Tuesday Briefs

+ Finally, a keyboard for the iPad I can get into !

+ The Online Photographer "Nikon at Photokina"

+ This weekend is Bank of America's "Museum on Us" which means if you have their credit card, ATM or debit card, you can get free admission to LACMA, MOLAA, Discovery Science Center, Autrey National Center and more ! Nationwide so check their site for your city.

+ Stylelist "Corinne Day: A photographer remembered"

+ "How else do you explain how these images ended up on the streets of New York in the hands of an unlicensed vendor?"

LACMA : Leo Braudy & E.F. Kitchen tonight

Whether they’re bored office stiffs, housewives, or disgruntled war vets, the armor-clad members of the Society of Creative Anachronism (SCA) like to get beat up the old-fashioned way. Boasting more than 30,000 members worldwide, and over 16 “Kingdoms” in the United States alone, the eclectic eccentrics of the SCA participate in a variety of rigorous medieval battle simulations. Suburban Knights is a series of portraits of these 21st-century warriors, in costume and in character as their knightly alter egos.

From 2003 to 2005, internationally renowned photographer E. F. Kitchen photographed and interviewed the fighters of the SCA on location at their battles. Kitchen’s unique approach dispensed with technologically sophisticated cameras, and she instead used a tripod-mounted, 8 x 10 bellows camera with exclusively handmade and antique lenses. The results are appropriately hoary, sepia-tone images of these fierce warriors lost in time.

PowerHouse Books is having an exhibition of her work in Brooklyn currently but tonight, E.F. Kitchen will be at LACMA's bookstore, Art Catalogues in talk with Leo Braudy, author of "From Chivalry to Terrorism: War and the Changing Nature of Masculinity". Drink and appetizers will be served, runs from 5 pm to 7 pm tonight. Free.

Art Catalogues
LACMA
5905 Wilshire Blvd,
Los Angeles, CA 90036

"Beyond the Camera" @ American Jewish University

“Beyond the Camera”, an exhibition of photographic work by Susan Berkowitz, Marcie Kaufman, Tamar Lando and Sammy Silberstein will be on view at American Jewish University’s Platt and Borstein Galleries from August 29, 2010 through November 21, 2010.

Each artist expresses their unique vision by using photography as a baseline, and taking off from there. Susan Berkowitz’s artistic process focuses on alternative photography methods including Dry Polaroid Transfers. Her images explore the history and metamorphosis of the human condition.

Marcie Kaufman investigates the interconnected relationship of body and landscape through the convergence of painting, photography and digital graphics. Tamar Lando uses a film camera and prints in the darkroom exploring place and time.

Sammy Silberstein creates painterly images in-camera without cropping, retouching or manipulating. He explores the interaction between objects and space and people and space.

Hours : Sun. - Thurs. 10 am to 4 pm Friday 10 am - 2 pm

American Jewish University
15600 Mulholland Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90077

"The people who will really inherit photography in the future isn't necessary whoever takes the best picture, the best composition. I think it is has the best ideas, who has the ... story to tell."

- Jonas Bendiksen

Full Bleed Photography Exhibition Tonight

Yup, after hitting New York at Milk Gallery, this exhibition is moving westward and landing smack down in Downtown LA.


Dear LA,

Today we are celebrating the release of our gargantuan new book about skateboarding Full Bleed, by having a one day gallery show of the photos. After the show head over to the Cha Cha Lounge for the release party! One day, two Full Bleed events!

You've probably heard us gabbing about it–it's got stuff from over 60 photographers, including Spike Jonze, Tobin Yelland, Ed Templeton, Mark Gonzales, Glen E. Friedman and a bunch more people with equally recognizable names and impressive portfolios.

Full Bleed Photography Exhibition

Celebrating 30 years of New York skateboarding photography.
Photography exhibition

Saturday August 28th, 2010 6PM - 10PM

6th Street Warehouse
E. 6th St
Los Angeles, CA

RSVP here -> http://viceland.com/fullbleedshowla/

1975 : The World's First Digital Camera

It was a camera that didn’t use any film to capture still images - a camera that would capture images using a CCD imager and digitize the captured scene and store the digital info on a standard cassette. It took 23 seconds to record the digitized image to the cassette. The image was viewed by removing the cassette from the camera and placing it in a custom playback device. This playback device incorporated a cassette reader and a specially built frame store. This custom frame store received the data from the tape, interpolated the 100 captured lines to 400 lines, and generated a standard NTSC video signal, which was then sent to a television set.

