Rebecca Gaal "Journey" opening reception tonight (4/30)

Rebecca Gaal - Journey “Images of Humanity – The Common Thread Which Unites us All”

Opening reception April 30, 2010 6-9 pm

Julia Dean Gallery
801 Ocean Front Walk, Studio #4
Venice, CA 90296

Photos : MOPLA "Group Show"

Focus on AIDS 13

In 1987, I lost a very close friend and mentor to AIDS. Wanting to do something to memorialize him, two of my friends and I started Focus On AIDS (FOA), a photography auction/benefit. We called upon photographers and a few galleries to donate images to be auctioned and gave all the money raised ($50,000) to an AIDS charity. It was a time when no one was doing anything about the disease or using photography as a collectible art form. - Susan Barez

Since 1987, Focus on AIDS have raised over $3 million, of which all net proceeds have been donated to leading HIV/AIDS initiatives around the globe such as Asha Kirana : Center for AIDS Care & Research in India, Arnold’s House : A Safe House for Orphans of AIDS in Tanzania and Keep a Child Alive

Past contributing artists include: Herb Ritts, Greg Gorman, Annie Leibowitz, Richard Avedon, Bruce Davidson, Horace Bristol, David Bailey, Bruce Weber, and William Claxton. This year some of the photographers contributing their works are Alec Soth, Douglas Kirkland, Elliot Erwitt, Herman Leonard, Mary Ellen Mark among others. Check out the list here .

This Sunday is FOA 13 over at Bergamot Station from noon to 5 pm with a preview show on Friday April 30th running concurrently as MOPLA's Closing Night celebration from 7-10 pm. So if you're curious to check out what photographers have submitted for the auction, head over to the MOPLA party Friday night.



There's was a preview of some of the images up for auction just last week at Fresh Fair. Out of the ones I saw, this one is my favorite - Melvin Sokolsky.

Thursday Briefs

+ Local photo-j Ted Soqui writes in his blog about his experiences during the L.A. Riots 18 years ago. Check out his photos and post here.

+ Got a Bank of America debit card/ATM/credit card ? Good ! Free museum passes for y'all ! LACMA, Autry, MOLAA, Discovery Science Center, Riverside Museum and more. Check info here. BTW : This weekend is the last chance to catch Changing the Focus: Latin American Photography 1990-2005 over at MOLAA and MOLAA is one of the museums giving free admissions this weekend.

+ Speaking of museums, y'all do know that the Hammer Museums are free on Thursday. Every Thursday.

+ I missed Los Angeles Times’ photographer Francine Orr's talk over at the UCLA Festival of Books last weekend but luckily, I've found an interview with her from Dec 2009 about her series Gimme Shelter

+ Quick reminder tonight : MOPLA group show @ Smashbox Culver City 7-10 pm, "Four Evenings with Fine Art Photographers" with Jay Mark Johnson @ A&I Hollywood 7-8:30 pm and IRIS Nights - Ken Light: "40 years focusing on social issues facing America" @ Annenberg Space for Photography 6:30 - 8 pm

+ Speaking of IRIS Nights, the passes are available today at 9:30 am for "Connection and Purpose" An Evening with Camille Seaman. That event is next for Thursday May 6th. Click here

+ Wired magazine posted some behind the scenes of a Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg cover shoot with Carlos Serrao. Looks like it was shot in a conference room at a hotel. *laughs* If I could get a dollar for everytime I either shot or assisted a photo shoot in a hotel room, well... okay, it probably come up to $40 ^^

Eli Rubel "Discovering Hope : Faces of the Holocaust" (4/28)

"A face holds the key to the universes that intersect behind the eyes. The wrinkles, the eyes, the hints of hidden scars revealed in a portrait enable us to sense the soul, the character, the acceptances and the denials of the person as no other medium can. The snapshot smile conceals. The thoughtful portrait reveals and stirs. The faces of our aging survivors are uniquely those of...survivors. Portraiture enables the viewer to partly grasp, even as it immortalizes, a story that should never be forgotten." - Eli Rubel

Discovering Hope : Faces of the Holocaust

Opening Reception April 28, 2010 7-10 pm

Hillel at UCLA
574 Hilgard Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90024

Part of MOPLA 2010

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Found : Benedetta Falugi

Benedetta Falugi
tuscany, italy

Yasuko Bush "Iran : Portraying a Puzzle" (4/27)

If you happen to be down in Costa Mesa today, Yasuko Bush is having an opening reception for his series "Iran : Portraying a Puzzle" over at Orange Coast College's Project Space. It is tonight 6-8 pm. Info here.

