Portfolio Night @ Julia Dean (10/2)

Just found out this Saturday night, Julia Dean over in Venice is doing a Portfolio Night from 7-9 pm.

What is portfolio night? This entirely free event is open the general public and is all about sharing and discussing photography. Anybody who is interested in showing his or her work is welcome. Please bring your imagery (prints are preferred, but digital is okay if you bring your computer), food or beverage to share, and good cheer!

The event is free, no need to sign up for RSVPs.

The Julia Dean Photo Workshops
801 Ocean Front Walk
Venice, CA 90291

"Restrepo" screening / Q&A (10/2)

Tim Hetherington, a British photojournalist and winner of 2007 World Press Photo spent many years with writer Sebastian Junger in Afghanistan and co-produced/co-directed the 2010 documentary "Restrepo".

This Saturday, The Getty will be screening the film with a Q&A afterwards with Hetherington. The event is free and RSVP by calling (310) 440-7300. This is part of Getty's film series "Witness in Action" On Sunday (Oct 3rd) at 3 pm, they'll be screening War Photographer (2001), a documentary on James Nachtwey.

Saturday Oct 2, 2010 7 pm.

Harold M. Williams Auditorium.
The Getty
1200 Getty Center Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90049

Thursday Briefs

+ Faces of a Vanishing World to re-air this weekend on Ovation TV. Sat 11 am / 6 pm / 9 pm as well Sun at 3 pm. The photographer is Joey Lawrence (no, not that guy) and he is 21 years old. What is he best known for ? At least to me, I'll always know him as the photographer who shot The Twilight print campaign. Not bad for a kid just in his 20s.

+ Ahoy ! Design Week LA starts next weekend from Oct. 9-17, 2010. That same weekend is Beyond Eden, a multi-gallery event @ Barnsdall Park Oct 9& 10th, (I dunno why I used Ahoy - just feeling nautical ^^)

+ LAT Photographer Genaro Molina on using toy cameras for his work.

+ Los Angeles Times "Downtown Art Walk considers its next step"

+ PhotoLA is looking for an intern. Email Emily for details emily@artla.net

+ Get your drink on next week at APA/LA's Peer 2 Peer event over at The Velvet Margarita in Hollywood 5:30 - 7:30 pm Wed. Oct 6th.

+ By the way, have you checked out the calendar ? I try to keep up with photo-events around town and post them up.

_ Also found out the Picture of the Year International exhibit over at the Annenberg Space for Photography ends Oct 10th so y'all have a week to catch it before it comes down.

Battersea Power Station

"It seems so sad that such a magnificent building has ended up in its present state and this series of photographs give a taste of its former splendour." - Peter Dazeley

Rick Nahmias "Golden States of Grace" (10/2)

"I am of the firm belief that every one of us carries within us something that is marginalized, some trait or piece of personal history that has been (or that we wish would be) left behind or cast off -- the malformed foot, the embarrassing immigrant heritage, the emotional scars left by an abusive, alcoholic mother. It is this concept (compounded by an allegiance to Jung's theory of the collective unconscious) that has led me to conclude that those whom society has cast off as "them" are, in reality, "us," and which drove the creation of my newest body of work, Golden States of Grace: Prayers of the Disinherited." - Rick Nahmias

On Saturday, Oct. 2, Rick Nahmias will be having a book launch celebration, book signing and fundraiser for the anti-hunger group Food Forward. This event runs from 4:30 to 7:00 p.m. over at UCLA's Religious Conference, 900 Hilgard Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90024. Fifty percent of the each softcover book and 10% of hardcover editions sold on this day will go directly to Food Forward. Free and open to the public. Requires an RSVP to 818-530-4125.

"Shoot pictures unlike anyone else. Bring something unique to every shoot. Don’t phone because there is never a good time. Post me something that I want to stick up on the wall. Then the art department will all see it and you are five times more likely to be commissioned." - James Mullinger, GQ

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Open Show : Accepting Submissions

Open Show is a free monthly event that provides photographers, filmmakers and multimedia producers the chance to present their work in high-profile spaces. Up to five curated presenters have 10 minutes each to introduce one project. Both ongoing and completed work is accepted. We welcome diverse topics ranging from documentary to fine art.

Want to submit ? Check here for details.

Open Show originally started up north in San Francisco and this October 21st @ Translight Photography Center will be the first Los Angeles event. It is free and runs 7:30-9:30 pm. Don't worry, I'll post about this as it gets closer.

Interesting concept, I'll definitely check this one out.

Tuesday Briefs

+ Echo Park gallery, 1650 Gallery is hosting an exhibition called "Dogs Dogs Dogs" to benefit Dogs Without Border organization. Deadline is Sept 30th. $25 for up to 5 images. The opening is on Oct. 23, 2010 at 7 pm. Full info @ here



+ Back in July I posted about Edition One Hundred and this Satuday (Oct 2) Edition One Hundred will present "Freedom & Revolution" @ A&I in Hollywood from 7-10 pm.

