PRESENTERS
Keeping The Flame
michal greenboim
In Cuba, I was exposed to a small Jewish community, one of the smallest in the world. They serve as a proof that when a community sticks together, they can overcome anything. I realized then the importance of having a community as support, and this inspired me further to tell the story of the Jewish
Downtown Los Angeles
Larry Brownstein
My photography embraces the unpredictability of life. I wander the streets in a somewhat sensitized state, like a hunter, though I am looking only for images. A fleeting gesture, idiosyncratic lighting, a burst of activity, an outpouring of emotion, an amazing face - all these and more ...
Wonder Girl
Patricia Fortlage
This series is on exhibit currently at the Essick House and then will move to the Hastings Branch Library for November so I thought it might be fun to share here.
The Grand Duchy Of Vernon
Mark/Diane Indig/Cockerill
Vernon is perhaps the strangest city in the US with a daily working population of 100,000 and a residential population of about 200. Its history is similarly extreme, with one family ruling like a duchy for 100 years and becoming filthy rich. All shots taken on Sundays.
What Is Real Abstract Still-Life Photography
Lee Musgrave
My photography has the importance of trusting instinct while embracing the accidental. It honors randomness and chance with the intervention of the human spirit. In art, the distinction between the tangible and the abstract is constantly moving and tricking us into seeing what