Orange Coast College
2701 Fairview Rd
Costa Mesa, CA 92626

“Four Evenings with Fine Art Photographers” : Jay Mark Johnson (4/29)

“Perhaps the most exciting aspect of his photography is that it tugs photography away from the gravitational pull of Euclidean documentation – which has dominated the field since its beginnings – and prods it towards new and ambitious aesthetic and intellectual goals.” - Christopher Finch, art historian

If you're curious about Jay Mark Johnson's work, this Thursday is the "Four Evenings with Fine Art photographers" series hosted by Aline Smithson with Jay Mark Johnson in person to talk about his work. The event starts at 7 pm over at A&I Hollywood on Highland Ave. Cost is $15/$10 for students/ID at the door. You can RSVP here to hold your seat.

FYI : future "Four Evenings with Fine Art Photographers" include Robbert Flick (May 20th) and Susan Anderson (June 17th)

Thursday April 29, 2010 7-8:30 pm

A & I Hollywood
933 N Highland Ave
Los Angeles, California 90038

This Los Angeles "Transplants" opening reception (4/30)

©Amanda Friedman

This Los Angeles has their third exhibition opening this Friday April 30 7-10 pm celebrating 10 renowned and award winning photographers, living and working in Los Angeles but born and raised elsewhere.. in other words 10 Transplants

I see Emily's repping H-town, my hometown of Houston,TX ^^

Adam Amengual.
Aaron Farley.
Amanda Friedman.
Sian Kennedy.
Liz Kuball.
Chris McPherson.
Scott Pommier.
Ryan Schude.
Emily Shur.
Claire Weiss
Jeremy Weiss

This Los Angeles
5906 N. Figueroa St.
Los Angeles, CA 90042.

Monday Briefs

+ If you missed Andy Freeberg's "Guardians of Russian Art Museums" @ Kopeikin Gallery in WeHo, no worries, a few of the selected works is in their smaller room currently.



+ Photographer Stephen Wilkes set up his camera to take a photo every 10 seconds for a day at Wal-Mart for Fortune Magazine. What I learn is that if I ever go to Wal-Mart, go at 6:17 am and all will be fine.

+ Deadline for ASMP NY's Image 10 is coming up soon (May 1st) so get to it ! Your judges for this year are : Nathalie Kirsheh, Art Director, W Magazine / Katherine Schad, Photo Director, O The Oprah Magazine / Michael Boulia, Creative Director, BBDO / Alex Tasch, Sr. Art Buyer, Euro RSCG Worldwide / Brian Paul Clamp, Gallerist, CLAMPART.

+ Deadline for Foam Magazine's Talent Call 2010 is May 1st. "The best advice I could give is to submit a coherent and consistent body of work that ultimately you are happy with. If a few images are weaker you might want to think about not including them, if this hinders the rest of the project." - Elliott Wilcox. Details here

+ Also May 2nd is the last day to catch "Changing the Focus: Latin American Photography 1990-2005", an exhibiton organized and curated by MOLAA is the first survey exhibition to be presented in the Los Angeles area of Latin American photography and photo-based art generated between 1990 and 2005.

Timeless : Photos by Eric Coleman and B+ (4/28)

These two here are legends in the local music community. I first heard of Brian Cross (B+) in the late 90s of his photography book "It's Not About a Salary... Rap, Race and Resistance in Los Angeles" that was released in the early 90s. Eric Coleman, I met at PIX in the early 00's and knew him as a photographer and one of the DJs for Firecracker that used to be at Grand Star in Chinatown. Both form their own production company called Mochila.