+ Did I mention how hot it was yesterday ? A quick look at my Facebook stream and yup, heatwave ! FYI : the 113 degrees recorded in downtown LA is the hottest it has been since they started keeping record.

+ Currently over at The Academy of Motion Picture Art & Science in Beverly Hills is hosting "Up from the Vault: 85 Years of Treasures from the Warner Bros. Photo Lab" exhibition and LADIG will be giving a tour next Saturday (Oct 9th). Details here.

+ Current love : Pantone Visa Cards :)

Neil Kellerhouse

It's tough because the movie industry has built a very strong vernacular language to communicate their product or sale. For better or worse, when you see a poster these days you know exactly what you're in for. Made a certain way at a common level, a poster will say ‘quality production value’ at the very least. Everyone knows the language, even if you can't verbalize it.

Neil Kellerhouse is a Los Angeles-based designer known for his beautiful work with Criterion Collection as well as with Steven Soderbergh.

Downtown Art Walk's Back On

Conflicting reports this past Friday to if the Downtown Art Walk has been cancel for the rest of the year or will go on. Blogdowntown first had the report on Friday and LAT also posted about it.

The Downtown Art Walk, a downtown Los Angeles institution since 2004, has grown to become the largest regularly occurring event in the center city. In its 6 years of operation it has achieved every one of its slated objectives; re-energizing Downtown Los Angeles, establishing a downtown art gallery district, and acting as a significant economic development tool for a multitude of other neighborhood-serving businesses. In recent years the Downtown Art Walk has grown so large that it has become too costly to manage in its current form. Effective immediately the Downtown Art Walk will go on hiatus, ceasing all event operations until January 2011, at which time it will be reborn as a quarterly, weekend, daytime, gallery-focused event which will appeal to both patrons of the arts as well as the general public.

Over on the artwalk's own website, there's a post regarding the change to a quarterly event but things got confusing when there was word that perhaps the gun was jumped and not everyone had agreed on that decision. Today (Sunday) there was a post back on Blogdowntown that indeed, the art walk will go on. The original statements were made by Executive Director Jay Lopez without the board's approval.

September 25th, 2010 (Los Angeles, CA) — The Downtown Art Walk event scheduled for October 14th will proceed as planned. The announcement made to the media on Friday by Jay Lopez, the former director of the event, was made on his own initiative without authorization or support of the Board or any of the other constituents of the endeavor, including the various civic organizations responsible for managing, financing and supporting the event.

Downtown Los Angeles Art Walk greatly apologizes for confusion created by this act. The art walkʼs web site currently shows an erroneous press release that was not issued by the organization or approved by any entity responsible for the event. Mr. Lopez, the eventʼs former director, where he served at the direction of the board, apparently has seized control of the organizationʼs web site, as well as Downtown Los Angeles Art Walkʼs social media accounts. Efforts are being made to rectify this situation.

So at this point it looks like it'll continued but perhaps this is a sign that changes are afoot about the Downtown Art Walk.

E.F Kitchen "Suburban Knights: A Return to the Middle Ages" (9/28)

Whether they’re bored office stiffs, housewives, or disgruntled war vets, the armor-clad members of the Society for 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, 8x10 bellows camera with exclusively handmade and antique lenses. The results are appropriately hoary, sepia-tone images of these fierce warriors lost in time.

Suburban knights willfully escape from the 21st-century and into the realm of the SCA, where one can come face to face with the formidable armor and lance of a knight calling himself “Nissan Maxima.” Warriors are icons for an idealistic code of behavior extolling power and virtue. The men and women of the SCA capture a bit of this past glory for themselves, and while a majority of the portraits obscure the faces of these knights, under their thick armor, their features couldn’t be made clearer.

Reception for the artist and book signing
Tuesday, September 28, 5-8 pm

Louis Stern Fine Art
9002 Melrose Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90069-5610

TONIGHT : Stranger Than Fiction: The 2010 Yale University MFA Thesis Show

Charlottesville, VA by Curran Hatleberg


Untitled by Kate Greene


Untitled by Tiffani Hooper

Yale's 2010 MFA Show moves westward from New York's 25CPW Gallery over to the Eighth Veil over in Hollywood. Opening reception is tonight (Sept 24, 2010) 7-9 pm and runs just for one week until Sept 30th.

Eighth Veil
7174 Sunset Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90046

Friday Briefs

+ The Center's Review LA for Jan 13-15, 2011 is currently open ! Register here. Center’s Review LA is a two-day photographic event that provides photographers a platform to show their work and network with photography professionals and is held at the same time as Photo LA.

