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

Thursday April 01
Night Lights featuring Helen K. Garber, Bill Sosin, and Ginny Mangrum

Admission: FREE

Night Lights is a three-person exhibition featuring night photography by Helen K. Garber, Bill Sosin, and Ginny Mangrum. Artist talk 17th April, time TBA.

Thursday April 01
Aurelien Froment and Ryan Gander

Admission: FREE

During April we will be exhibiting the work of Aurelien Froment, and French artist based in Dublin, and Ryan Gander, a London-based artist.

Thursday April 01
Las Vegas Studio: Images From The Archives Of Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown

Admission: FREE

In 1968, American architects Robert Venturi, Denise Scott Brown, and Steven Izenour, together with students from Yale University, made the city of Las Vegas the object of their study. Their findings, published in the 1972 book, Learning from Las Vegas, are legendary, extending the categories of the ordinary, the ugly, and the social into architecture.

Thursday April 01
Changing the Focus: Latin American Photography (1990-2005)

Admission: $ 9.00, Seniors $ 6.00, Students $ 6.00. MOLAA Members FREE, Children under 12 years FREE

Curated and organized by MOLAA, Changing the Focus: Latin American Photography (1990-2005) is the first survey exhibition to be presented in the Los Angeles area of Latin American photography and photo-based art generated between 1990 and 2005.

Thursday April 01
A Record of Emotion: The Photographs of Frederick H. Evans

Admission: FREE, Parking $15 or Free after 5pm

Frederick H. Evans (English, 1853–1943) began pursuing photography in the mid-1880s. Focusing on architecture, he paid particular attention to medieval cathedrals in England and France.

Thursday April 01
Urban Panoramas: Opie, Liao, Kim

Admission: FREE, Parking $15 or Free after 5pm

Highlighting images by three contemporary photographers—each of whom implements a panoramic viewpoint to examine a specific urban environment—this exhibition explores the essential rhythms of three cities while showing the range of technologies used by photographic artists today.

Thursday April 01
Night Lights: Venice/Venezia

Admission: FREE

I grew up with an 8" x 10" photograph of my great aunt and uncle sitting in a gondola in the canal in front of the Doge Palace, marked Venice, Italy October 24, 1922.

Thursday April 01
If Only O.J. Had Called Me...

Admission: FREE

David Hume Kennerly - A Forty Year Photographic Retrospective, 1966-2010. Featuring rare, vintage and inscribed work from the Pulitzer Prize winning photographer's personal archive.

Thursday April 01
Tony Duran: D.I.F

Admission: FREE

In an industry that all focus goes to those in front of the camera, it is rare to catch a glimpse of someone responsible for creating those iconic images, Tony Duran.

Thursday April 01
4 X 14: Uncommon Imagery - An Exhibition of New Work from 14 Southern California Photographers

Admission: FREE

4 X 14: Uncommon Imagery is a group show featuring the work of Southern California photographers who have been developing their unique and personal visions in contemporary photography.

Thursday April 01
Evelyn Hofer - RoseGallery

Admission: FREE

Evelyn Hofer (1922-2009) began work as a photographer in the mid 1940’s after fleeing from her native Germany and beginning a tutelage under two Swiss photographers

Thursday April 01 , 6:30pm - 8pm
Iris Nights Lecture Series -

Admission: FREE

Daniel Beltra won in 2009 the Prince's Rainforests Project Award (PRP).

Thursday April 01 , 7pm - 9pm
Legends of Jazz Photography

Admission: FREE

Legends of Jazz Photography - Opening Reception for Herman Leonard.

Thursday April 01
Ere Is My Head

Admission: FREE

Ere Is My Head, brings together 18 selected works by the artist Ketuta Alexi-Meskhishvili.

Friday April 02
How We Live

Admission:

How We Live documents the face of poverty in Armenia as told through the personal stories of 9 families living along the margins. Photographer Sara Anjargolian traveled to Armenia last July and spent time with numerous families faced with the plight of poverty. She documented their lives and stories which provided the impetus for the How We Live project.

