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2019 (LA): Exhibitions

#SETINTHESTREET

Annenberg Space for Photography

An ongoing art project by Justin Bettman, #SetintheStreet consists of elaborate interior room sets created and built in public places.

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#THISIS18

Annenberg Space for Photography

#ThisIs18 aims to capture what life is like for 18-year-old girls across oceans and cultures. The project was shot entirely by other young women, ages 17 to 22.

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1992-2017-East Side Stories

Annenberg Space for Photography

East Side Stories puts a human face to gang members in Los Angeles while in their homes and with their families.

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A Love Letter from the Pearl to the Game of Baseball

Annenberg Space for Photography

The distinctly American sport of baseball was introduced to Uganda in the 1990’s by missionaries and it attracted large numbers of youngsters eager to pick up bats and balls.

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A Possible River

Annenberg Space for Photography

Following the Los Angeles River from its origin to the sea, A Possible River is a meditation on Southern California’s most poignant symbol of human efforts to dominate the natural environment in the pursuit of development.

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Alchemic

Annenberg Space for Photography

In Alchemic, Cassils presents their gold-painted, muscular body as a philosophical homage to Robert Mapplethorpe’s classically beautiful Male Nudes and Statuary series.

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ALTAR: Prayer, Ritual, Offering

Annenberg Space for Photography

ALTAR: Prayer, Ritual, Offering engages photography as a practice containing attributes and religious traditions of Africa and its diaspora.

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At Home: In the American West

Annenberg Space for Photography

At Home: In the American West, an extension of The California Sunday Magazine’s December 2018 issue, features work from 20 emerging and established photographers exploring the theme of Home across the American West.

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Becoming An Image

Annenberg Space for Photography

Becoming an Image is a piece that works at the interstices of performance, photography, and sculpture.

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Between

Annenberg Space for Photography

Between represents work by Venice Arts advanced photography students who, for over a year have been working on intimate storytelling.

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California Calamities: A State of Emergency

Annenberg Space for Photography

During the past two years, California has experienced some of the deadliest calamities in the state’s 169-year history.

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Caught in Conflict

Annenberg Space for Photography

Women and children suffer war in ways that men don’t. Humanitarian assistance is not just the provision of food and water in war time.

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City Views: An Astronaut’s View

Annenberg Space for Photography

Tim’s photography reflects our planet’s beauty from the unique perspective of space.

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Clubhouse Turn

Annenberg Space for Photography

The series Clubhouse Turn (2013-2016) is the final documentation of the historic landmark of a quickly vanishing Los Angeles—Hollywood Park-and its community, before its demolition.

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Collection of Animated Short films by CalArts Character Animation Students

Annenberg Space for Photography

CalArts presents a collection of individually-made animated short films made by Character Animation Students.

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Drive-Thru

Annenberg Space for Photography

Lara Jo Regan’s large-scale environmental installation takes the viewer on an noirish spin, disrupting our perspective of minimum wage workers and the fast-food experience.

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Esta Soy Yo, A Retrospective of Las Fotos Project’s Teen Self Portraits

Annenberg Space for Photography

Esta Soy Yo is a landmark retrospective of Las Fotos Project’s youth self-portraits created over the course of eight years, reflecting each girls’ individuality and photographic creativity.

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EUSA

Annenberg Space for Photography

EUSA is a series of photos of American themed places around Europe and European themed places in the U.S. and is a reaction to the homogenization of European and American cultures, a direct result of globalization.

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Faces Never Forgotten

Annenberg Space for Photography

Faces Never Forgotten offers an intimate glimpse into the lives of Somalis living in Somaliland, a nation shrouded in misconceptions and myths.

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Forced Migration: There and Here

Annenberg Space for Photography

Photo reportage and portraiture highlighting the common humanity among those fleeing violence south of California and environmental refugees arriving from the north.

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Fourth Grade Project

Annenberg Space for Photography

The mission of the Fourth Grade Project is to achieve greater empathy and understanding by documenting and sharing the hopes and fears of fourth graders around the world.

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Freedom of Expression: Art Instruction in California Prisons

Annenberg Space for Photography

Photos of California state prison inmates, both male and female, engaged in making art—including visual, performance, and literary forms.