For cats old enough and in the scene, will probably recognized "Keepintime" from 2000. Their latest is "Timeless"

Timeless: The Composer/Arranger Series is the name of a concert series that was created in homage to the composer/arrangers who have influenced hip-hop in the most literal and profound ways. Timeless was conceived by production house Mochilla in Los Angeles during February and March 2009 and included the performances of over 150 musicians in front of ecstatic sold out crowds. These three historic events were recorded and filmed in exacting detail with Mochilla's unmistakable style.

This Wednesday, B+ and Eric Coleman will show a selection of photographs that inspired"Timeless". 7-10 pm. For those interested to hear more, the Timeless tour hits downtown Los Angeles on May 1st @ Downtown Independent 251 South Main Street Los Angeles, CA 90012.

Mochilla
4124 Verdugo Rd
Los Angeles, CA 90065

Things to do on Sunday (4/25)

+ Fresh Fair Day 2 @ Pier 59 West

With Branding: How to Stand Out from the Crowd, A Conversation about Book Collecting and A Conversation About Collecting

+ Barry Schaffer "Quiet Heroes/Over 80" @ LA Artcore Brewery Annex 1-3 pm

Artist talk at 2 pm.

+ UCLA Festival of Books

LAT photographer Jay L. Clendenin will talk about getting the shot from 3 to 4:30 pm at the Pavillion. Free


+ Slideluck Potshow + Women's Lotto presents "Women's Work" @ Kopeikin Gallery 4-9 pm

Showing work from Lauren Greenfield, Elinor Carucci, Jodi Bieber, Phillip Toledano, Jen Davis, Alessandra Sanguinetti, Alicia Ross, Jennifer Shaw, Brenda Ann Kenneally, Alex Prager, Sari Wynne, Michael & Davida Horn, Lynette Astaire, Anastasia Taylor-Lind, Angelika Rinnhofer and many more!

MOPLA Group Show (4/29)

FYI : So here's the photographers selected to be in the MOPLA Group Show @ Smashbox Studios in Culver City I see a lot of familiar faces, even some I hadn't seen in years so it'll be great to check it out and see everyone !

Daniel Lupercio, Shawn Nee, Jason Vaughn, Erika Hokanson, Liz Huston, Joseph Coltice, Katie Shapiro, Frank Schaefer, Gray Malin, John Nyboer, Kevin Knight, Kurt Isawrienko, Laurie McCormick, Majorie Salvaterra, Mathieu Young, Rafael Bisbel, Ron Resnick, Rebecca Cabage, Ryan Rodgers, Sean P. Castillo, Lionel Deluy, Ethan Pines, Luis Jacinto, Janzo Ichi, Lucas Jania, Owen Kelly,Nicole Lloyd, Tom Johnson, Bryan Hodges, Stan Friedman, Patricia Parinejad, Catherin Colaw, Clay Lipsky, Dianna Burke, Allan Barnes, Michael Ansell, Mark Tanner, Ann Mansolino, Jen Ardell, Javier Estrada, Jeff Rayner, Ruthie Brownfield, William McKenzie Smith, Marco Bhimani, Ahumada Enrique, Lauren Steinberg, Gregory Beylerian, Michael Jacobson, Bradley Meinz, Jonathan Towie, Dianne Bates, Angelica Hoyes, Alison Turner, Daniel Karlsson, Mark Acetelli, Robbie Kaye, Jeff Koga, Lewis Francis, TC Reiner, Gustavo Castilla, Ari Abramczyk, Patrick Roger, Stephanie Vovas and Nina Sers

ADDITION : Steven Rood. For some reason he is listed on the jpeg flyer but not in the booklet giving out at Fresh Fair this weekend.

Congrats to y'all !

Plus because of the rain cancellation of Pro'jekt LA : Part Four earlier this week, the series will be projected outside Smashbox on that night.

April 29, 2010 7-10 pm.