Saturday April 03
Paul Caponigro: Landscapes/Still Lives

Admission: FREE

Paul Caponigro is renowned as one of America’s most significant master photographers

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.

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.

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.

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.

Saturday April 03
Playground

Admission: FREE

Robert Berman Gallery is pleased to present Playground the second solo exhibition of photographs by Los Angeles based collaborating photographers, Jeff Charbonneau & Eliza French.

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.

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.

Tuesday April 06
In Focus: Tasteful Pictures

Admission: FREE, Parking $15

Photographers have been enticed by the subject of food since the earliest years of the medium.

Thursday April 08 , 6:30pm - 8pm
Iris Nights Lecture Series - Facing Water Crisis

Admission: FREE

This project is about the crises that currently surround the vital yet destructive presence, crippling absence and strategic value of water worldwide.

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.

Thursday April 08 , 7pm
Paul Brach Visiting Artist Lecture Series: Lise Sarfati

Admission: FREE

Lise Sarfati lives and work between Paris and the United States

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.

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.

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.

Saturday April 10 , 7pm - 10pm
NELA Artwalk - Second Saturday Gallery Night

Admission:

Monthly Gallery Walk in Northeast Los Angeles, featuring 23 galleries and spaces!

Sunday April 11
15 Minutes of Fame: Portraits from Ansel Adams to Andy Warhol

Admission: Adults $12, Students $10, Children Free

Featuring more than 150 works primarily from the Orange County Museum of Art’s significant collection of photography, 15 Minutes of Fame: Portraits from Ansel Adams to Andy Warhol explores a diverse range of portraits from early modernism through contemporary practices.

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.

Sunday April 11
Meg Madison - Rightsizing Narrative

Admission: FREE

Black and white diptychs that explore our cultural language of story telling.

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.

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".

Thursday April 15 , 6:30pm - 8pm
Iris Nights Lecture Series

Admission: FREE

Discussion with Lynn Johnson.

Thursday April 15
A Retrospective on the work of Robert Stivers

Admission: FREE

A retrospective on the work of photographer Robert Stivers.

Thursday April 15 , 7pm - 10pm
The Art of Music Photography

Admission: FREE

drkrm/gallery/west is pleased to announce it first show, ever!

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.

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.

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!!!

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.

Saturday April 17
Staff Exhibition

Admission:

Translight Photography Center will be exhibiting two local Los Angeles photographers Michael Gotz and Christine Caldwell on April 17th & 18th, 2010 11am-6pm in conjunction with The Brewery Artwalk.

Saturday April 17 , 5pm
Artist's Talk with Helen K. Garber

Admission:

Artist's Talk with Helen K. Garber of Night Lights:Venice/Venezia

Saturday April 17 , 3pm - 8pm
Age Looks at Aging

Admission: FREE

What if we could transform the conversation about aging in pictures?

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.

Wednesday April 21 , 7pm
Pictures on Pico

Admission:

From La Brea to Fairfax, portraits of business owners, friends and familiar faces on Pico Blvd.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Saturday April 24 , 12pm - 7pm
Fresh Dialogues

Admission: $5 Lucie Foundation Members and Students, $10 General Admission

Through innovative and inspired dialogues photographers, community, experts, and the public engage with each other to inform, inspire, and invigorate one another. Fresh Dialogues will take place during exhibition hours.

Saturday April 24 , 7pm - 10pm
Jeff Antebi - Haiti: Before 1.21.10

Admission: FREE with RSVP to Haiti.RSVP@gmail.com

An open reception will be held for the public on Saturday, April 24.

Saturday April 24 , 2pm - 3:15pm
Fresh Dialogues - A MINUTE FOR AN IMAGE

Admission: $10 General Admission, $5 Lucie Members and Students

30 Photographers. 1 minute. 1 image. GO! Proceeds benefit The Lucie Foundation's program SNAPSHOP! a one-day workshop for underserved Los Angeles High School Students.

