : courtney.stricklin@artcenter.edu or 626.396.2203.
INFO
Tuesday Sept 22, 2009 1 - 2 pm
Art Center College of Design
1700 Lida St
Pasadena, CA 91103
"Los Polaroidos Gigantes" Images from Perdido en Califas
The photographs are a collection of memories created from visual texture and colors while others reveal iconic cross-cultural symbols. He (John Tapia Urquizas) captured the photographs while traveling through the west and northern Baja from 1989 to 2006. The images wander from dreamscapes of different eras-such as a 50's diner in "café"-to 70s Chicano car culture in "beat 64"-to abstractions reminiscent of Walker Evans in the image "Nogales."
John Tapia Urquizas
"Los Polaroidos Gigantes" (The Giant Polaroids): Images from Perdido en Califas
Sept 15 - Nov 6th
Buena Park City Hall
6650 Beach Blvd.
Buena Park, CA 90620
More info here.
Monday
+ Celebrating Julius Shulman @ Getty yesterday (LAObserved)
+ Review LA now open for Jan 14-16, 2010. (thanks WeCanShootToo)
+ LAT : Art Review - David LaChapelle at David Desanctis Gallery
+ Call for Entries at Mpls Photo Center
+ Review LA now open for Jan 14-16, 2010. (thanks WeCanShootToo)
+ LAT : Art Review - David LaChapelle at David Desanctis Gallery
+ Call for Entries at Mpls Photo Center
Smashbox Yello + Soiree #7 (9/24)
Whoa, looks like Smashbox has launched their own blog of "fun, thoughtful, tasty, cultural and always Hollywood" that profiles upcoming events such as Phoenix w/Metric @ Greek or Irving Penn's "Small Trades" exhibiton at Getty. And to launch it, they are giving away two "yello" Apple iPod Nanos ! You just have to do some digging so get over to Yello !
Oh,by the way, one of the steps requires you to come out to Industry Soiree #7 this Thursday.
Interesting enough, they have not announced the location of #7 instead teasing us with the announcement on the 23rd. In any case, if you like to attend, email over at VIP@smashboxstudios.com
Friday, September 18, 2009
Gerald Förster "Nocturnal" (9/18)
“Sex is an all day, all night activity. It happens inside behind closed doors or outside in the most obscure places. It surrounds us at any given time. These intimate, charged scenarios elevate the experience of simple voyeurism to a wholly new level and invite the voyeur to participate in the dialogue of rebellion and the dangers of sexual transgression. They challenge the viewer to question his or her own sense of humanity and spiritual liberation.”
- Gerald Förster
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The Stephen Cohen Gallery is pleased to announce Nocturnal, Gerald Förster's color photographs and videos of intimate, sexually charged, urban scenes at night.
At first glance, Förster's dark images of seemingly random locales offer a sense of noir-like drama - a staged setting. Upon closer inspection however, a naked couple is revealed, their blurred shapes presume an act of lovemaking, captured forever on film. Whether intrigued or repulsed, questions fill the mind. Is this real? Staged or fleetingly captured? Nocturnal presents the viewer not only with beautiful, moody images, but which also addresses, an issue that is continuously up for discussion - sex, and all of its attributes from a simple physical need to lustful desire.
Opening Reception: September 18, 2009, 7-9pm
Stephen Cohen Gallery
7358 Beverly Boulevard
Los Angeles CA 90036
(323) 937-5525
Interview with Gerald Förster
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Sinar Bron "Urs Recher Lighting Seminars" (9/21)
Urs Recher is a Swedish photographer who joined Broncolor in '98 as head of their internal studio and tech advisor. He's basically the guy who photographs all of their internal advertising as well as product testing and development. He also travels the world providing workshops and seminar which brings us to Urs showing up at Screaming Broccoli on September 21st to give a workshop on lighting. Samy's is running the event so to RSVP, contact : nmustain@samys.com.
The cost is $75 bucks which ain't too bad. This runs from 10 am to 4 pm on Monday September 21st. For San Fran and Seattle readers, he'll be in your neck of the woods Sept 23 (SF) and 25 (Sac)
If you're curious what he'll talking about, I managed to find a podcast from where he discusses : Getting started in photography / The two parts of a good photo / Learning to break the rules / Producing emotion with your image / Judging a photo with your eyes / Using the Para FB / Using a ringflash as a main and fill light / The difference that high end lighting gear can make / What he considers essential studio gear for the beginner / Lighting for classic portraiture versus fashion / Not using a light meter / The Broncolor lectures on light / Producing a shine on skin tones.
