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January 1, 2009
PHOTO L.A. OPENS ON JAN. 8TH AT BARKER
HANGER AT SANTA MONICA AIRPORT AND
WILL RUN THROUGH SUNDAY, JAN. 11TH
Photo L.A. 2009, the 18th annual international Los Angeles photographic art exposition, will take place from January 9-11, 2009 at the historic Barker Hangar at the Santa Monica Airport. Photo L.A. 2009 will feature photography for sale, from the earliest 19th-century photographic experiments to the most contemporary photography and photo-based art. Nearly 70 of the world's leading galleries and private dealers representing international and U.S.-based artists will display work at the show.
The fair begins with an opening night reception benefiting the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) photography department on Thursday, January 8 from 6 p.m.-9 p.m. Public hours for the show are Friday, January 9 and Saturday, January 10, from noon-8 p.m.; and Sunday, January 11, from noon-6 p.m. Tickets are $20 for a two-day pass, and $30 for a three-day pass.
"We are pleased to be teaming up with LACMA this year. Los Angeles is the creative hub for artists and a major creative center in terms of the production of contemporary photography. Together with LACMA, we are planning a number of special programs for our visitors, featuring some of today's most renowned artists," says Stephen Cohen, president of Artfairs, Inc. and director of Photo L.A. "Photo L.A. continues to grow each year, with an increasing number of new and returning exhibitors and visitors. This year, the Barker Hangar will serve as a prime space for the fair to present its largest collection of Los Angeles based artists and international exhibitors," he continued.
Programming highlights at Photo L.A. include the LACMA Artist Conversation Series & Book Signings with Charlotte Cotton, LACMA's head curator of the Wallis Annenberg Photography Department, on Saturday, January 10, from noon-6 p.m. Cotton will speak with leading photographers, including David Maisel (noon-1:30 p.m.), Diane Keaton & Marvin Heiferman (2 p.m.-3 p.m.), Bruce Davidson (3:30 p.m.–4:30 p.m.), and Susan Meiselas (5 p.m.-6 p.m.) to discuss their new publications. Book signings with the photographers will follow each conversation. On Sunday, January 11th there will be a series of three lectures by noted photographers, including Joel Peter-Witkin at 11 am, Catherine Opie at 1 pm, and Jim Goldberg at 3 pm. The Sunday photographer lectures will be held at the Ruskin Group Theater, adjacent to the fair (3000 Airport Ave, Santa Monica, CA 90405).
Contemporary Works/Vintage Works will be exhibiting work at Photo LA from booth B-4.
Contemporary Works/Vintage Works will feature a major selection of Robert Mapplethorpe images, plus a large group of masterworks from top photographers, including , André Kertész, Édouard Boubat, Horst, Robert Frank, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Aaron Siskind, Harry Callahan, Edward Steichen, Irving Penn, Francois Kollar, Jacques-Henri Lartigue, Dorothea Lange, Lee Friedlander, Barbara Morgan, Clarence John Laughlin, Ilse Bing, Brassai, Edward Weston, Frantisek Drtikol, Josef Sudek, Helen Levitt, Raoul Ubac, Walker Evans, Arnold Newman, Carl Mydans, Brett Weston, Robert Doisneau, Willy Ronis, Eugene Atget and Ralph Meatyard. We will also have on hand some wonderful 19th-century material (Le Gray, Fenton, Bisson Freres, Baldus, Marville, Southworth & Hawes, De Launay, Negre, Teynard, De Clercq, Fortier, Richebourg, Frith, Disderi, Clifford, Salzmann, etc.), so please be sure to ask us about it. We also represent contemporary work by Stanko Abadžic, Arthur Tress, Lisa Holden, Michael Philip Manheim, Krzysztof Pruszkowski, Claudia Kunin and Mitch Dobrowner, and will have examples in our booth (B-4). To see a selection of Contemporary Works/Vintage Works top photographs, click here: http://www.iphotocentral.com/search/result_list.php/128/1/0 .
For a complete current list of exhibitors and additional information on Photo L.A., visit http://www.artfairsinc.com/photola/2009 , or call 1-323-937-4659.