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Many developments have happened between this early work and today. Personal computers, the Internet, wide bandwidth connections and personal desktop photographic printing are just a few of these. It is funny now to look back on this project and realize that we were not really thinking of this as the world’s first digital camera. We were looking at it as a distant possibility. Maybe a line from the technical report written at the time sums it up best:

“The camera described in this report represents a first attempt demonstrating a photographic system which may, with improvements in technology, substantially impact the way pictures will be taken in the future.”

But in reality, we had no idea …

- Steve Sasson, the inventor of the digital camera (via)

Kodak 1922 Kodachrome Film Test

APA/LA "Portfolio, Website and Alternative Media Reviews" registration opens

This September APA/LA will present a "Portfolio, Website and Alternative Media Review" over at 5th & Sunset studios in West Los Angeles. You get three 20 minute sessions. APA/LA's website reads "Reviewer selections are prioritized by registration." so I am assuming first come, first serve.

Here's a list of reviewers

Susan Baraz Consultant

Ellen Boughn Consultant specializing in stock photography

Christie Deddens Artist Rep

Rhoni Epstein Consultant

Jennifer Lamping Art Producer

Lisa Matthews Art Producer

Maria Piscopo Consultant

K. Ray Artist Rep

Cindy Rowe Art Producer

John Sharpe Artist Rep

Andrea Stern Artist Rep

Damon Webster Alternate Media Expert

Check here for the reviewer's bios. The cost is $100 for APA member/$200 for non members.

*Please note that due to the nature of this event we will not be offering refunds on registration fees. This event has limited space availability; registration before September 22nd is required.

To register, click here.

Saturday September 25, 2010
Check in begins at 9:00am
Reviews begin at 10:00am

5th and Sunset Studios,
12322 Exposition Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90064

Friday Briefs

+ Photo Attorney has an online poll asking folks about their copyright habits. Why am I not surprised ? But then again, I admit I only copyright images that are published.

+ Interesting story of how an ex-model's Polaroid ended up being on Vampire Weekend's album cover. Vanity Fair investigates.

+ Hmmm.. swiveling screen ? Independent filmmakers are gonna rejoice over this !

+ Fuji halting production of Sensai. Man, I haven't thought of that film since I worked at Ritz Camera almost 13 years ago. Fuji says it won't be killing Velvia and Provia.

+ Got a documentary story you've been working on ? Stella Kramer is looking for you !

+ Looking for a photo op ? Today at 12:30 pm at Hollywood / Highland will be hundreds if not thousands people dressed as superheroes like Batman and Wonder Woman. Why ? To try to break the world record of costumed heroes. Currently Melbourne, Australia holds the record with 1,245 folks.

+ This is not the response I expect if a law enforcement officer approached me while photographing out in public.

The Equation Soiree N3 (8/28)

The Equation's third soiree and first EVER photo show!!

This Saturday Aug. 28th from 7-11pm
@ The Garden
7714 Melrose AveLos Angeles, CA 90046

- Complimentary drinks provided by Three Olives Vodka
- Free appetizers
- Photo booth
- Two special guest DJ's

Featured Photographers:
Jason Bell
Venetia Dearden
Darren Ankenman
Hisashi Murayama

This is an invite only event. RSVP required.
Please RSVP to rsvp@theequation.org
See you there!!

(via)

Thursday Briefs

+ I posted earlier this week about Lisa Blumenfeld's Africa exhibition opening tonight over at Perfect Exposure Gallery on 6th St but last night the gallery released this YouTube video. This is the second time in a month I've seen a local gallery use video to advertise of their upcoming exhibition. Possible start of a trend ?

+ Assouline store to open in OC. Assouline Publishing, creator of illustrated books and luxury editions, plans to open a 1,246-square-foot boutique this fall. The publishing house, founded 15 years ago by husband and wife Prosper and Martine Assouline in Paris, favors themes like art, fashion, design, culinary arts, travel and lifestyle. Assouline has stores in Paris, New York, West Hollywood and Las Vegas. Assouline will take over the former Giuseppe Zanotti space, in the Nordstrom wing on level 1 (at South Coast Plaza in OC) (via)

+ PhotoLA 2011 has already open registration so you can buy 1 day or 3 day tickets here. Also check out PhotoLA's tumblr.