+ Still thinking of going to the PhotoCine Expo this weekend in Hollywood ? Use promo code "PIXTIX" for $10 off.

+ Currently over at Warner Brothers Photo Lab "Up from the Vault : 85 Years of Treasures from the Warner Bros. Photo Lab". BTW : in case you didn't know it, the WB Photo Lab is open to outside photographers. You just need to call ahead to get a pass. The exhibition itself is over at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Science on 8949 Wilshire Boulevard in Beverly Hills and runs till Dec 12th.

+ From Matthew Jordan

Today I saw a friends post on FB and thought how important this topic is to discuss. My friends comment was in regard to failing to make powerful images, but many photographers are failing in their business as the photography business becomes harder and harder. Some argue that the photo industry is saturated with more photographers as cameras become easier to use. Yes cameras are getting easier to use but I see that as a plus. Success in photography has never been about the camera and it never will be. True success in photograph comes from much more than just having the latest greatest camera, its about relationships and managing business. The photographers who make the most may not be the absolute best photographers but they are aware of what it takes to become and stay successful in business. Success is about growth and consistently learning to sharpen your skills in all areas.

+ If you missed Larry Towell's talk at IRIS Nights yesterday, he'll also be speaking at the Getty this Saturday at 2:30 pm. SOme of his images are currently on exhibit as part of "Engaged Observers : Documentary Photography SInce the Sixties". All the details are here.

CEF After Party #5 (9/24)

This Friday night (9/24) is the after party celebration of the 2010 Solstice Shoot over in downtown Los Angeles @ Pacific Electric Lofts at 610 Main St. 90014. It'll be held in the penthouse ballroom with beer, wine, light snacks and a band to boot ! Party starts at 7:30 - 11 pm and find out more about Compassionate Eye Foundation.



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Ari Marcopoulos "Now is Forever" (9/23)

Now is Forever is a travelogue of previously unpublished photographs from around the world. Premiering for the first time at Project Space will be “Moroso Crew”, a 60-minute cinema vérité documentary Marcopoulos shot in 1992 on illegal drag racing in Brooklyn and the Bronx. The exhibition also celebrates the launch of the Camera Bag collaboration between Incase and Ari Marcopoulos, available late September.

Ari Marcopoulos, a photographer, film artist and adventurist who began his career in New York City assisting Andy Warhol, transplants himself into the intimate lives of people living on the edge. Artists, snowboarders, skateboarders and musicians have been both muses and commercial subject matter throughout his quarter-century-long career as a photographer. His stunning landscapes and playful portraiture offer a dramatic take on every day life and a glimpse into all things awesome.

Ari lives and works in New York and California.

Opening Reception: Thursday September 23, 7:00 – 10:00 PM

Project Space
603 North La Brea Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90036

Paul Nzalamba "Rawanda At Home And In Diaspora" (9/25)

African born Los Angeles-based photographer Paul Nzalamba has been making yearly trips ever since 1995 to photograph its landscapes and people. This Saturday, LA Archive Gallery in Brentwood in the courtyard of the old Dutton's Bookstore building on San Vicente will be having a reception for Paul. All b/w silver gelatin prints were done by Russell Adams at Schulman Photo Lab.

Saturday Sept 25, 2010 5-8 pm

LA Archive Gallery
11973 San Vicente Blvd
Los Angeles CA 90049

Christopher Capozziello Named 2010 Berenice Abbott Winner

The winner of the 2010 Berenice Abbott prize is Christopher Capozziello of Hamden, Connecticut for his series "For God, Race, and Country" , a project about the Ku Klux Klan in the South.

David Fahey, the owner of the Fahey/Klein Gallery in Los Angeles was the juror and had this to say :

"The KKK series is already a controversial and volatile subject matter, but it was not picked for those reasons. It was picked from my perspective, because of the photographer’s very oblique approach to the subject matter. It was like the he was a casual observer. That kind of fresh point of view made it the winner. Great compositional techniques. Solid work, fresh approach. This is real. Even for documentary, it is a non-traditional style."

Congrats to Christopher !

IRIS Nights - Rick Loomis

Today at noon, registration opens for the Sept 30th IRIS Nights with Rick Loomis .

Rick Loomis won the Pulitzer Prize for his yearlong project documenting the ills of the world’s oceans. He has been a photojournalist for the Los Angeles Times since 1994, covering a wide array of topics with an empathetic eye that draws viewers into situations they might not otherwise witness.

Rick will be speaking on Thursday, September 30, 6:30-8:00pm. If you couldn't get through today, they'll release more tickets tomorrow 9:30 am.

PhotoMedia Magazine "Rick Loomis: Unforgotten Casualties"

Wed Briefs

+ Wanna chat with photojournalist Don Bartletti ? You can, today online at 11 am PST.

