+ IRIS Nights : Melvin Sokolsky "Beauty Is In the Eye ~ The Time We Live In" 6:30-8:00 pm @ Annenberg Space for Photography 2000 Avenue of the Stars Los Angeles, CA 90067. More info here.
+ ASMP/SD "The Business of Architectural Photography with Steve Whittaker" 7-9 pm @ Riverdale Studios, 6314 Riverdale Street, San Diego CA 92120.
+ Hugh Holland "Photographs" @ Raw Materials 436 South Main Street Los Angeles, CA 90013. Part of Downtown Art Walk
+ Las Fotos Project "Nuestra Placita Olvera" @ COBA 117 W. 5th Street, 90013. Part of Downtown Art Walk
"Nuestra Placita Olvera" is a beautiful exhibit showcasing the annual celebrations of historic community landmark, Olvera Street, as seen through the eyes of five Latina student photographers.
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+ Joe Acker "Seductive Synthesis : An Erotic Exploration Of Architectural Surface: Gaudi & Gehry" opens @ Frank Pictures Gallery in Bergamot Station 2525 Michigan Ave. A5 Santa Monica, CA 90404
Aker’s work asks that we fantasize and allow our imaginations to go beyond architecture to discover its underlying dynamic eroticism. “Looking beyond surface is important to my work”, says Aker, “I want to strip away the masks of the exterior and show the emotional charge that runs beneath form into feeling.”
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+ Jonas Mohr "Mugshots: A Celebration of the Journey From Ruin to Redemption " book signing 2-4 pm @ Book Soup 8818 Sunset Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90069
Over two hundred pages filled with striking black and white photography and dramatic real-life stories from some of Hollywood s most successful artists who describe with extraordinary honesty their journeys from ruin to redemption. A beautifully designed book and cleverly conceived work of photojournalism, Mugshots is at once a work of art and an inspiration.
+ APA/LA @Universal Studios tour 3 - 6 pm @ Universal Studios 3820 Barham Blvd. Universal City, CA
Join the APA LA for a reception and guided tour of the Universal Studios Backlot! Focusing on still shoot locations and services, the tour will showcase the recently rebuilt New York Street, the new Universal Virtual Stage 1 and travel through the more than 30 backlot locations and sound stages. The entire 391 acre lot is available for shooting including office buildings, streets, interiors, lakes, fields and woods.
+ Laura Parker "Rotations & Rubbings" opening reception 5-7 pm @ DNJ Gallery 2525 Michigan Avenue, Suite J1 Santa Monica, CA 90404
+ Elliott Wilcox "Courts" opening reception 5-7 pm @ DNJ Gallery 2525 Michigan Avenue, Suite J1 Santa Monica, CA 90404
+ Two By Sea: Rebecca Sittler & Adam Thorman opening reception 6-8 pm @ Sam Lee Gallery 990 N. Hill Street #190 Los Angeles, CA 90012
+ Ed Freeman opening reception 6-9 pm @ 945 Chung King Road Los Angeles, CA 90012
+ NELA (Northeast Los Angeles) Gallery Night @ selected venues tonight.
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+ 12th Annual Urban Youth Photography Exhibition opening reception 5:30 - 7:00 pm @ Cafe de Leche 5000 York Blvd Highland Park, California 90042
This year represents the twelveth year of creating an Annual Urban Youth Photography Exhibit of the student’s work. Over the years, these shows have traveled to venues throughout Los Angeles including the Bradbury Building, Gallery 777, Rose Café & Gallery, Santa Monica Place Community Focus Gallery, Santa Monica Housing Corporation, Tia Chucha’s Café Cultural, the Office of the Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent, and the Los Angeles City Hall Gallery.
Come out and meet the artists, enjoy refreshments, and entertainment while we celebrate the effect this club and photography has had on its participants.
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