Bevan Davies
Bevan Davies
Los Angeles, 1976
vintage gelatin silver print
14 x 17 inches
Bevan Davies
Holmby Avenue, Los Angels
1976
vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
16 x 20 inches
Bevan Davies
Los Angeles
1976
vintage gelatin silver print
14 x 17 inches
Terry Wild
Los Angeles
1970
vintage gelatin silver print
5 1/4 x 7 3/4 inches
Terry Wild
untitled, c.1970
vintage gelatin silver print
6 5/8 x 8 inches
Terry Wild
Los Angeles
1970
vintage gelatin silver print
7 5/8 x 5 1/8 inches
Philip Melnick
Santa Monica, 1977
vintage gelatin silver print
9 3/4 x 9 3/4 inches
Philip Melnick
Cozy Court Motel, West Los Angeles
1976
vintage gelatin silver print
10 x 10 inches
Philip Melnick
Santa Monica
1976
vintage gealtin silver print
10 x 10 inches
John Humble
178th Street at Manhattan Place, Torrance, September 20, 1979
chromogenic print
24 x 20 inches
John Humble
E Street at Wilmington Blvd., Wilmington
November 15, 1979
chromogenic print
20 x 24 inches
John Humble
Pacific Coast Highway at Alameda St., Wilmington
November 15, 1979
Chromogenic print
20 x 24 inches
Grant Mudford
Los Angeles, 1977
vintage gelatin silver print
16 x 20 inches
Grant Mudford
Los Angeles
1976
vintage gelatin silver print
20 x 24 inches
Grant Mudford
Los Angeles
1976
vintage gelatin silver print
20 x 24 inches
Ave Pildas
untitled, from Bijou, 1975
vintage gelatin silver print
10 x 8 inches
Ave Pildas
untitled, from Bijou, 1975
vintage gelatin silver print
10 x 8 inches
Ave Pildas
untitled, from Bijou, 1975
vintage gelatin silver print
10 x 8 inches
Los Angeles circa 1970s will complement the solo atrium exhibition, Susan Ressler: Executive Order. Both shows open on October 5th and continue through November 30th, with a reception on the 20th of October.
Photographers included in Los Angeles, circa 1970s include: Bevan Davies, Philip Melnick, John Humble, Grant Mudford, Terry Wild, and Ave Pildas.
Their photographs explore the physical and political geography of Los Angeles in a previous era, as well as a particular method of portraying their subject. One that challenged established conventions of art photography; choosing instead a cooler approach to the medium that concealed the photographers presence, allowing the subject to be seen in a transparent way.
Geoff Dyer writes on Davies' photograph, Apartments near Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, 1976, in the article City of Images: Six artists and writers reflect on Los Angeles in pictures.