+ Going to the PhotoCine Expo this weekend in Hollywood ? Get $10 off with this promo "PIXTIX". Vincent Laforet and Shane Hurlbut ASC will be on hand to talk about their experiences. BTW , A Photo Editor talks to Lou Lesko, one of the founders of PhotoCine Expo in this post.

+ Over at Royal/T on Thursday night is the opening for "The Warholian". 8 pm to 1 am.

The Warholian is an exhibition of photos, film, portraits and objects by Andy Warhol and various artists inspired and influenced by his work. The exhibit features a variety of Warhol-inspired pieces by artists such as Takashi Murakami, Richard Prince, Jeff Koons, and Damien Hirst, celebrating the great pop artist’s deep effect on contemporary art.

You will need to rsvp : rsvp@royal-t.org Subject : "Glitter." Should be fun ! BTW : you can always check out our calendar to see what else is going on in town.

+ Been getting a kick out of Photo LA's tumblr.

From ASMP :

One of the provisions of the new healthcare reform legislation will significantly impact the administrative burdens of the photography business unless the IRS changes it. As of now, after next year, if any company or person is paid more than $600 in a year for goods or services, it must be reported to both the IRS and the entity/person. For example, if you bought a new camera or lens for $1,000, you would report that on your income tax returns and issue a 1099 to the company from which you made the purchase. Fortunately, there is now an exemption for credit card transactions, but that doesn't apply if you paid by cash or check. The IRS has asked for comments from the public by September 29th.. Find out what you can do here

Mon Briefs

+ USC Roski School Artists by Noe Montes

+ 102-Year-Old Lens Plus Canon 5D Mark II Equals Instant Vintage Photos

+ Tomorrow night over at LACMA is "Crenshaw high school night @ lacma" from 5-8 pm.

Join us for a fun evening with our friends from Crenshaw High School, the site of repeat visits by Catherine Opie and included in the current photography exhibition, Catherine Opie: Figure and Landscape.  Come watch the nationally recognized Crenshaw High School Marching Band as they perform on the museum campus.  Catherine Opie will lead an informal walk through of the exhibition for students and patrons of all ages at 6:30 p.m.

+ Down in San Clemente this Saturday is Thorvaldur Orn Kristmundsson's "Nature is Brand". Icelandic photojournalist's opening reception will be the first for Kona Gallery's new expanded space. Guest performance by Icelandic group "The Charlie".

+ The Sofitel hotel in Los Angeles (right across from BevCenter) is the final stop of the "Fashion Stills" photography tour (previous stops : DC, NY and Chicago) featuring the works of four photographers – Derek Hudson, Francoise Huguier, Jean-Marie Périer and Gérar Uféras. The images are currently up will be up until Oct 31, 2010. More info here.

One Life : An International Photo Contest Awarding $25,000

One Life is an international open call for photography that delves into the lives of the global community. We are a world of a infinite stories and unique perspectives. Photography is our way to capture the moments as we experience them. The One Life Photography Competition is your opportunity to share your vision with the world.

The Grand Prize Winner will either received $25,000 or a travel adventure starting in Paris with your choice of stops as well as $5,000 and a new DSLR camera.

Tough choice ! $25,000 or to travel ? Hmmm... I got bills so Bob, I'll take the cash :)

Who is gonna be looking at your work ? Jodi Peckman (Creative director of Rolling Stone), Conor Risch (Features editor of PDN), Amy Kellner (managing editor/arts editor of Vice magazine), Stephen Walker (photo editor of Nylon), James Morris (photo director of Lucky magazine)

Costs ? $10 per image up to 9 images. For 10 images up to 15, there is a flat rate of $95.

Due Date ? : Friday Oct 29, 2010.

APA/LA - Maria Piscopo "Taking Charge Of What You Charge" (9/22)

When I found out Maria Piscopo was to speak in Los Angeles next week, I googled around to see if i could find any video of her seminar. This one called " Because You're Worth it" was done on July 2010 for an illustrator conference here in Los Angeles. Yes it is slightly geared toward illustrators but it definitely applies to photography too. The video will give you an idea of what she'll be talking about next Wednesday at Miauhaus Studios.

Maria will teach you how to help your clients make the right choice, hiring you, by presenting them with proposals instead of prices. You will learn skills and techniques to better communicate as a creative professional on a business level and techniques to keep your fears from overcoming good business sense.

+ Help the client hire you
+ How to get the price you want
+ Considerations for negotiation
+ Verbal estimates that win the job
+ Preparing job-getting cost proposal

This session will give you an unbeatable edge over your competition. It will help you become more comfortable and confident when quoting jobs and help you get more of the jobs you quote. This session applies to all levels of experience and includes specific techniques you can put to work immediately. Whether you have been in business two years or twenty years, getting paid what you want is an important issue in today’s marketplace. Maria brings this program to you from her rep experience and her new book, 4th edition Photographer’s Guide to Marketing and Self- Promotion.