+ Other events tonight - IRIS Nights w/Katie Falkenberg: "Bringing Issues to Light Through Photography" @ Annenberg Space for Photography / A&I presents Kimo Easterwood "Guerilla Style Photography" in Hollywood / Pro'jekt LA Summer Series Volume 2 - DUSK @ Space15Twenty

Sunset Photo Strip (8/27)

One thing about Los Angeles is there's tons of music fests all over the map. Last week we saw Sunset Junction, this week it is Sunset Strip Music Fest and this time, a welcome addition of the "Sunset Photo Strip", a photography exhibition running 7 - 11 this Friday

SSMF presents the “Sunset Photo Strip “on Friday Aug 27 from 7-11 pm at the Sunset (8570 Sunset Boulevard). The exhibit features the works of six local music and celebrity photographers who have dedicated their lives to capturing everything that happens on The Strip. Featured photographers include Erik Voake, Tim Gaylord, Andrew Herrold, Nate Christenson, Genie Sanchez and Wendy Gonzalez. Parking is available on site and beverages will be available. Come down, see some art, listen to some music and be there to kick off the biggest weekend on The Strip!


Genie Sanchez


Nate Christenson

SSMF : Sunset Photo Strip Facebook

Lomography Sample Sale this weekend

Yup, that's right, Lomography Gallery Store LA over on Santa Monica Blvd in WeHo is having a sample sale which means 15% to 50% off select camera, lenses, filmbacks, bags, t-shirts and more. Sale is this weekend Sat & Sun Aug 28 & 28, 2010

Lomography Gallery Store LA
7998 Santa Monica Boulevard
West Hollywood, CA 90046

T (323) 301.1414
shopla@lomography.com

IRIS Nights - Francine Orr (9/2)

And prior to that, I was a Peace Corps volunteer. That’s where I learned my listening skills, by observing that culture, and by observing documentary teams coming into that culture and making films. Sometimes those documentaries were not based on facts. People came in with a preconceived notion of what their story was and made their documentary based on that, instead of making a documentary based on peoples’ stories.

Francine Orr is a staff photographer for Los Angeles Times and will be speaking as part of IRIS Night's Lecture Series next Thursday (9/2). Registration for her talk is today at noon. RSVP here.

Tomorrow night (Thursday 8/26) Katie Falkenberg will be speaking at IRIS Night.

Barbie at the Q (8/27)

Yup, party time over at Quixote :) This Friday, Aug 27th, they are throwing down for a summer roast with BBQ trucks, beer, ice cream and live music from the Paul Chesne Band (hey, it's country soul so it's cool !).

All this goes down over at Quixote Drive-thru Warehouse over at 1000 N. Cahuenga Blvd in H-wood. 6:30 pm till the beer runs out.

RSVP -> bbq@quixote.com

Pro'jekt LA Summer Series : Volume 2 this Thur (8/26)

Featuring :
Ryan Schude
Thomas Michael Alleman
Natalie Franco
Leann Mueller
Javiera Estrada
Angelica Hoyos
Cathy Immordino
Troy Paiva
Carl W. Heindl
Bil Zelman

This Thursday, Aug 26, 2010, photo projection series @ Space 15Twenty w/ Dj Valida . RSVP to summerseries@luciefoundation.org

A&I Presents: Kimo Easterwood (8/26)

This Thursday, Kimo Easterwood will be at A&I to speak about guerilla photography

Kimo Easterwood started working in the film industry doing lighting in the mid 80’s. From there he learned much of his photography, building a portfolio of friend and bands, then eventually adding noteworthy celebrities such as Chris Rock, Christina Aguilerra, Hillary Duff and Bon Jovi. Shooting mostly bands with little to no budget, Kimo was forced to shoot “Guerilla Style” jobs, with no money and no equipment. This quickly became the norm for his work and imagery. Over time, the importance of saving money by shooting locations that were off limits started to become a choice rather than a necessity. It is this “Guerilla Style” photography that has helped brand much of Kimo’s work today.