Smashbox Studios
8549 Higuera St
Culver City, CA 90232

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@RyanSchude shooting a music video for Eating Faces at the Forge tomorrow and Tuesday. Give a shout if you feel like coming through at some point to hang out or lend a hand

Jeffrey Aaronson "Driving Desire" (4/24)

In Los Angeles, driving is a daily prayer, a morning renewal. Twice a day it is the space between home and work. For some, driving can be Zen, a time of control, solitude and power, a meditative state that can only be achieved behind the wheel. For others, driving is a time filled with anger, anxiety, fear and loathing to be avoided at all costs. The freeways, structures designed and built like rivers of concrete, have become Los Angeles’ grand monuments.

This series deconstructs the omnipresent Los Angeles freeway system into its component parts, the built environment and the drivers that inhabit it. This work finds solitary drivers in unguarded moments as they speed toward an unknown destination. The color photographs are meant to feel similar to images of surveillance, voyeuristic moments with information that leads in many directions. Are these drivers experiencing transcendent moments or does the drive simply numb the senses, their blankness representing boredom. The idea of car as a second home, a place of privacy and comfort breaks down as we enter the occupant’s space.

April 24 – May 16, 2010

Opening Reception Saturday, April 24, 5 pm–9 pm

Fabrik Projects
912 E. 3rd Street, Studio 204
Los Angeles, CA 90013

8:22 (4/23/10) Fresh Fair Preview

More photos here.

Clickers & Flickers - Jeff Charbonneau and Eliza French (4/27)

Clicker & Flickers has been around for about 24 years, founded by Dawn Hope Stevens to bring photography enthusiasts with professionals such as Jim Marshall, Melvin Sokolsky and Julius Shulman among others as well as photo professionals, such as publishers, curators, collectors, photo editors and writers to speak at their dinner lecture series.

This month she brings Jeff Charbonneau and Eliza French as the guest dinner lecturer. It is next Tuesday April 27 from 6:30-10 pm. The price depends if you're a member or not and runs between $50-$60. If you saw their work at Robert Berman gallery at MOPLA's opening night celebration and wanted to hear their story, now is your chance ! BTW : their exhibition is still up at the gallery until May 5th.

The Castaway
1250 Harvard Road
Burbank, CA 91501

INFO

PhotoShelter coming to Los Angeles !

* EVENT IS CANCELLED * (5/16)



Yup, PhotoShelter will be in LA next month with co-founder Grover Sanschagrin as he talks about websites, social media and marketing for photographers. Local LA photography team Larsen & Talbert will give a presentation in the afternoon.

Event will be at Pacific Design Center and the all day affair costs $49 bucks.

The date : Sunday May 23, 2010 10 am - 6 pm.

All info available here

Jeff Antebi "Haiti : Before 1.12.10" Preview

(l-r) Stacy Twilley (International Medical Corps), Edward Robinson (associate curator, Wallis Annenberg Photography Dept / LACMA), photograher Jeff Antebi and Tracey Landworth (Creative Photography Workshops/Gallery @ "Haiti : Before 1.12.10" preview on 4/22/10)

The opening is this Saturday (4/24/10) 7-10 pm at Creative Photography Workshop / Gallery and there's a special reception hosted by KCRW's Garth Trindad on May 1st. The exhibition benefits International Medical Corps.

See more event photos here

The Art of Photography photo competition

"A stranger 53 year old" - Benoit Paillé 1st Place 2009


"Bureaucratics" series - Jan Banning 2nd Place 2009


"Sukiyaki Western" series - Walter Lockwood 3rd Place 2009


“ The Art of Photography Show is the very best photography competition among all of the competitions which were represented at the APA/LA panel, by far. You guys stand alone as being a pure high-end photography exhibition, produced with excellence and with integrity.” - Jim McHugh APA/LA Vice Chair

One of the PIX Feed readers had sent me info about this competition. I remember posting about it back in 2009 and yes another year has pass and it is time for the 2010 edition.