Wednesday Sept 22, 2010
6-9pm Dinner Included

Miauhaus
1201 S. La Brea Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90019

The cost is FREE for APA members. $20/$25 (door) for non-members.

LINK

Jose A. Figueroa "Mis 60 / My '60s" (9/19)

Couturier Gallery is delighted to present Mis 60 / My 60s, an exhibition of prominent photographer José A. Figueroa’s images of the barely-remembered “other” life in Cuba of the 1960s, the social everyday existence not portrayed by Revolutionaries, military outfits or arms. The forty photographs document quotidian life that paralleled the customs and styles prevalent elsewhere in the world, from mod and hip fashion to signs of flower power and “free” love. The exhibition begins September 11th (through October 16), with the Artist’s Reception, lecture and book signing that will take place Sunday, Sept. 19th.

José A. Figueroa (Havana, 1946), has covered uninterruptedly, as photographer, more than four decades of the life of his nation Cuba. Due to his age, social background and training, he is part of a “transitional generation” that was, at the triumph of the Cuban Revolution in 1959, too young to have actively participated, but sufficiently adult to be a conscious and analytical witness. His life and work deal with "the inside" and "the outside" of such period of time. This has allowed him to document, to analyze and to symbolize many features, of both the public and the private life of the nation – like the two sides of the same coin -, throughout many years; and most importantly, his work was made in Cuba or from a Cuban perspective. These characteristics and circumstances are, in fact, not very frequent among his contemporaries or predecessors, when seen individually. Mis 60 / My 60s series is an approach to such a piece of history, Cuban sixties, through photography.

Artist’s Reception, lecture and book signing
Sunday, Sept. 19, 1 – 4 pm; Lecture at 3pm

Couturier Gallery
166 North La Brea Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90036

Thursday Briefs

+ A&I Books will have a booth over at the 9th Annual West Hollywood Book Fair over on Sept 26th with photographers Jeff Sheng, Zoe Wiseman, and Kevin Gray will be there to talk about their experience with A&I. The 9th Annual West Hollywood Book Fair, Sunday, September 26, 2010 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., West Hollywood Park, 647 N. San Vicente Blvd. 90069

+ "Over time, as one accumulates many thousands and even hundreds of thousands of photographs, your archive becomes more than the individual images and stories, instead forming a whole larger than its parts. In looking over your work, the images start to have meaning and connections amongst themselves that you can’t necessarily recognize in the moment, or when you’re editing for purpose." - Ed Kashi

+ Kodak replaces Portra 400VC and NC with.... Portra 400. Yup, no more NC/VC, just Portra. The new film debut in Nov. and will be available in 35mm, 120/220 and 4x5 but no 8x10. Kodak expects the supply of NC/VC to be enough until the end of the year.

+ Coming up at the end of the month is the 2nd Annual PhotoCine Expo over at the LA Film School (right across the street from Arclight) - basically this is a tradeshow for HDSLR folks out there. Sept 25 & 26, 2010.

IRIS Nights - Larry Towell: "Being Human"

"If there's one theme that connects all my work, I think it's that of land-lessness; how land makes people into who they are and what happens to them when they lose it and thus lose their identities."

Larry Towell will be speaking as part of IRIS Night's Lecture Series at Annenberg Space for Photography next Thursday (9/23). Registration opens today at noon and again tomorrow at 9:30 am.

Speaking of tomorrow, the speaker for IRIS Nights on Sept 16th is Renée C. Byer "The Story Telling Power of Photography".

Simone Lueck "The Once and Future Queens " (9/18)

For the past year, I have been making pictures of people posing as glamorous movie stars. The series, The Once and Future Queens, includes pictures of individuals who answered an ad soliciting older women to pose as glamorous movie stars. The pictures are collaborations: Each participant is asked to provide her own makeup, hair, and wardrobe and to select a desired location for the shoot. - Simone Lueck

Opening reception Sept 18, 2010 8-10 pm

Note : Kopeikin has moved from WeHo down to Culver City.

Kopeikin Gallery
2766 S. La Cienega Ave.
Culver City, CA. 90034

Jeff Sheng: "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" (9/18)

Ultimately for me, these photographs underscore the silence permeating the unsung heroism of gay and lesbian military personnel. The photos are about the men and women who continue to fight and serve despite the heartbreaking invisibility they suffer.


(Ovation TV interview)

I first heard of Jeff Sheng's project via the Los Angeles Times late in 2009. Local printer/lab A&I helped put together his first book "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" and just in June, he spoke at an APA event @ Smashbox Studios. Speaking of APA, if you are a member, you're invited to a members only walk-through at Kaycee Olsen gallery a day before the opening on Friday the 17th 6-8 pm.