Here's the breakdown of the event :

7:00 pm – Doors open
7:30 pm – Event begins
7:30 – 8:30 pm – Guest presentation
8:30 – 9:00 pm – Q&A

You can RSVP here. Cost is $15 at the door $10 for students w/ID

A&I
933 N. Highland Ave
Hollywood, CA 90038

RT @PhotoAttorney Photographer Garcia drops out of Fairey/AP lawsuit over Obama image: http://tiny.cc/igd81

Lisa Blumenfeld "Africa" (8/26)

The Perfect Exposure Gallery will be featuring images by Lisa Blumenfeld while on safari in Africa. Although specializing in Sports Photography for many years, Lisa’s exhibit will focus only on her photographs from Tanzania. A side trip brought to light the struggle of millions of orphaned children. As a result of that exposure, she is donating all proceeds from this exhibit to benefit orphaned children worldwide. Since her journey, Project Goodlife has been created for the purpose of providing opportunities for a brighter future for these children.

opening reception: thursday, august 26th, 6-9 pm

The Perfect Exposure Gallery
3519 W. 6th Street
Los Angeles, CA 90020

Charles Grogg "Reconstructions" @ Joseph Bellows Gallery in La Jolla, CA until Sept 30th.

Jordan Bower "Walking to Mexico"

I stumbled upon Jordan's photography project on Kickstarter, a website that allows folks to find backers for their projects. Watching his video made me remember when I backpacked through Europe and how we all see other cultures through different eyes - mostly of those in the media - i.e movies, magazines, etc and how do we really know where we are ? I've been informed as many other in this country as to what life is like in other countries via the media but until we leave the United States and travel for ourselves do we really see other cultures. About a decade ago, I used a credit card to finance my backpacking trip through Europe for 6 weeks. Best use of my credit card ever. I urge anyone who hasn't step foot outside to really take time to change your perspective.

Jordan had an idea to document Americans and to bring it to India as you can see from the video above. Here's some statements from his introduction :

I use intimate photography to share the things I love. And what I love most are people. I'm fascinated by our differences, our achievements, our weaknesses, and our dreams, and by the common threads that link us all together.... I have a dream of travelling through life as a pilgrim. To me, that means walking slowly, thinking about big ideas, and connecting with people in order to learn, share and grow. This August, I'm going to follow my dream by walking 1,800 miles down the Pacific Coast of the USA, from Vancouver, Canada to the Mexican border.

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When the walk is complete, I will travel to India, a place where I've previously travelled for more than a year and a half, and hold a public exhibition in a public space. The idea here is to explore the connection between East and West and to offer the lessons of my pilgrimage as widely as possible.

Using Kickstarter, he raised $8.051 to back his project. Read about it on his Kickstarter page as well as checking out own website and follow his journey at walkingtomexico.com

Larry Sultan on The Genius of Photography

"A Shot in the Dark" opening reception (8/21)

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This Saturday night, opening reception for "A Shot In The Dark" over at The Strange over on Melrose. 8 pm to 9 pm, come and check out the work and meet the photographers and from 9 pm to midnight, live music from Clint Heidorn, Seven Saturdays, All Right! All Right!, Le Switch, and HTML Pinafore

Photographers :
Michael Camacho
Joey Maloney
Michael Orlosky
Benjamin Hoste
Jessica Duston
Leslie Kalohi
Andrew Hanson
Scott Kampmeyer
Melissa Moore

Aug 21,2010 9 pm - midnight

The Strange
4316 Melrose Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90029

Selby Photographs Your Place !

File this under interesting cross promotions. CB2 (or as I like to call them, the hip version of Crate & Barrel) has teamed up with photographer Todd Selby for this contest. Folks are asked to submit three photos of their place. Visitors to the CB2.com site are asked to vote on their favorite and the winner gets $10,000 gift card for CB2 and a private photo shoot with Todd Selby.

Seems win win to me. Todd gets his book mention on the CB2 page with a link to buy the book on CB2.com and has his name email blasted to I assume thousands of address while CB2 gets to use Selby's name and book to promote their brand.

Selby is an interesting cat to watch. He has managed to stand out of the crowd and make a unique position for himself in these times. His site site gets roughly 35,000 hits a day and it features spaces of well known and not so well known creative folks. Now he shoots for well-known clients such as Nike, Paris Vogue and (ahem) Crate & Barrel.

Times have definitely changed. When I started, the way you do it was knock on editorial doors, build yourself through the magazine and work your way to the top magazines. Then hoping art buyers will go through these magazines and hire you for advertising.

It does not seem to work that way anymore. Now it seems like you have to build your own followings and when you get large enough, the advertisers will start a-calling. Look at Scott Shuman (The Sartorialist). He started by photographing fashionable folks on the street and through that worked his way into a book, a gallery show as well as shooting for Burberry, DKNY and so forth.

This just tells me that photographers out there need to find their strengths and follow it. Remember the Chris Anderson's article The Long Tail in Wired magazine back in '06 ?