The images you see above are the top three winners from the 2009 as judged by Charlotte Cotton, head of the Dept of Photography at LACMA at that time. This year, Natasha Egan, the associate director and curator at the Museum of Contemporary Photography in Chicago is your judge.

The selected images will be shown at Lyceum Theatre Gallery in San Diego from August 28 - November 7, 2010 and from what I gather, they get a large crowd. Close to 1,000 for the opening night last year and 30,000 over the course of 3 months. That's a lot of eyeballs ! The cost isn't as expensive as I thought it'll be - $25 for the first entry and $10 afterwards. No limits to how many entries. The deadline is June 1, 2010

All the wonderful details are right here.

Photo Diary "Tropicana at night with all the Harleys"

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A shot of the tropicana at night with all the Harleys The Laughlin River Run was hit hard by the reccession in 2009. Attendance was down around 50%! After 10 years I was part of the group that did not attend. Wednesday night is usually slower, but last night was a ghost town. The event is really suppossed to kick into high gear today. I guess we will see. Either way, we will have a great time. There are tons of Bikes, Babes and Beer!

So many of y'all know Robert Sanchez, our rental manager here at PIX is a Harley rider. Every year he uses his vacation time to take off on the road. Back in 2008 when I started the blog, we followed Robert to South Dakota on one of his rides.

This year he's heading out on the 28th annual Laughlin River Run, billed as the largest west coast motorcycle event. While he's on the road, he'll be updating us on his adventure via photos taken and emailed via his HTC Windows PC phone.

Profoto B2 rentals now $85 a day @ PIX

Hmm, so rarely do I actually report on anything from PIX ! I was inform by the rental dept that the cost of renting a Profoto Pro-B2 1200R has dropped down to $85 a day - the same price as the regular Pro-7B. Other rental news is they got the recently released Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 L-series macros IS lens for $30 a day.



Oh, other stuff we now carry in rentals - the Canon 7D for $150 a day. We've actually had this for months but never really got mention before and we carry Sandisk 16GB CF cards in rentals and those go for $30 a day.

Learn more by calling rentals @ 323-936-8488 or email rental@pixcamera.com. Curious to see what else PIX rents ? Click here to check out the catalog.

BTW : I know PIX will be selling off some of 7Bs like we did a few years ago. You would get the pack, battery (with new cell), charger and a Profoto head. If you like to be on the waiting list, just email pixfeed@gmail.com and I'll start a list and pass it over to Rentals.

Slideluck Potshow & Ladies Lotto "Women's Work" (4/25)

Slideluck Potshow is proud to announce Women's Work, a collaboration with Ladies Lotto that will be taking place at one of Los Angeles' finest art galleries, Kopeikin Gallery in Los Angeles on Sunday, April 25th. At this multimedia slideshow and potluck dinner, artists from around the world will present work that illuminates aspects of the contemporary female experience.

This will be our first issue-based event of its kind and will explore the current state of women's lives - from the inspiring success stories to the profound adversities. In doing so, our aim is to celebrate the positive developments and to create dialog and awareness about the issues women face globally.


Jen Davis

Jodi Bieber


Brenda Ann Kenneally

Confirmed artists include: Lauren Greenfield, Elinor Carucci, Jodi Bieber, Phillip Toledano, Jen Davis, Alessandra Sanguinetti, Alicia Ross, Jennifer Shaw, Brenda Ann Kenneally, Alex Prager, Sari Wynne, Michael & Davida Horn, Lynette Astaire, Anastasia Taylor-Lind, Angelika Rinnhofer and many more!

There are two levels of tickets: $10 for general admission and $25 includes a reserved seat and a gift-bag.

Donations taken at the door however - Space is limited so get your tickets now! Doors open at 3:30 pm, potluck dinner at 4 pm, slideshow at 6 pm.

Purchase Tickets: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/104898

Remember that this is a potluck dinner! Think of it as a Sunday Feast, not just for the eyes, but for the bellies too. Please bring your favorite salad, grandma’s deviled eggs, a rosemary roasted pork loin, some French fingerling potatoes, or your secret recipe for Tiramisu.