September 18 - October 23, 2010

Opening reception September 18 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Kaycee Olsen Gallery
2685 S. La Cienega Blvd. (entrance at building rear)
Los Angeles, CA 90034

"Infrared : Four Visions" (9/16)

(Theresa Airey)


(9/16)Susan Bloom)


(Jill Enfield)


(Elizabeth Opalenik)

Highlighting the 100th anniversary of infrared photography, four photographers have joined forces for a traveling show that exemplifies the versatility of the medium. The show exhibits how unique each artist's interpretation can be and allows us to see beyond the visible spectrum of the human eye with infrared photography.....The appeal of infrared photography is varied. The images that are captured are dramatic and surreal. A landscape becomes dreamlike. Portraits and nudes take on an ethereal beauty. Skies and clouds are dramatically pronounced, the vegetation glows and there is transcendent essence to the work. This is the mystery and magic of infrared photography......We invite you to join us and share in the festivities as we showcase the works of Theresa Airey, Susan Bloom, Jill Enfield and Elizabeth Opalenik as they approach the medium from different viewpoints, showing the range of possibilities inherent to infrared


Opening reception Sept 16, 2010 5:30 - 8:00 pm

The Gallery at Creative Center for Photography
Freestyle Photographics
5124 Sunset Boulevard
Hollywood, CA 90027-9897

Ansel Adams Vintage and Modern Prints @ Duncan Miller

Currently at the Duncan Miller Gallery over in West LA is "Ansel Adams Vintage and Modern Prints". Now I'm sure you've heard the whole hoopla about the widely publicized disputed "lost" Ansel Adams garage-sale find of Rick Norsigian as well as Earl Brooks "Uncle Earl" photographs which is believe to the unknown photographer who shot the Norsigian find. For the first time, the public can walk in and view these images in person.

On Sept 19 there'll be afternoon lecture as follows :

2-3 pm Carol McCusker, PhD, presents a one-hour multimedia lecture on "The Life and Work of Ansel Adams." McCusker was the former Curator of Photography at the Museum of Photographic Arts (MoPA), San Diego. She received her M.A. and Ph.D. in art history with an emphasis on the history of photography at the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque. She is also Adjunct Prof at the University of San Diego and UCSD where she teaches the history of photography.

3-4 pm John Upton (photo-historian, photographer and friend/colleague to Adams), Carol McCusker, and noted San Francisco Ansel Adams photography expert Scott Nichols will conduct a round table conversation about Adams' work, connoisseurship, and the newly found glass plates.

Lecture is $40 and limited to 30 people.

LINKS
LAT : Ansel Adams photo face-off scheduled

Private Investigation (9/15)

Celebrating the participatory mystery of found photography, Private Investigation brings together the work of 25 amazing artists inspired by found photos, alongside thousands of forgotten snapshots from Mark Kologi’s immense collection. Join us in sorting through decades of anonymous memories– it’s up to you to decode their multifarious mysteries!

Wednesday Sept 15, 2010 5-8:30 pm

Mastodon Mesa
8687 Melrose Ave Suite B257
West Hollywood, CA 90069

Alyson Aliano "Familiar Places" (9/18)

("Moms" series)



("Scenes from Home" series)

I started the moms project when I was a stepmother to twins. People would continually ask, arent you going to have children? Dont you want to have your own children? When are you going to have your own children. The implication was that as a stepparent, I wasnt a real parent. At the time, I did all the things real parents did: took the kids to the doctor, went to soccer games, organized play-dates, birthday parties, summer camp and saved for college. My experience was a roller coaster ride: amazing, scary and exhilarating. I began to think about what parenting and motherhood were all about. I looked to other women to share their experiences and I photographed all types of moms: biological, step, lesbian and adoptive mothers. These women shared their hopes, fears, questions and experience.

The body of work that comprises Scenes from Home came about because it was quite difficult to schedule shoots with the many busy moms. I started taking photos of myself, even though Im not terribly comfortable as a subject. I figured, Im always here and accessible. I was also planning to move from New York to California at the time. My grandfather was 93 and I had a feeling it would be a very specific time in my family. I photographed that time because I was leaving one home and preparing to make a new one.

Alyson Aliano "Familiar Places"'s opening reception is next Saturday at Clark | Oshin from 6 - 9 pm.


Clark | Oshin Gallery at The Icon
5450 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90036

George Hoyningen-Huene

Curious to find out more ? You can read his autobiography online here. Currently his images are on exhibit over at Fahey/Klein until Oct 16th.