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Fumi Ishino

Annenberg Space for Photography

Fumi’s piece explores how the often discarded images and objects of the everyday engage with visual strategies of reality, make believe, desire and detachment.

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Glasshouse of New Americans

Annenberg Space for Photography

A glasshouse of wet plate collodion portraits of New American immigrants illustrating that we are all immigrants and “those in glasshouses should not throw stones.”

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Katie’s New Face

Annenberg Space for Photography

Katie’s New Face takes viewers inside the groundbreaking face transplant that gave a young woman a second chance at life.

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Kings & Queens in Their Castles

Annenberg Space for Photography

Kings & Queens in Their Castles has been called one of the most ambitious photo series ever conducted of the LGBTQ experience in the USA.

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L.A. Gente (L.A. People)

Annenberg Space for Photography

In Los Angeles, street vending food is at the center of political marginalization while also bridging lives together.

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Living in Sanctuary

Annenberg Space for Photography

A long-term project documenting individuals living in sanctuary across the US––the last alternative for keeping families together while they fight for a suspension of deportation.

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Made in L.A.

Annenberg Space for Photography

Made in LA celebrates photography created by members of the Los Angeles Center of Photography including work from the street and fine art arenas.

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Malike Sidibe – Portraits Series

Annenberg Space for Photography

For my portrait series, I wanted to create photographs that are free of cultural, ethnic, racial, and gender boundaries.

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Of Love and War

Annenberg Space for Photography

Lynsey Addario’s Of Love and War is a photography book with stunning images she has made while reporting from crisis and war zones all across the world.

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OYAKO (Japanese parents & children)

Annenberg Space for Photography

OYAKO, a series on Japanese parents and children, explores how culture changes and adapts as it moves from one generation to the next.

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Parallax

Annenberg Space for Photography

Authority Collective presents queer artists of color who are re-visioning the lexicon that imagines the queer form: framing it as beautiful, strong, complex and multi-faceted.

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Past Tense: California

Annenberg Space for Photography

Past Tense: California is the first project from the archival storytelling project of The New York Times.

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Photographic Greenhouse L.A.

Annenberg Space for Photography

André Feliciano will present a new Photographic Greenhouse where nature becomes the photographer and we are free to pose without being judged.

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Pit Bull Flower Power

Annenberg Space for Photography

Pit Bull Flower Power questions the way humans have abused pit bulls while it aims at rebranding these misunderstood dogs and finding them homes.

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Puzzled Creatures

Annenberg Space for Photography

Claire Rosen offers a new perspective on tradition with portraits of creatures photographed against complementary historic reproduction wallpaper popular during the Victorian Era.

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Rolling Through Life

Annenberg Space for Photography

Rolling Through Life shares the portraits and stories of seniors who express themselves physically and creatively through the art of Artistic Roller Skating.

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Senior Love Triangle

Annenberg Space for Photography

A short excerpt of a long-term photo documentary, Senior Love Triangle that shadows three senior citizens in a romantic conflict and questions the nature of relationships and intimacy.

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Shaping a Dialogue for Change – A Look Towards the Future in the Present

Annenberg Space for Photography

The Los Angeles based artists featured in this ongoing series of portraits have helped shape art, education, and public space in our city.

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Soul R&B Funk Photographs 1972-1982

Annenberg Space for Photography

The project is about R&B, funk and soul music as seen through the lens of a young African American photographer at the start of his career.

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Ten Years of the ESPN BODY Issue

Annenberg Space for Photography

The ESPN BODY Issue. Explore ten years of iconic images, all dedicated to the power of the athletic form.

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Testament

Annenberg Space for Photography

Testament is a collection of photographs and writing by late photojournalist Chris Hondros spanning over a decade of coverage from most of the world’s conflicts since the late 1990s.

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The MASH UP – LA Edition

Annenberg Space for Photography

Photographer Janette Beckman and artist Cey Adams are co-curating The MASH UP. Four West Coast artists were selected to mash-up/paint/remix Beckman’s old school hip-hop photos.

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The Newest Americans

Annenberg Space for Photography

Sam Comen and Michael Estrin photographed and interviewed dozens of new citizens at two naturalization ceremonies in Los Angeles during February and March of 2017.