Saturday April 24 , 11am - 12:30pm
Fresh Dialogues - Everything You Need to Know About Self Publishing

Admission: $10 General Admission, $5 Lucie Members and Students

Join the conversation and revolution around self-publishing. A and I Photographic and Digital Services has organized an incredible panel of 8 individuals who can share their experiences, from their perspectives.

Saturday April 24 , 11am - 7pm
Fresh Fairs

Admission: FREE

Fresh fairs features photography exhibitors, conversations, and dialogues.

Saturday April 24 , 4pm - 7pm
Fresh Dialogues - © Copyright KNOW IT OR BLOW IT!

Admission: Free, donations to the Lucie Foundation will be appreciated

Knowledge is power.

Saturday April 24 , 5pm - 9pm
Driving Desire

Admission: FREE

Cocktail Reception. In Los Angeles, driving is a daily prayer, a morning renewal.

Sunday April 25 , 4pm - 5:30pm
Fresh Dialogues - A Conversation about Collecting

Admission: FREE

Young Collecting Young - Demystifying the Digital Print and Collecting Emerging Photographers Work.

Sunday April 25 , 2:30pm - 3:30pm
Fresh Dialogues - A Conversation about Book Collecting

Admission: FREE

Book Collecting as told by a Publisher, Collector, and Photographer.

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.

Sunday April 25 , 12pm - 1:30pm
Fresh Dialogues - Branding: How to Stand Out from the Crowd

Admission: FREE, suggested $5 donation to Focus on Aids

Branding: How to Stand Out from the Crowd. In this workshop, you will begin to gain an understanding of the popular yet sometimes elusive world of branding.

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.

Tuesday April 27 , 7pm - 10pm
Pro'jekt LA 5: Sustenance and Sustainability: Focused Projects to Raise Awareness and Affect Change

Admission: FREE

Sustenance and Sustainability: Focused Projects to Raise Awareness and Affect Change. Featuring the work of Rose-Lynn Fisher, Tatiana Botton, Cyril Christo+Marie Wilkinson, and David Bacher.

Wednesday April 28 , 7pm - 10pm
Timeless; Composed and Arranged from Addis, Detroit and Recife. Photos by Eric Coleman and B+

Admission:

Timeless; Composed and Arranged from Addis, Detroit and Recife. Photos by Eric Coleman and B+

Wednesday April 28 , 7pm - 10pm
Discovering Hope: Faces of the Holocaust

Admission: FREE, Parking is $10 at UCLA Lot #2

A 90 piece documenting the faces and stories of Holocaust survivors across the United States.

Thursday April 29 , 7pm - 8:30 pm
Four Evenings with Fine Art Photographers

Admission: At-the-Door Admission: $15 general, $10 student w/ID

Come join and us and these four talented photographers for what promises to be an unforgettable journey into artistic exploration, philosophy and discussion.

Thursday April 29 , 6:30pm - 8pm
Iris Nights Lecture Series - 40 Years Focusing on Social Issues Facing America

Admission: FREE

Ken Light has worked as a documentary photographer for over 40 years focusing on social issues facing America.

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.

Friday April 30 , 5pm - 8pm
Rebecca Gaal - Mad World

Admission: FREE

Opening Reception Friday April 30th 5-8pm Exhibition will share Gaal's journalism work from Nepal, Morocco, India and highlight Kolkata Rescue, an NGO situated in the slums of Kokata, India. Rebecca Gaal will also be showcasing two new book projects:

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.

Friday April 30 , 7pm - 10pm
Transplants

Admission: FREE

THIS gallery presents Transplants. Featuring the work from Adam Amengual, Aaron Farley, Amanda Friedman, Sian Kennedy, Liz Kuball, Chris McPherson, Scott Pommier, Ryan Schude, Emily Shure, Claire & Jeremy Weiss.