ASMP/LA "I Need to Jumpstart my Career" (9/15)

Upcoming up next week is ASMP/LA's "I Need to Jumpstart my Career" with Judy Herrmann,

Are you satisfied with the work you’re creating? Do your clients appreciate what you bring to the table? Are you struggling to adapt to a changing marketplace and a down economy? Is your business taking you where you want to go?

Judy Herrmann will share real-world tactics for developing and implementing a plan that will take your career where you want it to go. You’ll learn how to achieve your creative and financial goals, anticipate and adapt to business and technological change, and build a satisfying and stable photography business. Whether you’re just starting out or have years of experience, the tools and techniques shown in this program will give you greater control over your future.

Seminar Topics:

+ Get yourself moving in the right direction
+ Complete an honest analysis of your career
+ Prioritize your goals and activities
+ Exploit your strengths, minimize your weaknesses
+ Anticipate and successfully navigate change
+ Case studies show you how this really works

Wednesday, September 15, 2010 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM

Writers Boot Camp
Bergamot Station Arts Center
2525 Michigan Ave. Bldg. i
Los Angeles, CA

Tickets : 25.00 ASMP Member / 50.00 Non-member / 40.00 Professional Association member / 10.00 Student . Register here.

Greg Gorman Retrospective in Los Angeles

Yup, this Thursday (9/9) is the opening reception for Greg Gorman "Photographs" with another exhibition of George Hoyningen-Huene's images at Fahey/Klein Gallery. 7-9 pm

If this isn't enough for you, on Sept 15 is the opening reception for Greg Gorman's "A Distinct Vision (1970-2010)" over at the Pacific Design Center B231 and B256 from 7-9 pm

....a retrospective exhibition covering four decades of images made by Fine Art Photographer Greg Gorman. This exhibition encompasses the broad range of Gorman’s photographic career which includes his iconic images of personalities from the worlds of film, sports, and music, as well as distinctive male and female nudes. Photographs from Gorman’s most recent publication "In Their Youth" will also be featured.

Greg will be giving a lecture as well as a tour of his work on Sept 15th at 2 pm over in B259.



Greg Gorman "Photographs" opening reception 7-9 pm on Sept 9, 2010 @ Fahley/Klein

Greg Gorman "A Distinct Vision (1970-2010)" opening reception 7-9 pm Sept 15, 2010 @ Pacific Design Center

IRIS Nights - Renée C. Byer (9/16)

Renée C. Byer will be speaking as part of IRIS Nights next Thursday (9/16). Registration opens today at noon and tomorrow at 9:30 am.

Renée C. Byer is a Senior Photojournalist at the Sacramento Bee and has been profiled in newspapers and magazines throughout the world. Byer has the rare inner lens needed to produce photos with profound emotional resonance and sensitivity.

She is currently working on a book project for the nonprofit organization The Forgotten International, with the working title Living on a Dollar a Day . Her hope is to tell the story of the more than one billion individuals around the world who work long hours -- sometimes under dangerous conditions -- to ultimately earn only about a dollar a day. Byer's goal is to raise awareness of the women, children, and families at the bottom of the economic ladder, who work so hard just to stay alive.

In 2007, she won a Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography for her series "A Mother's Journey" where she spent a year documenting the vigil of Cyndie over her youngest son, Derek who was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer called neuroblastoma.

IRIS Nights is a free photographer lecture series hosted by the Annenberg Space for Photography. Their full schedule can be seen here.

Estevan Oriol book signing tonight

Check out Montana Cans tonight for an in-store book signing by well-known LA Street culture photographer Estevan Oriol.

Last year Oriol released “LA Woman,” his first book featuring iconic images of women of the city of Los Angeles. He will be signing copies of the book, which will also be for sale along with calendars, posters and more. There will also be some free Montana Store giveaways.

Tuesday, September 7, 2010 7:00 – 9:00 pm

Montana Cans
1528 1/2 Sunset Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90026

Behance/AIGA LA Meetup this Thur.

(photo of Beechwood restaurant)

Behance is a creative platform that I had toyed with a while back. I put it on my list of things to check out but I hadn't fully had a chance to explore it yet. My thoughts was to use it to promote my "Life Below the Line" series or "Cosplay in America" series but truthfully been too busy to get to it.

For those who are members (and to be a member is free), there's a meetup this Thursday with Behance and Los Angeles chapter of AIGA (American Institute of Graphic Arts) over at Beechwood, a restaurant over in Venice. Here's a chance to press palms with other photographers, and especially designers ^^

Just RSVP here and more info here.

Thursday September 9th 7-10 pm

Beechwood
822 Washington Blvd.
Venice, CA 90292

Massimo Vitali (9/11)

M+B is pleased to announce an exhibition of new work by internationally acclaimed artist Massimo Vitali. Vitali's unique views of the rites and rituals of modern-day leisure have garnered praise since he began photographing in his signature style in 1994. Featuring new work from 2009 and 2010, this exhibition includes eight large-scale color photographs from Austria, Croatia, Sicily and Turkey.