Muse Till Midnight @ LACMA (8/21)

There's two reason my ears perked up at this event

1) The Steampunk Saloon. Yes, Steampunk in a museum !! I've met many at conventions while I was working on the cosplay book project but never thought I'll see this at LACMA. Listed on the schedule is live performance by Unextraordinary Gentlemen , Steampunk inspired art, crafts, and fashion; featuring ensembles by Clockwork Couture and the Stargazer Pavilion by Sypher Art Studios, producers of the Labyrinth of Jareth as well as DJs spinning the finest in early-century vinyl with a modern twist

2) Opie-inspired photo stations. Okay, I'm curious to exactly what a Catherine Opie-inspired photo station is !

Event is this Sat from 8:15 pm to midnight. Tickets $25 Muse Members / $40 public. Ticket includes admission, open bar and parking. More info here.

Rick Shameless "Pssssttt...wanna good time ?" (8/21)

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Rick Shameless’ first exhibition PSSSSTT…Wanna good time? is a 2 ½ year project where Shameless has taken intimate portraits of women in the adult industry on a Polaroid 600. He has effectively bridged the correlation between disposable art and the women who are perceived as disposable within that industry. The girls are like gypsies, behind the lens for a moment of time then suddenly vanished. In his Polaroid’s, all of his subjects are in their own environments or hotels they were staying in and portray that instant gratification, non-glamorous, intimate feeling – not exploitation but rather celebrating the normality of what society often consider a very un-normal lifestyle.

August 21- September 25, 2010

Opening reception Aug 21 7-10 pm

A&I Hollywood
933 North Highland Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90038

Yousuf Karsh "Regarding Heroes" exhibit opens today

Yousuf Karsh "Regarding Heroes" traveling exhibition's Los Angeles stop at USC Fisher Museum of Art opens today until November 23, 2010. I'm reposting this video with Karsh's widow talking about her husband done by MFA Boston. I've posted about this exhibit about 2 weeks ago.



USC Fisher Museum of Art
823 Exposition Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90089

Venice ArtCrawl

The first Venice ArtCrawl is almost upon us ! Yup, take time out of your day to wander and check out the scene. In the event section of their website, there's a host of photography events - Sunny Bak's Beastie Boys images from the 80s, Arina Gasanova's photos at Grand 409, David Zentz @ Nikki's, vintage photographs & memorabilia @ Venice Historical Society, Ross Wilson @ Hama Sushi, among others. The hours differ depending on events but figure 3 pm to 10 pm.

www.veniceartcrawl.com

IRIS Nights Katie Falkenberg "Bringing Issues to Light Through Photography"

“At the Remote Area Medical (RAM) clinic in southwestern Virginia, thousands of people gathered outside of the fairgrounds gate each morning before dawn, waiting for their number to be called so they could enter into the clinic to receive free dental, vision, and medical treatment ... Most of the people who came to the clinic said that if it were not for RAM, they would go without this vital care. People drove hundreds of miles and waited for hours, even days, sleeping in their cars and tents outside the fairgrounds gate, hoping to make the cut-off of those admitted. Still, at the end of the weekend, some people had to be turned away as time ran out.”

Come hear Katie speak of her work. She was originally based on the East Coast working for The Washington Times and recently moved to Los Angeles as a freelancer for the Los Angeles Times.

Registration opens today at noon for her talk next Thursday (Aug 26). Register here. (If you miss today, there's another round of registration tomorrow (Aug 19th) at 9:30 am.

Tomorrow night's IRIS Night talk will be Kitra Cahana "Welcome to Rainbowland". IRIS Nights is a weekly talk hosted by the Annenberg Space for Photography in Century City.

For San Diego photogs....

RT @APA_SD SD Photogs: Wednesday, Peer-To-Peer event at Blind Lady Alehouse. Stop by for a drink & share tales on staying creative. http://ow.ly/2qsLe

"Vignettes" opening reception (8/21)

Bleicher/Golightly announces it's debut photographic exhibit "(Vignettes)", a collection of innovative contemporary photographers whose works evoke narrative intrigue. The exhibit focuses on enigmatic figurative works that lead to internal narratives similar to those found in memory, daydream, nostalgia and sleep.