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The Palace Wild

Annenberg Space for Photography

Haddon documents the collaboration where the human figure as armature helps to breathe life into the original stories that the clothing is longing to tell.

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There is Only One Paul R. Williams

Annenberg Space for Photography

There is Only One Paul R. Williams highlights the work of a brilliant and prolific black architect who made a name for himself in pre-Civil Rights Movement America.

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This is Los Angeles

Annenberg Space for Photography

Estevan Oriol had a lowrider before he had a camera. Lowriding is one of the main reasons he became a photographer.

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to live & die in LA

Annenberg Space for Photography

In the Pull-Up series, close-up photographs of the waist area become landscape inspired compositions: bands of color formed by shirt, underwear, and low-slung pants.

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TRANSFORMATION: Water as Art

Annenberg Space for Photography

The TRANSFORMATION: Water as Art project’s intent is to inspire and motivate us to protect this most valuable resource for life, and to view it in a new light.

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Typecast

Annenberg Space for Photography

Typecast is a satirical portrait series addressing cultural stereotypes perpetuated by the entertainment industry presented as a Photo Cube exhibition and day portrait session.

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Under The Stars

Annenberg Space for Photography

UNDER THE STARS encompasses explorations of the American West under the night sky, from moon-filled canyons to remote mountaintops devoid of light pollution.

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Underground Chefs of South Central

Annenberg Space for Photography

Interested in the intersection of race, class, and food, Underground Chefs of South Central is an exploration of black culinary creativity and ingenuity.

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Undocumented

Annenberg Space for Photography

Undocumented represents ten years of photojournalism by Getty Images special correspondent John Moore on the issues of immigration and border security.

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Viewfinder: The Art & Craft of the Film Still

Annenberg Space for Photography

Viewfinder: The Art & Craft of the Film Still offers a glimpse behind the scenes of motion picture sets and the archives of the Society of Motion Picture Still Photographers.

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Visual Communications: A Celebration of Community

Annenberg Space for Photography

This exhibition is an overview of Asian Pacific American (APA) community and activism, as seen through images culled from the organization’s Asian Pacific American Photographic Archive.

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Welcome to the Circus

Annenberg Space for Photography

We build experiences that showcase the future of fun. In combination with big, fun games that get people playing together, the exhibit will also feature the incredible artwork of SHWALAMI.

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With Water, Without Water

Annenberg Space for Photography

With Water/Without Water is a group exhibition that collectively tells the story of the importance to California of this vital but limited resource.

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Women & The American West

Annenberg Space for Photography

A collection of images by Women Photograph members that shows the importance of women as champions and storytellers in the American west—a space where they are often excluded or forced into the background.

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2019 (LA): Sessions and Events

‘Seeing with your Heart. Photographing with your Mind’ Photowalk with Bil Brown

Infuse the beauty of poetry and emotion with photography in a photowalk with photographer and artist Bil Brown.

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#Thisis18

Join us for a discussion of #ThisIs18 an exhibition featuring photographs of girls aged 18 around the world.

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#YOURTURN

For the purposes of #YOURTURN students have used the medium of photography to cross the external physical borders in the city of Los Angeles and identify the borders created within themselves.

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Abstract City Photowalk with Matthew Nordman × Jenae Lien

Challenge your creativity to make photos unique to your visual signature.

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Adobe Mobile Photo Walk with Chris Orwig

Please join Adobe on an educational 90-minute Photo Walk led by Chris Orwig. Explore the art of shooting with the camera you always have with you–your phone.

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Adobe Mobile Photo Walk with Ford Lowcock

Please join Adobe on an educational 90-minute Photo Walk led by Ford Lowcock. Explore the art of shooting with the camera you always have with you-your phone.

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Adobe Mobile Photo Walk with Lauren Randolph

Please join Adobe on an educational 90-minute Photo Walk led by Lauren Randolph. Explore the art of shooting with the camera you always have with you–your phone.

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Adobe Mobile Photo Walk with Pei Ketron

Please join Adobe on an educational 90 minute Photo Walk led by Pei Ketron. Explore the art of shooting with the camera you always have with you–your phone.

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Adobe Mobile Photo Walk with Pei Ketron

Please join Adobe on an educational 90-minute Photo Walk led by Pei Ketron. Explore the art of shooting with the camera you always have with you–your phone.

