THROUGH THE LENS
THE LENS OF LA:
FROM MOTION TO STILLNESS Since the 1920’s, Los Angeles has been the capital of moving pictures but only recently is it emerging as a center of fine art photography. In the 1980’s, LA had only one major photography gallery. Today, Los Angeles has over 20 galleries entirely dedicated to exhibiting the art of image making. Photo LA, an international photographic art expo, celebrated its 18th year in 2009. As confirmation of the ‘still’ movement, the first Los Angeles photography museum, the Annenberg Space for Photography opened in March. A few months later, the renovated Annenberg Community Beach House opened to display a Santa Monica Beach photo exhibit of 27 photographers’ work. Month of Photography Los Angeles (MOPLA) was launched this year by the Lucie Foundation to support and promote Los Angeles photographers by the Lucie Foundation. Los Angeles is now the second largest photography community in the United States. Fabrik Magazine highlights a few of our favorite LA photographer artists. »