PROGRAM
Exhibitions | Discussions | Projections | Events
Exhibitions: MOPLA will endorse and present a variety of photographic exhibitions occuring in April.
Discussions: Stimulating conversations to engage and inspire collectors, photographers, high school students, and everyone in between.
Projections: Through Pro'jekt LA, MOPLA's very own projection series, photography will be projected
on walls and outdoor spaces of Los Angeles
Official Exhibitions and Discussions are commissioned, procured and produced by Lucie Foundation and Month of Photography Los Angeles.
Featured Exhibitions and Discussions are co-produced, endorsed and promoted by Lucie Foundation and Month of Photography Los Angeles.
In Association describes all events, exhibitions, discussions already existing and during the Month of Photography Los Angeles.
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Thursday April 01
Illuminating Devices - Sarah Rossiter and Dorsey Dunn
Admission: FREE
Los Angeles-based artists Sarah Rossiter and Dorsey Dunn will present a
large-scale installation of image and sound, transforming the gallery into
an elevated, floating landscape. Presented by den Contemporary Art Los Angeles
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Thursday April 01 , 7pm - 9pm
Legends of Jazz Photography
Admission: FREE
Legends of Jazz Photography - Opening Reception for Herman Leonard.
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Saturday April 03 , 7pm
Pro'jekt LA 1: Official Opening Night for MOPLA
Admission: FREE
The Lucie Foundation is excited and proud to launch the second annual Month of Photography Los Angeles. Join us for the Opening Night at Bergamot Station. Frank Pictures will host the first installment of Pro'jekt LA, MEXLA: Our Neighbor Mexico- Through the Eyes of Jeff Antebi, Livia Corona and Marc Smith.
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Saturday April 03
Xto Nude Image Awards Winners
Admission: FREE
The Grand and 2nd Prize winners for photography and illustration in this international online competition will receive $2000/$1000 and be announced at the winners celebration April 3, 2010 7pm-10pm.
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Saturday April 03
GroupSC 2009 - An Intimate View of Southern California - Premiere Installation
Admission: FREE
A mobile multi-media hub will travel throughout the month of April to various event sites.
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Saturday April 03 , 7pm - 10pm
Official Opening Night for MOPLA
Admission: FREE with RSVP to openingnight@monthofphotography.com
The Lucie Foundation is excited and proud to launch the second annual Month of Photography Los Angeles.
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Sunday April 04 , 1pm-3pm
Artist-at-Work Demonstration: Platinum Prints
Admission: FREE, Parking $15
Drop by as photographer Luther Gerlach demonstrates how to make platinum prints using authentic cameras, lenses, and procedures from the 19th century.
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Tuesday April 06 , 7pm-10pm
Pro'jekt LA 2: LA Intrigue: Sights + Scenes
Admission: FREE
LA Intrigue: Sights + Scenes showcases different vantage points of the great city of Los Angeles. From raving to traffic, the valley to the coast, and everything in between.
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Thursday April 08 , 6pm-9pm
PDN Emerging 30
Admission: FREE
Photo District News magazine’s PDN’s 30, Our Choice of New and Emerging Photographers to Watch, is a look at up-and-coming photographers from around the world and is published annually in PDN's March issue.
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Friday April 09 , 6:30pm - 9:30pm
On | Pause - Photography in the Creative Work Spaces of Commercial Production Houses
Admission: FREE with RSVP to rsvp@kentcollective.com
A Night of Seduction featuring the work of Dean Karr and Mark Edward Harris' Anatomy of a Playboy Centerfold.
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Saturday April 10 , 5pm - 7pm
Pieter Hugo
Admission: FREE
Pieter Hugo’s series Nollywood portrays archetypal characters from the third-largest film industry in the world, “Nollywood” in Nigeria.
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Saturday April 10 , 7pm - 10pm
Diversity in Development
Admission: FREE
Featuring the work of Franklin Londin, Willa Mamet, Jad Najjar, Mike Saijo, Gwen Samuels, Aline Smithson, Amanda Keller-Konya, and Paul Papanek. Artist talk on April 17th, time TBA.
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Saturday April 10 , 7pm - 10pm
NELA Artwalk - Second Saturday Gallery Night
Admission:
Monthly Gallery Walk in Northeast Los Angeles, featuring 23 galleries and spaces!
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Sunday April 11 , 3:30pm - 5:30pm
Photography in 3-D: Capturing the Built Environment
Admission: $15, Tickets required. Please call (310) 440-7300.
International stereophotographer Jack Laxer presents 3-D images of Modernist architecture from the 1950s and 1960s and beyond while sharing his innovative strategies and self-designed equipment.
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Tuesday April 13 , 7pm-10pm
Pro'jekt LA 3: Dear Diary - Six LA Photographers.
Admission: FREE
Dear Diary: Six LA photographers, one week and an intimate view into daily life, surroundings and what little moments are made still.
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Thursday April 15 , 7pm - 10pm
Robert Buelteman - The Evolutionary Image
Admission: Free with RSVP to events@aandi.com
Distinguished photographer Robert Buelteman will be giving a lecture titled "The Evolutionary Image" on his technique of "cameraless photography".