The podcast runs about 40 minutes or so.
Screaming Broccoli
3334 La Cienega Place
Los Angeles, CA 90016
Events This Weekend (Sept 17-21)
:: THURSDAY ::
+ Annenberg Space for Photography is holding a Slide Show Night tonight from 7-9 pm showcasing 30 documentary/photojournalism photographers. RSVP is required, food and refreshments provided. Check out more info here.
+
:: FRIDAY ::
+ Gerald Förster "Nocturnal" opening reception @ Stephen Cohen Gallery (7358 Beverly Boulevard 90036). 7-9 pm
“Sex is an all day, all night activity. It happens inside behind closed doors or outside in the most obscure places. It surrounds us at any given time.” - Gerald Förster
:: SATURDAY ::
+ Photo Seminar - On Assignment at Downtown L.A. 7 am - 4:30 pm. Info here.
On Assignment in Downtown L.A. A One Day Seminar - Advance Level Saturday, Sept 19, 2009 - 7:00am - 4:30 pm Sponsored by: Leica In Association with The Perfect-Exposure Gallery, Richard is pleased to co-lead this seminar. The seminar is designed to guide individuals to take photos on location, and adjusting to the constraints of the environment and time. You will have the opportunity to photograph the people and architecture of Downtown L.A. On Assignment in Downtown L.A. is a fast pace seminar that will take us to various locations during the course of the day via Metro. Work will be Edited, Reviewed and Shared during the class meeting. Rain or Shine. Registration Fee $225 due 5 days prior to seminar. Or deposit of $100 via Paypal to hold your spot. Leica equipment will be available to use during the seminar for registered participants.
+ Brand 38: Thirty-Eighth Annual National Juried Exhibition @ Brand Library Art Galleries (1601 W. Mountain Street, Glendale CA )
This is the thirty-eighth annual national juried exhibition produced by the Associates of the Brand Library & Art Center. Eighty works on paper in a variety of media, including photography, drawings, various print techniques including etchings, linocuts, lithographs and monotypes, watercolors and mixed media works have been selected. The Brand Associates Purchase Award and other awards will be presented during the reception on Saturday, October 3rd. The awards are made possible by generous donations from the community, Associates members, local merchants, and other affiliated art organizations.
+ Joshua Paul and Felipe Dupouy @ Clark|Oshin Gallery at The ICON (5450 Wilshire Blvd. 90036) 6 - 9 pm
+ Frogtown Art Walk 2009 4-10 pm.
The boundaries of Elysian Valley (Frogtown) are the 2 freeway to the north, the 110 freeway to the south, the Los Angeles River to the east, and the 5 freeway to the west. The studios will be open from 5-10 PM. Free street parking is plentiful in the area. For further details, images, and a map of the tour sites, visit the Frogtown Art Walk website at www.frogtownarts.com or call the office of Tracy A. Stone Architect at (323) 664-0202.
+ Autumn Lights LA 2009 @ Pershing Square (Downtown LA) 7 pm - 1 am. INFO
In partnership with the City of Los Angeles Parks and Recreation and Art2, AUTUMN LIGHTS LA 2009 debuts at Pershing Square Park showcasing Los Angeles artists by presenting various forms of studio and performance art that feature installations, performances and projections utilizing the medium of light.
Beginning in the afternoon, visitors are introduced to exhibits from cutting edge Los Angeles artists and performances by musicians and entertainers. Into the night, Pershing Square will be literally transformed as the entertainment continues and a range of illuminations and projections light up park sculptures and surrounding buildings.
This day to night arts festival will include concessions and hosted community information booths. It will be open to the public and free of charge. In the sprit of Los Angeles' Sister City Berlin and its annual "Festival of Lights", this event will be a family friendly outdoor art gallery that will further promote Downtown Los Angeles as a world class cultural destination. In the future we will live broadcast in real time coinciding the festival with Berlin in a cultural and creative exchange of continents.
:: SUNDAY ::
African American Life on the Gullah/Geechee Coast : Photographs by Greg Day, 1970-1977 @ Fowler Museum at UCLA Exhibition opens. Photographer Greg Day has a talk scheduled for Oct 29th at 6 pm at Fowler.