Calethia deConto creates haunting ephemeral photographs that include mixed media elements such as sewing into the photograph. J. Wesley Brown creates compositions that place characters engaging in every day activities in a way that frames them as almost inanimate objects in a serene landscape. Sarah Small creates often controversial interactions between characters, juxtaposing extremes such as sensuality and conservatism, youth and age, despair and joy, disease and health. Erin Wilson shoots on film, developing and printing work from her home giving her work a vintage feel, with characters styled from another time, often including herself as a model. Shannon Rowland shoots conceptualized portraiture exploreing identity and self reflection. Mike Saijo uses non-traditional printing methods to create his work, printing an image directly onto the pages of a book or journal, page by page, then piecing the subject back together. Rebekah Boyle shoots fashion-influenced photography with ethereal fantasy elements.

August 12th - August 26th

Opening reception - August 21st 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM

BLEICHER/GOLIGHTLY
1431 Ocean Ave
Santa Monica, CA 90401

LACMA's Photographic Arts Council "Collector's Favorite" (8/19)

The Photographic Arts Council of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and Duncan Miller Gallery are pleased to announce COLLECTORS’ FAVORITES, a special exhibition of photographs on loan from private collections of members of LACMA’s Photographic Arts Council (PAC) hosted by Duncan Miller Gallery. A public opening will take place on Thursday, August 19th, 7:00-9:00 p.m.

On view will be over 50 art works, ranging from early photographs of the 1880s to works of the present day. This exhibition will feature such masters of photography as Bill Brandt, Imogen Cunningham, William Eggleston, Lotte Jacobi, Margrethe Mather, Paul Outerbridge, Paul Strand, and Gary Winogrand, as well as works by less familiar artists discovered by PAC collectors. COLLECTORS’ FAVORITES reflects the diverse passions and interests of PAC’s members, counting among their ranks many leading California photography collectors. The prints on display will be accompanied by brief statements from each collector, explaining his or her thoughts on collecting and reasons for exhibiting specific photographs.


August 14 – 28, 2010

Opening reception Thursday, August 19th, 7:00-9:00 p.m

Duncan Miller Gallery
10959 Venice Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90034

LAT "Eclectic photo exhibition from LACMA arts council at Duncan Miller Gallery"

"Paris at Le Mode de Paris et l'art Comme l'un" @ ArtLab (8/17)

Tomorrow night over at ArtLab Salon in Santa Monica, opening reception to a photo exhibition called "Paris at Le Mode de Paris et l'art Comme l'un" (Paris Fashion & Art as One) featuring images by fashion photographer Steven Silverstein and 10 emerging photographers he mentored during Paris Fashion Week of July 2009.

Aug 17 - Oct 31, 2010

Opening reception Aug 17 7:30-9:30 pm

Artlab Salon
1410 Montana Ave
Santa Monica CA 90403

Tad Beck "Palimpsest" book release & reception tonight @ LACMA tonight

Celebrate the publication of artist Tad Beck’s limited edition book PALIMPSEST and his concurrent exhibition at LACMA. Beck and photographer Robbert Flick will have a casual and wide-ranging conversation about Beck’s Palimpsest photographs and the connection his works have with those of Thomas Eakins (also on view at LACMA in the exhibition, Manly Pursuits: The Sporting Images of Thomas Eakins.) Beck and Flick will address the complex relationship of Eakins’ photographic nude studies to contemporary practices.

The events are free, no tickets required. Drink and appetizers will be served. For more information contact Artcatalogues@lacma.org or (323) 857-6587.

Monday, August 16th, 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.

Art Catalogues @ LACMA
5905 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90036

Herman Leonard (1923-2010)

(Image : Reserve Result)

Herman Leonard, a celebrated photographer whose iconic images of Billie Holiday, Duke Ellington, and Frank Sinatra documented one of the most creative eras of jazz from the late 1940’s through the 1960’s, has died. He was 87. Leonard died August 14, 2010 at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles. Leonard was best known for his smoky, backlit portraits of jazz artists in New York, Paris and London. His images graced the covers of numerous albums and helped to form the visual archetype of the jazz musician. (via, via )

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Classic Photography in Legos

A Lego recreation of Philippe Halsman's 1948 photographic collaboration with Salvador Dalí entitled "Dalí Atomicus".

View more here

RT @reduxpictures anyone have any suggestions for a local san jose,ca or santa clara,ca photo assistant?

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Julia Dean (of Julia Dean Photo Workshops) with David Butow (recently spoke at Annenberg's IRIS Nights) @ Alternative Photograph Exhibit opening (8/13)

See other images on our Flickr.

Two openings tonight...