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Dan Busta's Newspaper Promo

Dan Busta, one of PIX's customers came in the other day to drop off a stack of his promo piece ... printed on newsprint ! We eagerly partake in flipping through the newspaper looking at Busta's images. Makes perfect sense in today's digital world. I doubt I would get so same enjoyment from a computer screen.

I email him for an interview plus more photos from the presses after the jump....

Fresh Dialogues Day 2 (4/25)

So yesterday I mention Fresh Fair and last week I posted up the schedule of Sat (4/24) of the Fresh Dialogues, a series of seminars and presentations running concurrently. Last night, I find out there's another day - I checked their website and there's a whole new list of events !


Okay, here goes.

+ 12 pm - 1:30 pm Branding: How to Stand Out from the Crowd

Presented by Rhoni Epstein and Susan Baraz. Sponsored by A and I Digital and Photographic. In this workshop, you will begin to gain an understanding of the popular yet sometimes elusive world of branding. This discussion will have a parallel structure: learning about people, product, and company brands while considering how to develop a brand of your own.

Bring your portfolio or 15 images, pen and paper. Cost: Free but suggested 5.00 donation to Focus on Aids.

Here's their Facebook invite page

+ 2:30pm – 3:30pm A Conversation about Book Collecting

Book Collecting as told by a Publisher, Collector, and Photographer.

+ 4pm – 5:30pm A Conversation About Collecting

Young Collecting Young – Demystifying the Digital Print and Collecting Emerging Photographers Work.

Panelists include:

Hossein Farmani – Lucie Awards, Farmani Gallery

Jesper Tomsen – Mews 42 Gallery

Shelley deSoto – De Soto Gallery

and more TBA.

I'll update this page as I get more info.

Fresh Fair (4/24)

video from 2009 event


This weekend is Fresh Fair over at Pier 59 West. I already mention about Fresh Dialogues a few days ago but this time, I like to mention the Fresh Fair on Sat (11 am - 7 pm) and Sun (12 pm - 6 pm). Best part is it is free to the public ! Here's a chance to check out work from emerging and established photographers and to chat about their work. I'm looking forward to checking this event out this weekend.

Check out their Flickr for last year's photos.

Pier 59 West
2415 Michigan Avenue
Santa Monica, CA 90404-4092

4 x 4: four figurative photographers (4/24)

Alison Brady


This body of work uses staged imagery on a metaphorical level, with inanimate objects and settings serving to illustrate the inner workings of the unconscious. Brady explores issues related to madness and alienation as they exist in contemporary culture, concentrating on expressions of neurosis, feelings of anxiety, displacement and loss of identity. Brady’s images question what the state of normality is and how that normality can be subverted, perverted, or generally transformed?

Mandy Corrado


This series, “Reflections of the Muse,” came about after years as a figure model. Corrado asked herself, as many others had no doubt asked before; with the nude as a consistent subject in art throughout the ages why was the model’s perspective so rarely heard? She bought a mirror and set it up so that she could see herself while posing. The resulting images of studio interiors with artists actively working and the model reflected back at herself turns the tables so the model is now the artist. Through this work she invites the viewer to consider the point of view of the many nudes encountered in art and to gain a new understanding of this timeless artistic tradition.



David Schoener



“After Betty” is a small series of photographs inspired by the Gerhard Richter painting “Betty, 1988.” The series not only pays homage to Richter but also deals with the history of the relationship between photography and painting since Ricther's Betty was painted from a photograph reminiscent of earlier painters such as Vermeer. The photographs from “After Betty” have a similar feeling as Ricther's Betty. They convey a softness in the photograph - technically and figuratively - and variations in the light from over-exposed areas, subtle hints of light and colors reflecting off the subject. The photographs play off a painting which was made from a photograph that resembles 17th century painting. It is this "back and forth" kind of relationship that painting and photography have been in since the very beginning of photography.