In the 1970s, photographer Greg Day lived in the African American basket-making communities along the Gullah/Geechee Coast, documenting a way of life on the verge of change. Casting for shrimp with nets made as they are still made in Africa, making sweet grass baskets, scraping bristles off a freshly slaughtered hog, dancing at a juke joint on a Saturday night—these rural pastimes would soon be displaced by suburban sprawl, hastened by the destruction of Hurricane Hugo in 1989.
+ "Wandering Soul" : a series of photographs by David Uzzardi @ Studio 1444 (1444 N. Highland Ave 90028). 4 pm - midnight. Free before 6 pm, $5 suggest donation afterwards. Live music + DJ. Full details here.
:: MONDAY ::
+ Over at Screaming Broccoli Studios in West LA, Urs Recher from BronColor will be in town doing a lighting seminar. It costs $75 bucks and runs from 10 am to 4 pm. Samy's is running the deal here so for info or to RSVP, contact nmustain@samys.com
+ Northridge Outdoor Photography Meetup Group presents "An Evening With Landscape Photographer John MacLean" @ Abe's Deli ( 19626 Nordhoff St Northridge, CA 91324 ) at 7 pm
Come join us for dinner and a presentation featuring John MacLean's images while he talks about the creative side of his work, and gives you a window into some of the technical tools he uses to create these masterpieces.
Full details here.
+ Annenberg Space for Photography is holding a Slide Show Night tonight from 7-9 pm showcasing 30 documentary/photojournalism photographers. RSVP is required, food and refreshments provided. Check out more info here.
+
:: FRIDAY ::
+ Gerald Förster "Nocturnal" opening reception @ Stephen Cohen Gallery (7358 Beverly Boulevard 90036). 7-9 pm
“Sex is an all day, all night activity. It happens inside behind closed doors or outside in the most obscure places. It surrounds us at any given time.” - Gerald Förster
:: SATURDAY ::
+ Photo Seminar - On Assignment at Downtown L.A. 7 am - 4:30 pm. Info here.
On Assignment in Downtown L.A. A One Day Seminar - Advance Level Saturday, Sept 19, 2009 - 7:00am - 4:30 pm Sponsored by: Leica In Association with The Perfect-Exposure Gallery, Richard is pleased to co-lead this seminar. The seminar is designed to guide individuals to take photos on location, and adjusting to the constraints of the environment and time. You will have the opportunity to photograph the people and architecture of Downtown L.A. On Assignment in Downtown L.A. is a fast pace seminar that will take us to various locations during the course of the day via Metro. Work will be Edited, Reviewed and Shared during the class meeting. Rain or Shine. Registration Fee $225 due 5 days prior to seminar. Or deposit of $100 via Paypal to hold your spot. Leica equipment will be available to use during the seminar for registered participants.
+ Brand 38: Thirty-Eighth Annual National Juried Exhibition @ Brand Library Art Galleries (1601 W. Mountain Street, Glendale CA )
This is the thirty-eighth annual national juried exhibition produced by the Associates of the Brand Library & Art Center. Eighty works on paper in a variety of media, including photography, drawings, various print techniques including etchings, linocuts, lithographs and monotypes, watercolors and mixed media works have been selected. The Brand Associates Purchase Award and other awards will be presented during the reception on Saturday, October 3rd. The awards are made possible by generous donations from the community, Associates members, local merchants, and other affiliated art organizations.
+ Joshua Paul and Felipe Dupouy @ Clark|Oshin Gallery at The ICON (5450 Wilshire Blvd. 90036) 6 - 9 pm
+ Frogtown Art Walk 2009 4-10 pm.
The boundaries of Elysian Valley (Frogtown) are the 2 freeway to the north, the 110 freeway to the south, the Los Angeles River to the east, and the 5 freeway to the west. The studios will be open from 5-10 PM. Free street parking is plentiful in the area. For further details, images, and a map of the tour sites, visit the Frogtown Art Walk website at www.frogtownarts.com or call the office of Tracy A. Stone Architect at (323) 664-0202.
+ Autumn Lights LA 2009 @ Pershing Square (Downtown LA) 7 pm - 1 am. INFO
In partnership with the City of Los Angeles Parks and Recreation and Art2, AUTUMN LIGHTS LA 2009 debuts at Pershing Square Park showcasing Los Angeles artists by presenting various forms of studio and performance art that feature installations, performances and projections utilizing the medium of light.