The first from 6-9 pm is over in Venice is the 2010 Alternative Photography Exhibit

The annual competition and exhibit, now in its seventh year, is one of our favorites at Julia Dean’s. A wide variety of capture processes are represented, using anything from pinhole and toy cameras to new digital capture techniques. Alternative prints processes may include cyanotypes, platinum & palladium, Polaroid transfers & emulsion lifts, gum prints, collodion wet plate process, and the use of liquid light. Almost anything goes, though the judges reserve the right to decide what alternative means.

Brad Buckman won first place and you'll see works from Linda Alterwitz, Roxanne Guez, Greg Mettler, Allan Barnes, Maura Brennan, Christine Caldwell, Lee Corkett, Karen Florek, Larry Hirshowitz, Joshua MacCracken, Liv Naesheim, Becky Ramotowski, Jessica Reinhardt ,Lisha Aquino Rooney ,Marjorie Salvaterra and Dick Sanders

Meanwhile over in Highland Park from 7-10 pm, This Los Angeles is hosting the opening reception to “EXPOSED” : A Photography Exhibition for Breast Cancer Awareness and Research with photography from Jaime Beechum, Lauren Dukoff Brandon Harman, Michael de Leon, Angela Kohler ,David Bornfriend, Chris McPherson ,Mike Piscitelli ,Louise Sturgess, Jimmy Fontaine and Magdalena Wosinska

And for more group show goodies, tomorrow night is the 2010 Vice Photo Show over in Culver City from 7-10 pm with work by Angela Boatwright, Asger Carlsen, Jonnie Craig, Jackson Eaton, Seth Fluker, Nicholas Haggard, Jerry Hsu, Kevin Long, Ross McDonnell, Sophie Mörner, Patrick O’Dell, Alex Olson, Valerie Phillips, Jared Ritz, Lele Saveri, RJ Shaugnessy, David Benjamin Sherry, Peter Sutherland, Patrick Tsai, Sean Vegezzi and Gavin Watson.

As always check the PIX calendar for other events going on this weekend like Lee Varis @ Icon, Lisa Carney @ Helms Creative Workshop and others.

I'm gonna try to make it out to all three this weekend. See y'all out at the openings !

Hey Hot Shot ! photo competition deadline : Aug 22

So you got roughly a week and some days to get your stuff in ! Details @ Hey Hot Shot !

One of my favorites from last night's opening reception to Janette Beckman "Archive of Attitude" opening reception. The show will be up until Sept 5th. I went with a friend of mine who grew up in the 70s with punk music and she had a kick out of recognizing familiar faces.

The 2010 Vice Photo Show (8/14)

(photo : Jerry Hsu)


Scion presents: The 2010 Vice Photo Show
Curated by Jonnie Craig (Vice - U.K.)

Featuring:
Angela Boatwright, Asger Carlsen, Jonnie Craig, Jackson Eaton, Seth Fulker, Nicholas Haggard, Jerry Hsu, Kevin Long, Ross McDonnell, Sophie Morner, Patrick O'Dell, Alex Olson, Valerie Phillips, Jared Ritz, David Benjamin Sherry, Peter Sutherland, Patrick Tsai, Sean Vegezzi, Gavin Watson

August 14 - September 4, 2010

Opening Reception: Saturday, August 14, 2010 | 7-10pm

Scion Installation L.A.
3521 Helms Ave (at National)
Culver City, CA. 90232

Free copies of the 2010 Vice Photo Issue available at the gallery

Donna Santisi "Ask the Angels" book signing (8/12)

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Ask the Angels, a redesigned special edition reissue of photographer Donna Santisi's cult classic 1978 book of black and white images, which were among the first to capture the dynamic transitionary period between West Coast New Wave and the emerging punk rock scene.

This reissue, with added photos through 1980, is free of nostalgic bombast, attempted groupie-dom and any claims to the exclusive photographic rights of that era. Donna Santisi instead allows her provocative, evocative photographs to speak for themselves, revealing a surreal time and a place where New Wave champs such as Patti, Cale, and Verlaine frolicked with Masque-era punkeroos the Bags, X, Go-Go's and Alleycats, along with plenty of influential visitors from New York, London, San Francisco, and Cleveland who co-mingle with West Coast art school dropouts like the Weirdos and Screamers... They're all here in this essential nugget of time.

Donna Santisi will be signing her book tonight at Book Soup over in WeHo on Aug 12th 7 pm. Here's an interview with her done by Big Wheel Magazine and here's another interview done by Book Soup blog

Book Soup
8818 Sunset Blvd.
W. Hollywood CA 90069

LightSpace Studios Summer Special

Yup, just by mentioning PIX you'll get 20% off daily rental or they have a testing special over at LightSpace Studios at Helms Bakery area. Call Nicole @ 310-280-0082 or info@lightspacestudiola.com to schedule a tour.