Martynka Wawrzyniak



This series grew out of the realization of the growing gap between Martynka’s childhood and her adulthood and of how much of her adult existence was effected by her earliest experiences. In this series of portraits she portrays the dark side of seemingly innocent childhood; their faces capturing an element of the adult they will mold into. This is the sixth year of an ongoing project. Every few years, she is re- photographing those children she still has access to. In 2007 Martynka made a video, titled “ME,” to accompany the portrait series, in which four kids stare directly into the camera and reflect on issues they will encounter in their adulthood.

Opening reception is on Saturday, April 24th with a reception from 6:00 – 8:00. All four artists are expected to be in attendance at the opening. The show continues through June 5th.

Kopeikin Gallery
8810 Melrose Avenue
West Hollywood, CA 90069-5604

Barry Schaffer "Quiet Heroes/Over 80" (4/25)

80 Years; Birthplace Thathamangalm, India

91 Years; Birthplace Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

87 Years; Birthplace Kongju Choong Chyung Nam Do, Korea

Many, if not most of these Angelenos have their origins in other parts of the world. They hail from far and wide - from Europe and Asia, from the Middle East, Africa and India, from Central and South America, from Mexico and beyond - and they have carried with them to this city the memories and customs of their home and the collective wisdom of their native cultures. Beginning in 2006, I set out to meet and document the lives of some of these oldest resident, who have emigrated here and are over 8o years of age. The result is a remarkable series of over-sized B&W portraits that testifies not only to the beauty and dignity of age but to the vibrant mix of ethnic, cultural and religious traditions that make Los Angeles a truly global metropolis.

April 15th - May 2nd, 2010

Opening reception April 25th 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM with an artist talk at 2 PM

LA Artcore Brewery Annex
650 A South Avenue 21
Los Angeles, CA 90031

INFO

Jeff Antebi "Haiti Before 1.12.10" (4/24)

It feels a little bit suicidal. To keep from being consumed by fear, I make eye contact with every face coming into view. I look at every shadow and say “Bonjour.” No one says hello back. I’m carrying two large cameras. I’m conspicuous. Even though we’re enveloped in blackness, I snap portraits. I look at them, they look at me. No words are spoken. There’s a menacing vibration in the air. I walk by bonfires through an awful decaying landscape. I look at them, they look at me. Over the course of the evening, this happens a hundred times. They are ghosts, and I pass through a nightmarish, spectral landscape undisturbed, because I am an apparition to them as well.

Haiti Before 1.12.10 : Photographs by Jeff Antebi

Curated by LACMA's Edward Robinson. Benefiting International Medical Corps

"To view Jeff Antebi's portraits of Haitians, taken only months before the devastating earthquake, provides valuable insight into the depth and character of Haiti's people. The sense of commitment and compassion he brings to bear on his subjects reaffirms photography's power to inform and inspire, at a time when Haiti's challenges remain great."

- Edward Robinson, Associated Curator of the Wallis Annenberg Photography Dept of LACMA.

Opening reception : Saturday April 24 7-10 pm
Special reception : Hosted by KCRW's Garth Trindad and TheMojaMoja.com on Saturday May 1 7-10 pm

Creative Photography Workshops
6020 Wilshire Blvd
Los Angeles CA 90036

(Right across the street from LACMA)

RSVP -> Haiti.RSVP@gmail.com

Monday Briefs

+ Entertaining little piece done by Art Center film student Francis Pollara, along with fellow students Saman Keshavarz, Y-C Tom Lee and Romson Niega, which recently won a College Television Emmy Award for a commercial they produced called “Trigger Happy”. What's up with that shot of a Canon Rebel XTi flash firing with a lens cap on ?

+ If you're curious about learning about your 5DII or 7D, Bel Air Camera in Westwood is offering free seminars on May 8th.

+ If you're currently taking courses at UCLA Extension Studio Arts, Photography or Design Communication Arts courses, there's a call for entry for their "It's Your Show". Due date is June 1st. Details here.

+ Found a local blog with photos from behind the scenes of Ben Watt's shoot. All I can say is, he's using a RED camera and what is he exactly shooting ?