Vitali's photography occupies a place between documentary realism and the surreal. His landscapes are casually inhabited by figures such as sunbathers and tourists who often forget about the photographer's presence, as he waits for such a moment while perched 20 feet in the air on a platform. Ever interested in the ways in which people interact with their environment and each other, Vitali's images satisfy a sociological desire as well as a voyeuristic longing to observe unawares. On this level his works are happily profitable, as each mural sized work allows for the intimate perusal of hundreds of candid portraits.

Sept 11, 2010 - Oct 16, 2010

Opening reception Saturday Sept 11, 2010 6-8 pm

M+B
612 North Almont Drive
Los Angeles, California 90069

Photographer's Late Night @ Aquarium of the Pacific (9/12)

(photo : lpatigayon)
On Sunday September 12, 2010, the Aquarium of the Pacific down in Long Beach will be hosting a photographer's night from 5:30 pm to 10 pm. Yup, you are allowed to bring in tripods, strobes/flashes, softboxes or flags ! Yes, let your mind wander through all the possibilities !

Tuttle Cameras will be there to offer free lens rental or if you don't have a camera, they'll have Nikons for rent. Snack/coffee will also be available.

Now, you do have to take a mandatory photo workshop either at 5:30-6:00 pm or 6:30-7:00 pm but after that, you're free to shoot away !

The cost is $24.95 and here's all the nitty gritty.

Sunday Sept 12, 2010 5:30 pm - 10 pm

Aquarium of the Pacific
100 Aquarium Way
Long Beach, CA 90802

lol. This has nothing to do with photography at all - I just love flash mob and Journey ^^

"Jewish War Veterans" photo project

( Jack Needle, born 2/2/1924 )

My name is Andy Hurvitz.

I am a writer and photographer living in Van Nuys, CA. seeking funding for a still photo portrait series on elderly Jewish War Veterans in LA's San Fernando Valley.

I became acquainted with these retired soldiers thorough my 89-year old Uncle, Paul Cohen, who is the Commander of Post #603, Jewish War Veterans, based in North Hills, CA. Paul also served in the South Pacific during WWII.

Because Uncle Paul and the men of Post #603 are nearing the end of their lives, I thought it fitting, and indeed quite urgent to record their living faces on film. I am contacting these veterans by phone to set up photo appointments where I will preserve their images and record their life stories for posterity.

My goal through 2010-11 is to assemble a meaningful, historic and significant record of these elderly veterans before they die. Their contributions to America, as well as their lives and sacrifices, should be remembered.

The Museum of the San Fernando Valley and its founder, Dr. Gerald Fecht, has endorsed my project. But they are not funding it.

This photo project is my only work right now. I have rent, food, medical, transportation and film costs that impact my ability to undertake this project. That is why I am asking the Kickstarter community for support.

As a writer and photographer, I struggle to support myself in a dismal economic climate, and hope that this funded project will allow me to create something of artistic value and historical significance.

Please visit both my photo website:
http://andyhurvitzphoto.com

I thank you all for your support.

To help Andy with his project check out more info on his project page.

10 things i wish i knew before becoming a pro photog

This is from Nevada Wier's post about "Those 10 things I knew, or wished I knew, before becoming a professional photographer"

I've reposted her list. :

+ That photography is 80% about business, not photography. I really should have hung out with MBA students and not river guides and rock climbers (for potential boyfriends).

+ Just about everything that had to do with photography since I am self-taught—which means that the teacher knew very little.

+ It took me awhile to figure out that it was useless to try and photograph what I saw, since slide film can only render about four stops of contrast range, while my eyes could see about 16 stops. Really, I was just using reality to express my perception of it.

+ That there is a difference between marketing and business and you have to be great at both.

+ That many clients do not understand that photographers need to make a decent living also (especially non-profit organizations) and are always asking for free images. And, that it was never a good idea to give into these requests without some kind of compensation.

+ That one should buy a house young to build up credit and equity. Invest in yourself but also in other ways.

+ Those credit cards are essential, but evil.

+ That I should never have carried such heavy cameras bags or pack packs.

+ That computers would eventually rule my life (well, maybe it good that I didn’t know that actually)

+ That no matter how recognized I would become in photography, the phone would never ring on its own. I would have to hustle and reinvent myself all the time.


What are things you wish you knew before embarking on this career ?

Carolyn Cole "Nature LA" @ G2 this Friday

Opening reception this Friday for G2 Gallery's Nature LA exhibition series. 6- 9 pm.

Speaking of G2, they just recently adopted a cat and seeking a name so they're taking suggestions on their Facebook page.