> 5000 sq ft studio / shooting area - 52' x 52' (2700 sq ft)
> 6 skylights / 2 large west facing windows / ceiling 22'h / beam 14'h
> separate service entrance - 11'w x 12'h roll-up door
> wireless internet / DSL / 3 phone lines + fax
> full kitchen / hair, makeup & wardrobe room
> enclosed secure parking + separate grip truck parking
> studio manager on-site
> 2 bathrooms / 1 shower
> A/C + heating

Janette Beckman "Archive of Attitude" (8/12)

Punk boys, 1979: "This is a picture from Sid Vicious' memorial march right after Sid died.... Everybody seemed to really love Sid, and everybody was really sad that he died. He was kind of like an icon, like some kind of punk saint or something."



East L.A. girls, 1983: "I went to one of the girls' houses and they started to do some graffiti on the wall. You know how the helicopters are always buzzing [in L.A.] -- somebody must have radioed, and the cops came. We all had to run in the house and hide, and the mum hid me in this closet so I wouldn't get arrested."



Paul Weller and Pete Townshend, 1980: "They called this 'The Punk and the Godfather.' ... It was the meeting of two mod eras. I love the symmetry of it."

"I never studied, I never worked as an assistant for anybody. I guess in sort of true punk fashion, I made it up as I went along. I was always a rebel. I wanted to do it my own way. I wanted to go out and take pictures of what I wanted to do." - Janette Beckman


August 13th to September 5th.

Opening reception Aug 12th 7-10 pm

Project Space
603 North La Brea Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90038

IRIS Nights - Kitra Cahana "Welcome to Rainbowland"

Knowledge is a tool that is wholly empowering. It gives us a context to see what is in front of us and the ability to live on multiple levels. That translates into the ability to create layers in photographs and to make use of symbols that can turn a normal image into a historical or religious reference. So far, studying has only broadened the number of stories I want to photograph and the depths to which I want to cover them. It gives me the language to speak about my images and the ability to refer meaningfully to what it is I am doing.

Next Thursday (8/19) Kitra Cahana will be speaking over at IRIS Nights at Annenberg Space for Photography. She is a Finalist for POYi’s Community Awareness Award for her work on the Rainbow Family, a non-hierarchical group that holds free gatherings around the world.

Registration opens today at noon. Info here.

Tomorrow (8/12) David Butow will be speaking about photographing in China.

Annenberg Space for Photography
2000 Avenue of the Stars
Los Angeles, CA 90067-4700

(Don Peterson "L.A. Coffee Shop")

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“EXPOSED” A Photography Exhibition for Breast Cancer Awareness and Research (8/13)

Jaime Beechum
Lauren Dukoff
Brandon Harman
Michael de Leon
Angela Kohler
David Bornfriend
Chris McPherson
Mike Piscitelli
Louise Sturgess
Jimmy Fontaine
Magdalena Wosinska

BTW : Magdalena Wosinska is also having a book release of "Bite It You Scum" at the same time.

Opening Night – Friday August 13th 7-10PM

This Los Angeles
5906 N Figueroa
Los Angeles, CA 90042

LAT launches new photo blog "Framework"

Framework, the photography and video blog of the Los Angeles Times, celebrates the power and explores the craft of visual storytelling. The blog highlights the work of Times photojournalists who, frame by frame, document the drama, the emotion and sometimes the humor of life. Framework also aims to serve as a resource hub for photography, multimedia and video enthusiasts who share our passion. We will trade insights and discuss the tools and techniques of telling stories through images.


The Los Angeles Times has a new blog called Framework showcasing photography and videos. And you can keep up with them on Twitter via @LATimesPhotos

Peter Belanger's Macworld iPhone 4 cover

Yup, more iPhone photography !

For the most part, my strategy for photographing the cover didn’t change from how I normally would photograph with the Phase One digital camera. I still had my normal set with lots of lights, flags and stands. I did have to change my light source from strobes to tungsten lights because the iPhone can’t sync with studio strobes. I did end up making my own camera mount for the phone to go on my tripod (monopod). I hadn’t seen one that would do exactly what I needed (even if I did I didn’t think it would ship to me in time) so I picked up some parts from the hardware store and rigged one myself.

Read the rest here.