+ This Wed (4/21), A&I Hollywood is doing another of their bookmaking seminar. Free from 6:30-8 pm and you get a chance to learn about A&I Books. Then on Saturday morning, ICON lab is hosting "Website 101 with Daniel Sofer"

+ Really enjoying the new series "Ask Anything" on A Photo Editor.

+ This upcoming weekend is gonna be crazy. Besides the LAT Festival of Books at UCLA, there's Saturday afternoon line of events at Pier 59 West plus a few openings - Catherine Opie, Jeff Antbi, Michael Light among others. Check out our calendar to get the links. I'm torn between the Panel Talk on self-publishing at Pier 59 West and hearing Los Angeles Times' photographer Francine Orr speak at UCLA's Festival of Books - both are about the same time.

Pro'jekt LA 4 "Ad-Nauseam : Un-Commercializing the Commercial" (4/20)

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UPDATE : Event has been cancelled due to rain.
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Featuring the following photographers :
Comrade
Eva Kolenko
Hugh Kretschmer
Adam Levey
Steve Lippman
Anthony Redpath
Zachary Scott
Morgan Silk
Jamey Stillings

Hugh Kretschmer just had a show at Clark|Oshin last year and I had a chance to meet Jamey Stilling at Photo LA this year as he was showing his Hoover Dam series which you should definitely see in person !

The projection starts at sundown and the event runs 7-10 pm on Tuesday night over at Space 15Twenty in Hollywood.

Space 15Twenty
1520 N. Cahuenga Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90028

1:40 pm @ Brewery Artwalk

Hanging right now over at the Brewery wandering through studios. This goes till 6 pm tonight.

Catherine Opie "Twelve Miles to the Horizon" (4/24)

In the summer of 2009, Opie traveled aboard a container ship en route from Korea to Long Beach. She documented the voyage in a series of time-based photographs that captured each sunrise and sunset for the ten-day duration of the trip. The works are composed with equal registers of water and sky, broken by a thin center horizon line.

Currently, Catherine Opie is part of the Urban Panoramas exhibition with Soo Kim and Jeff Chien-Hsing Liao @ The Getty until June 6th, 2010. This Thursday (4/22), Virginia Heckert, associate curator of Photographs at The Getty will be giving a gallery talk on Urban Panorama. Meet under the stairs in the Museum Entrance Hall at 1:30 pm.

And if you didn't hear, last month she was named by MOCA as one of the four new board members to its board of trustees. For New York readers, her exhibition "Girlfriends" @ Gladstone Gallery over on W. 24th ends this week.

April 24 – May 22, 2010
Opening Reception: Saturday, April 24, 6:00 – 8:00 pm

Regen Projects II
9016 Santa Monica Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90069

“Where Culinary Art meets Photographic Art” (4/28)

Now this is a way to go ! Have a photo exhibition in a restaurant, mix in some good French wine and add food and friends. Volia !

Joe’s Restaurant will dedicate its monthly event to the French community on Wednesday April 28, 2010 with the exhibition of Olivier Pojzman’s work. Photography, French wine and appetizers will be served.

Joe’s restaurant “Fine Californian-French cuisine” in Venice Beach is proud to present the work of local Artist Olivier Pojzman.

Once a month, a very friendly event is held where wine and great appetizers are offered. Please come and enjoy Art, good wine and great company at the next September event. This next event will be held for the French community of Los Angeles.

For this special occasion, fresh oysters from Christophe “Maitre ecailler” will be on the restaurant’s menu during the event.

Oliver Pojzman moved from Paris to Los Angeles at the end of the 80s and worked for a variety of international ad agencies and editorials. In the late 00s, he began photographing landscapes around Venice, CA and started a fine art site IrisWork. His pieces can stretch up to 15 feet long as you can see from some of his images above (btw : click on it to enarge).

So if you are around Abbot Kinney on April 28th, drop on by and have a glass.

Joe's Restaurant
1023 Abbot Kinney Boulevard
Venice, California 90291


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