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AN EVENING CELEBRATING 10 YEARS OF THE ESPN BODY ISSUE

Join ESPN Photographers, Editors and very special guests for an evening you will never forget! ESPN The Magazine’s BODY Issue was born in October of 2009 with a singular mission: to celebrate the incredible power of the athletic form.

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An Evening With Contact High

Join us for an evening celebrating the visual legacy and power of Hip-Hop.

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AN EVENING WITH LA TIMES PHOTOGRAPHERS

Los Angeles Times photographers discuss the challenges of covering the West Coast on multiple fronts – the crisis on the Mexico border, the devastating California wildfires, the increasing homeless population in the Los Angeles area and the Hollywood Industry.

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An Evening with Lynsey Addario & John Moore

Join us as two celebrated Photojournalists sit down for a conversation about their impactful work traversing the globe from the current humanitarian crises in Syria to U.S. Mexico immigrant crossings during the Trump administration.

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AN EVENING WITH THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC: STORYTELLING THROUGH PHOTOGRAPHY

Join National Geographic’s award-winning photographers and editors as they discuss how they build relationships to create impactful visually led storytelling.

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Behind-the-Scenes Walking Tour with Katie Hollander and Laura Roumanos

Join Laura Roumanos and Katie Hollander for a behind-the-scenes tour of Photoville, featuring guest appearances by members of the team including the master behind all the container stacking and logistics!

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Between: Long-term Personal Projects

Panelists will present and discuss their projects, which range from: coming of age as an LGBTQ person, escaping domestic violence, and a young person growing up on the cusp of two cultures, Oaxacan and American.

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Bruce W. Talamon: Soul R&B Funk Photographers 1972-1982

A conversation with Bruce T. Talamon on a decade-long project celebrating Soul, R&B, and Funk.

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Camera Petting Zoo and Art Stamping

Join photographer and educator Mary Mayer for an afternoon of exploring various classic cameras.

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Complimentary Portfolio Reviews with Leica Gallery LA Curator Paris Chong

Have your portfolio reviewed by Leica Gallery Manager and Curator Paris Chong at the Leica Pavilion.

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Controversy and the Art of the Image

Melanie Pullen’s talk will cover the taboo subjects that she explores in her work, including the self-imposed boundaries that she adheres to when delving into controversial subject matters and series.

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Depth of Shadows: Understanding Harsh Light & Shadows Photowalk with Stephen Vanasco

Learn how to use harsh light to add depth to your photos through shadows in a photowalk with photographer Stephen Vanasco.

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East Side Stories: Journey towards Justice, Past and Present

Join Joseph Rodríguez, Ruben Martinez, Dr. Jesse De La Cruz, and Rubén Martínez for a powerful educational discussion on gang violence, juvenile justice and re-entry into Los Angeles communities.

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Elements of a Visual Art: A Narrative Photowalk with Mynxii White

Push your creativity to make compelling imagery that stands out from the rest in a unique photowalk with photographer, film maker, and makeup artist Mynxii White.

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Esta Soy Yo — This Is Me: A Self Portraits Workshop

Las Fotos Project’s teen photographers welcome you to bring your full self and join this interactive self-portrait making workshop.

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Esta Soy Yo, Self-Exploration through Photography

Hear from teen photographers featured in the Esta Soy Yo exhibition at Photoville Los Angeles and join a conversation on understanding identity, learning photography, and affirming the importance of creative expression.

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Get to Know Yourself and the World via Street Photography

Hear from our featured middle-school students who have learned the skills of Street Photography as a way to know their world, and the world around them, better.

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Go Unnoticed: Street Photography Photowalk with Mathieu Bitton

Find the unusual in the ordinary with photographer as you go undercover in a street photography photowalk with photographer Mathieu Bitton.

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Image + Imagination: Creating Characters with the Camera

Join Mimi Haddon and Aline Smithson for a workshop that celebrates play and imagination. Both instructors have a photographic legacy of considering the performative nature of photography by using costumes and props to create new realities.

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Inspired Live at Photoville LA

Inspired Live provides a platform for a unique group of cross-disciplined artists and industry professionals to reveal their sources of inspiration.