Beginning in the afternoon, visitors are introduced to exhibits from cutting edge Los Angeles artists and performances by musicians and entertainers. Into the night, Pershing Square will be literally transformed as the entertainment continues and a range of illuminations and projections light up park sculptures and surrounding buildings.
This day to night arts festival will include concessions and hosted community information booths. It will be open to the public and free of charge. In the sprit of Los Angeles' Sister City Berlin and its annual "Festival of Lights", this event will be a family friendly outdoor art gallery that will further promote Downtown Los Angeles as a world class cultural destination. In the future we will live broadcast in real time coinciding the festival with Berlin in a cultural and creative exchange of continents.
:: SUNDAY ::
African American Life on the Gullah/Geechee Coast : Photographs by Greg Day, 1970-1977 @ Fowler Museum at UCLA Exhibition opens. Photographer Greg Day has a talk scheduled for Oct 29th at 6 pm at Fowler.
In the 1970s, photographer Greg Day lived in the African American basket-making communities along the Gullah/Geechee Coast, documenting a way of life on the verge of change. Casting for shrimp with nets made as they are still made in Africa, making sweet grass baskets, scraping bristles off a freshly slaughtered hog, dancing at a juke joint on a Saturday night—these rural pastimes would soon be displaced by suburban sprawl, hastened by the destruction of Hurricane Hugo in 1989.
+ "Wandering Soul" : a series of photographs by David Uzzardi @ Studio 1444 (1444 N. Highland Ave 90028). 4 pm - midnight. Free before 6 pm, $5 suggest donation afterwards. Live music + DJ. Full details here.
:: MONDAY ::
+ Over at Screaming Broccoli Studios in West LA, Urs Recher from BronColor will be in town doing a lighting seminar. It costs $75 bucks and runs from 10 am to 4 pm. Samy's is running the deal here so for info or to RSVP, contact nmustain@samys.com
+ Northridge Outdoor Photography Meetup Group presents "An Evening With Landscape Photographer John MacLean" @ Abe's Deli ( 19626 Nordhoff St Northridge, CA 91324 ) at 7 pm
Come join us for dinner and a presentation featuring John MacLean's images while he talks about the creative side of his work, and gives you a window into some of the technical tools he uses to create these masterpieces.
Full details here.
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
15% off One Day Rentals @ Calumet
Flipping through the new PICTURE magazine and noticed an ad for Calumet where if you tear out the ad and bring it in, you'll get 15% off a day's rental - hey, that's $$$ ! Photo copies aren't accepted and can't be combined with other offers. Expires at end of this year. Though it doesn't say it, bet it is only one per customer too (otherwise I'll be all over LA picking up copies of PICTURE, lol !)
PICTURE can be found at Borders (seen at La Cienega location) but why pay for it when you can pick it up at some of your local photo spots ? PIX has these for sure and I figured these are given out to those who advertise in PICTURE so flipping through it quickly, you may wanna check out Smashbox (I do remember seeing it at their WeHo location), ICON (I remember seeing these there before too), Milk Studios, Samy's, Industrial Color, A&I, Digital Fusion, 5th & Sunset, and DPI.
Oh also in this month's issue, they've listed LA Studio reviews with the usual suspects : Pier 59, 5th & Sunset, Smashbox, McCadden Space, RecCenter but also noticed new ones such as Milk Studios, One Take Studios and Concrete Lofts
Hmm....I wonder if my boss will get angry that I'm posting this...Calumet is our competitor.... oh, well :)
Wednesday
+ In case you didn't get a chance to get out last weekend, ForYourArt photographer deMonica Orozco hits David LaChapelle's The Rape of Africa at David DeSanctis Gallery, Cristof Yvore's New Paintings and Michael Kohn Gallery, Chris Jordan's, Running the Numbers II at Kopeikin Gallery, Andrew Bush's Vector Portraits at M+B Gallery and Doug Aitken's new exhibition at Regen Projects featuring a public projection of his film migration.
+ OC Register "O.C. photographer and professor Jerry Burchfield dies". Larry Vogel pens a tribute to the man on his blog (http://creativeseekers.blogspot.com/)
+ Pantone's Spring 2010 fashion color report.....just in case ya wanna know !