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Friday April 16
Deep in Photography: A Weekend of Critique and Inspiration
Admission: $695; Limit to 16 students
Join world-renowned photographer Mary Ellen Mark for a weekend of photographic discussion, portfolio review and inspiration.
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Friday April 16 , 8pm - 11pm
i Spy With My Plastic Eye
Admission: FREE
i Spy With My Plastic Eye, is a group exhibition visualized by photographer, Astor Morgan.
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Saturday April 17
Miracle Mile Art Walk and Artist Talks
Admission: FREE
Four times per year, The Miracle Mile Art Walk features over 40 galleries in the Miracle Mile Arts Dirtrict, one of Los Angeles' most well-known centers of art and culture!!!
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Saturday April 17 , 10am - 4pm
SnapShop!
Admission: Open to pre-registered high school students only.
SnapShop! aims to cultivate the photographic minds of the future and for youth to acquire skills that might not be available to them at their home schools and communities.
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Tuesday April 20 , 7pm - 10pm
(Rescheduled) Pro'jekt LA 4: Ad-Nauseam: Un-Commercializing the Commercial
Admission: FREE
Pro'jekt LA 4: Ad-Nauseam: Un-Commercializing the Commercial. Featuring the work of Comrade, Eva Kolenko, Hugh Kretschmer, Adam Levey, Steven Lippman, Anthony Redpath, Zachary Scott, Morgan Silk and Jamey Stillings.
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Wednesday April 21 , 7pm
Pictures on Pico
Admission:
From La Brea to Fairfax, portraits of business owners, friends and familiar faces on Pico Blvd.
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Thursday April 22
MOPLA and Annenberg Space for Photography present WATER - A Slideshow Event.
Admission: FREE
The Annenberg Space for Photography is presently hosting an exhibition Titled: Water, Our Thirsty World in conjunction with the National Geographic Magazine special April 2010 issue on global fresh water.
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Thursday April 22 , 1:30pm
Curator's Gallery Talk
Admission: FREE, Parking $15
Virginia Heckert, associate curator of Photographs, the J. Paul Getty Museum, leads a gallery talk on the exhibition Urban Panoramas: Opie, Liao, Kim. Meet under the stairs in the Museum Entrance Hall.
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Friday April 23 , 6pm - 9pm
Fresh Fairs V.I.P. Opening Party
Admission: By Invitation Only. For more information contact egomez@luciefoundation.org
Presented by the Lucie Foundation, Fresh Fairs is the newest addition to the world of photography. In concert with Foundation’s other programs, Fresh Fairs is committed to the presentation, promotion, and nurturing of the medium of photography and its makers.
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Friday April 23 , 11am - 3pm
Fresh Look
Admission: By Invitation Only. Contact scho@luciefoundation.org for more information.
Fresh Look is the Lucie Foundation’s very own portfolio review that brings together photographic talent with influential industry-insiders.
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Friday April 23 , 7pm - 9pm
GroupSC 2009
Admission: FREE
GROUPSC 2009, a consortium of fifty regional documentary artist-photographers, directed by Helen K. Garber, will again showcase An Intimate View of Southern California in conjunction with MOPLA, the Month of Photography, Los Angeles.
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Saturday April 24 , 11am - 7pm
Fresh Take
Admission: FREE
Fresh Take showcases the personal and meaningful work of photographers, most of whom are without gallery representation or for whom representation is of a mostly commercial context.
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Saturday April 24 , 5pm - 9pm
Driving Desire
Admission: FREE
Cocktail Reception. In Los Angeles, driving is a daily prayer, a morning renewal.
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Sunday April 25 , 3:30pm - 9pm
WOMEN’S WORK - An evening of food and art celebrating women’s lives
Admission: $10/$25 Donation. Tickets can be found at: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/104898
Women’s Work is not your typical gallery event. Not only will there be amazing art by talented emerging artists, but preceding the slideshow will be a potluck dinner and open bar allowing participants to mingle and network, and promote discourse on women’s lives around the globe.
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Monday April 26 , 6pm - 9pm
On | Pause - Photography in the Creative Work Spaces of Commcercial Production Houses
Admission: FREE with RSVP to rsvp@kentcollective.com
Prettybird Photographers Retrospective of Photography.
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Thursday April 29 , 7pm - 10pm
MOPLA Group Show LA
Admission: FREE with RSVP to groupshow@monthofphotography.com
MOPLA Group Show. Featuring the selected photographers of Los Angeles. Co-curated by Hossein Farmani of the Lucie Foundation and Dee DeLara of Smashbox Studios.
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Friday April 30 , 7pm - 10pm
Official MOPLA Closing Event: FOCUS on AIDS 13 Preview
Admission: FREE
The Official Closing Event of Month of Photography Los Angeles.
Focus on AIDS' best and boldest collection of photographs ever debuts on this night. Meet the photographers, preview their work, and join us in celebrating 23 years of fighting AIDS on the auction block. The Artists' Preview Party is open to all.
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