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Intimate Portraiture

Join artist and activist Muna Malik as she hosts a workshop on portrait photography and discusses how photographers can use their practice to bridge cultural divides and cultivate greater inclusion and awareness of vulnerable and underrepresented communities.

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Keepin’ It Simple Photowalk with Lauren Koplowitz

Life’s complicated; let Lauren Koplowitz show you how slowing down & seeing beauty where others many not can create meaningful photos from the mundane.

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Leica Photographers Guide to the Galaxy: A Photowalk with Andrew Stuart x Pete Halvorsen

Pete and Andrew will lead a walk along The Avenue of the Stars to the Century City Mall, and create a photo assignment to help extend your eye and street photography skills.

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MashUp: A Family Workshop Hosted by Artist Cey Adams and Photographer Janette Beckman

Join us for an afternoon of learning how to draw and collage with artist Cey Adams using the iconic images of Hip-Hop legends made by photographer Janette Beckman!

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MFON Presents: Altar: Prayer, Ritual, Offerings

A panel discussion moderated by MFON co-founders Laylah Amatullah Barryan and Adama Delphine Fawundu will feature contributing photographers sharing perspectives on photography and spirituality.

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Modern Tintype

Wet plate tintype portraits by local artists Michael Chylinsku and Brian Cuyler at the special price of $75 just for Photoville LA guests!

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Natural Ink and Mushroom Paper with Think Space Collective

This family activity will demonstrate step by step, how to make paper from mushrooms and recycled materials including dried flowers and newspapers.

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On-stage with Ricky Powell

Join us at Photoville LA where we celebrate legendary New York street photographer Ricky Powell for a intimate conversation about his iconic images from the Golden Era of hip-hop.

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Past Tense: California

Past Tense: California is the first project from the archival storytelling project of The New York Times.

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Photography and Social Media

Sharing photos via social media is becoming the norm for photographers, but how do you effectively shoot, select, and edit for social media?

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Photoville Scavenger Hunt Challenge

In this activity we will transform photographs into puzzle pieces by way of mysterious images and enigmatic locations. Every image will create a clue that adds to an immersive experience as we collectively generate the treasure trail.

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Safety in Focus: The US/Mexico Border

This panel will use coverage of the US/Mexico border as a case study to delve deeply into the issues photographers face while trying to work safely and effectively.

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Seeing the World Through a Small Lens: A Camera Phone Workshop

Join us for our first-ever workshop dedicated to exploring the cameras we carry right in our pockets! We all have great cameras with us wherever we go, but how many of us use them to their fullest potential?

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The Art of Storytelling Photowalk with Leica Akademie Instructor Philip Cuenco

Discover the elements of storytelling and learn how to apply it to photography with Leica Akademie Instructor Philip Cuenco in a photowalk designed to ignite your creativity.

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TYPECAST Photo Shoot

This event is designed for actors of color who are interested in being photographed twice; once in the role they tend to get typecast, and again in their idea of a “dream” role.

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Walking Tour with Aline Smithson

Join Aline Smithson, artist and editor-in-chief of Lenscratch, as she leads a tour of her top exhibitions at Photoville LA.

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Walking Tour with Carolyn Cole, The Los Angeles Times

Join staff photographer Carolyn Cole as she leads a tour of California Calamities: A State of Emergency, as well as the 5 photographers to watch selected by The Los Angeles Times Photography Department.

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Walking Tour with Jacqueline Bates, The California Sunday Magazine

Join Jacqueline Bates, photography director of The California Sunday Magazine as as she leads a tour of Photoville LA.

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Walking Tour with Mengwen Cao, Authority Collective

Tour Photoville with Mengwen Cao, artist and co-curator of the exhibition by Authority Collective, a group of womxn, femmes, trans, non-binary and gender non-conforming people of color reclaiming their authority in the photography, film, VR/AR industries.

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Walking Tour with Vikki Tobak & Janette Beckman

Join curator Vikki Tobak and photographer Janette Beckman as they share their exhibitions Contact High and The Mash Up, and visit many of their other favorites around Photoville LA.

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Weaving Light and Memory: Plant Cyanotypes

In this family activity we will explore what plants have to teach us about migration, borders and our diverse identities utilizing a cyanotype photographic process.

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