+ ASMP Strictly Business Blog : The Problem with Hybrids and the New Business Model
+ Oh this should be interesting ! It's an adaptor for your Canon or Nikon digital camera to attach a "Diana lens" to it.
+ I posted a link about the French photographer Willie Ronis passing yesterday and stumbled upon this YouTube clip of his work this morning.
"I never took a mean photo. I never wanted to make people look ridiculous. I always had a lot of respect for the people I photographed." - Willie Ronis
+ Oh, I missed this one, looks like over at A&I Highland, their current exhibition is Tom Vinetz "NOZZLE : LA Street Art". The opening was back on Sept 10th. Here's more info.
SF : Jeremy & Claire Weiss/Day 19 "Summer Close" (9/19)
Jeremy and Claire Weiss (Day 19) been kick butt here in the LA photo scene for probably a decade now - I've seen them around town and they have a list of impressive clients : Converse, Smirnoff, Nokia, Wieden + Kennedy, EA Sports, XBox, McCann Erickson, Rockstar Games, Citibank, DirecTV, Deutsch, Capitol Records, Interscope Records, MySpace.com, Gnarls Barkley, L’Uomo Vogue, Another Magazine, Antenna, Nylon, V MAN, Elle, Rolling Stone and Spin .... do I need to go on ?
Anyways, found out they're having a show up in SF so for some of our SF readers (I know y'all are out there !) go check them out this Saturday from 7 - 11 pm.
Medicine Agency
1650 California Street #8
San Francisco, CA 94109
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Annenberg Space for Photography "Slide Show Night" (9/17)
You've probably noticed that there's no lecture scheduled this Thursday over at the Annenberg Space for Photography and that's because they're doing a Slide Show Night !
This is the second time Annenberg has done this and for Thursday night, the slide show will focus on photojournalism and documentary photography. You still need to RSVP for this event. This will be non-seated and food and beverage will be served. This event starts at 7:00 pm and runs till 9:00 pm this Thursday Sept 17th.
Full info here.
The following photographers will be showcase :
Corey Arnold
Nina Berman
Larry Brownstein
David Butow
Philippe Engelhorn
Deanne Fitzmaurice
Yves Gellie
Masaru Goto
Katja Heinemann
Ryan Heffernan
Lisa Hogben
Aaron Huey
Kenneth Jarecke
Ann Johansson
Irene Fertik
Catherine Karnow
Ed Kashi
Brenda Ann Kenneally
Rita Leister
Gary Dwight Miller
Mike O'Meally
Darcy Padilla
Ryan Pyle
Benjamin Rasmussen
Espen Rasmussen
David Rochkind
Joseph Rodriguez
Marissa Roth
Q. Sakamaki
Lourdes Segade
This is the second time Annenberg has done this and for Thursday night, the slide show will focus on photojournalism and documentary photography. You still need to RSVP for this event. This will be non-seated and food and beverage will be served. This event starts at 7:00 pm and runs till 9:00 pm this Thursday Sept 17th.
Full info here.
The following photographers will be showcase :
Corey Arnold
Nina Berman
Larry Brownstein
David Butow
Philippe Engelhorn
Deanne Fitzmaurice
Yves Gellie
Masaru Goto
Katja Heinemann
Ryan Heffernan
Lisa Hogben
Aaron Huey
Kenneth Jarecke
Ann Johansson
Irene Fertik
Catherine Karnow
Ed Kashi
Brenda Ann Kenneally
Rita Leister
Gary Dwight Miller
Mike O'Meally
Darcy Padilla
Ryan Pyle
Benjamin Rasmussen
Espen Rasmussen
David Rochkind
Joseph Rodriguez
Marissa Roth
Q. Sakamaki
Lourdes Segade
Tuesday Random Briefs
+ BARAKA in 70mm: A Mind Expanding Journey Around the Globe @ The Egyptian Theater WEDNESDAY NIGHT (9/16) 7:30 pm.
+ Also at Egyptian, this Saturday 2-3 pm : Cedric Gibbons: Visionary Art Deco MGM Art Director Presentation
+ LAT : Art review: 'Irving Penn: Small Trades' at J. Paul Getty Museum
+ LAT : Fortune in Warhol Pop Art stolen
+ Lens Culture : French photographer Willy Ronis dies at age 99
+ ForYourArt interviews David LaChapelle on his exhibition that just open last Saturday.
OPENING : Joshua Paul and Felipe Dupouy @ Clark | Oshin Gallery (9/19)
Joshua Paul and Felipe Dupouy
Joshua Paul’s photographs are built on his belief that even today, the world still retains its romance. Out of that belief he has become one of the foremost travel photographers in America. For his series “The Arctic,” he crossed the frozen ice of the 900 mile Northwest Passage on a military icebreaking ship. Drawing his influences from the early documentary work of Lartrigue, Kertesz and Cartier-Bresson, Paul’s vision of the Arctic Ocean gives the viewer a true sense of what it means to experience the sound, texture and color of ice, salt, wind and sea.
...
Every bit as passionate, Felipe Dupouy's world revolves around a love of three things: surfing, riding his motorcycle and taking pictures. It’s all about adventure. Photography is another way of asking, “what's around the next corner?” Dupouy’s most recent body of photographs, “Bird Flew”, was shot in downtown Los Angeles, and it is his most abstract work to date. Working with a muted palette, “Bird Flew” locates elements of nature in an urban ecosystem. In contrast to his early work documenting the beauty amid erosion of a city environment, “Bird Flew” reflects a nature dominating the man-made world and thriving in spite of it.
Opening Reception
6:00PM to 9:00PM Saturday 19 September
19 September to 14 November
Clark | Oshin Gallery at the Icon
5450 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles 90036
p 323 933 1666
www.iconla.com
Monday, September 14, 2009
LECTURE : Working Class: Irving Penn's Small Trades Series in Context (9/15)
In order to come to terms with his success as a fashion photographer, Penn needed to photograph other kinds of subjects as well. Colin Westerbeck, director of the California Museum of Photography at UC Riverside, explains how these 1950s studies of working-class people in their work clothes were a seminal project for the photographer in the context of his full career.
Tuesday, September 15, 2009, 7:00 p.m.
Getty Center, Harold M. Williams Auditorium
More info here.
Sunday, September 13, 2009
(image: Spencer Platt/Getty Images. caption: A New York City Police Officer controls traffic on Broadway a block from Ground Zero on the on the eighth anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on September 11, 2009 in New York, New York. Hundreds of people gathered in pouring rain and wind to commemorate the times when hijacked planes hit the Trade Center's two main towers killing 2,993 people)
There's less money in photojournalism, that's a fact. It's hard for people to make a living. In terms of impact on the public, this hasn't changed. If you asked people if they remember a photograph from the last 12 months, the answer would be yes.
A lot of photojournalists are dying financially. It becomes an art that is only sustainable if you have a life outside of photojournalism. More and more you need to self-fund the process. You need to be able to work for nine months, set aside a few thousand dollars and then you can spend that money on a project for three months. But the challenge is to find a venue to show this work. Photojournalism suffers from that lack of venue, which is paradoxical in a world where we have 800 television channels, thousands of magazines and the online world.
The industry is suffering, but the impact of photography hasn't changed. It's a powerful medium. A powerful photograph makes people think, it makes them want to know more. And I don't see anything that would change that.
- Brennan Linsley
A lot of photojournalists are dying financially. It becomes an art that is only sustainable if you have a life outside of photojournalism. More and more you need to self-fund the process. You need to be able to work for nine months, set aside a few thousand dollars and then you can spend that money on a project for three months. But the challenge is to find a venue to show this work. Photojournalism suffers from that lack of venue, which is paradoxical in a world where we have 800 television channels, thousands of magazines and the online world.
The industry is suffering, but the impact of photography hasn't changed. It's a powerful medium. A powerful photograph makes people think, it makes them want to know more. And I don't see anything that would change that.
- Brennan Linsley
Saturday, September 12, 2009
PIX CLICK : Blurb Meet-up @ Santa Monica (9/10)
First things first, happy that Blurb are doing these meetups. I've read about their books but never really seen one up close so they bought around 15 books spread all over the cafe. It's pretty casual. There's two reps there and free drinks & food and it is pretty much just come and go as you please.
I wish I had samples of A&I books with me as I would love to compare the two but I left pretty impressed with their books. Color looks right on - though some I'm not totally sure as to if what I saw was from the printing or from the camera RAW file.
I asked how to keep informed about their meetups and found out you can sign up at Blurb and get the newsletters which will let you know of future meetups.
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