PROGRAMS >> EXHIBITIONS | DISCUSSIONS | PROJECTIONS | EVENTS | 2009 | 2010
The Month of Photography Los Angeles will deliver the most comprehensive celebration of the Los Angeles Photography Community to date. With the support of the Photography Community, MOPLA will showcase the work of 160 Photographers who live, work and/or have extensive bodies of work relevant to Los Angeles through our Exhibitions and Projections. The city of Los Angeles turns 160 years old in April 2010. The theme for MOPLA 2010 is 160/160 - Celebrating 160 years of Los Angeles through 160 Photographers.
MOPLA will also endorse a variety of photographic exhibitions and events that take place during the month of April. |

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Apr 01 2010
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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Apr 01 2010
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.
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Apr 01 2010
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.
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Apr 01 2010
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.
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Apr 01 2010
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.
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Apr 01 2010
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.
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Apr 01 2010
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.
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Apr 01 2010
Meg Madison - Rightsizing Narrative
Admission: FREE
Black and white diptychs that explore our cultural language of story telling.
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Apr 01 2010
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.
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Apr 01 2010
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.
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Apr 01 2010
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.
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Apr 01 2010
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.
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Apr 03 2010
Paul Caponigro: Landscapes/Still Lives
Admission: FREE
Paul Caponigro is renowned as one of America’s most significant master photographers
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Apr 03 2010
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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Apr 03 2010
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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Apr 03 2010
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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Apr 03 2010
Official Opening Night for MOPLA
Admission: FREE
The Lucie Foundation is excited and proud to launch the second annual Month of Photography Los Angeles.
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Apr 03 2010
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.
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Apr 04 2010
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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Apr 06 2010
Pro'jekt LA 2: LA Intrigue: Sights + Scenes
Admission: FREE
Pro'jekt LA Two brings fresh new talent to Angelenos.
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Apr 06 2010
In Focus: Tasteful Pictures
Admission: FREE, Parking $15
Photographers have been enticed by the subject of food since the earliest years of the medium.
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Apr 07 2010
Collector's Series Part One
Admission: FREE
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Apr 08 2010
Downtown Art Walk
Admission: Free
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Apr 08 2010
Iris Nights
Admission: FREE
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Apr 10 2010
5-7pm Pieter Hugo
Admission: FREE
The reception will be on April 10th from 5-7pm. Pieter Hugo’s series Nollywood portrays archetypal characters from the third-largest film industry in the world, “Nollywood” in Nigeria.
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Apr 10 2010
Diversity in Development
Admission: FREE
Featuring the work of Franklin London, Willa Mamet, Jad Najjar, Mike Saijo, Gwen Samuels, Aline Smithson, Amanda Keller-Konya. Artist talk on April 17th, time TBA.
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Apr 11 2010
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.
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Apr 11 2010
Photography in 3-D: Capturing the Built Environment
Admission: $15, Tickets required. Please call (310) 440-7300.
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Apr 13 2010
Pro'jekt LA 3: Dear Diary - Six LA Photographers.
Admission: FREE
Dear Diary: Six LA photographers, one week and an intimate views into life, routine, surroundings and what little moments are made still.
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Apr 14 2010
Collector Series Part Two
Admission: FREE
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Apr 15 2010
Robert Buelteman - Cameraless Photographs
Admission:
Opening Reception is April 15, 5-8pm. Fundraiser for the California Lyme Disease Association.
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Apr 16 2010
Deep in Photography: A Weekend of Critique and Inspiration
Admission: $795; Limit to 15 students
Join world-renowned photographer Mary Ellen Mark for a weekend of photographic discussion, portfolio review and inspiration.
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Apr 17 2010
Art Walk and Artist Talk
Admission: FREE
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Apr 17 2010
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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Apr 17 2010
Staff Exhibition
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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.
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Apr 17 2010
Artist's Talk with Helen K. Garber
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Artist's Talk with Helen K. Garber of Night Lights:Venice/Venezia
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Apr 20 2010
Pro'jekt LA 4: Ad-Nauseam: Un-Commercializing the Commercial
Admission: FREE
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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Apr 21 2010
Collector's Series Part Three
Admission: FREE
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Apr 22 2010
MOPLA and Annenberg Space for Photography present WATER - A Slideshow Event.
Admission: FREE
Details coming soon.
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Apr 22 2010
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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Apr 23 2010
Fresh Fairs V.I.P. Opening Party
Admission: By Invitation Only.
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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Apr 23 2010
Fresh Look
Admission: By Invitation Only.
Fresh Look is the Lucie Foundation’s very own portfolio review that brings together photographic talent with influential industry-insiders.
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Apr 24 2010
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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Apr 24 2010
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.
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Apr 24 2010
Jeff Antebi - Haiti: Before 1.21.10
Admission:
An open reception will be held for the public on Saturday, April 24.
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Apr 27 2010
Pro'jekt LA 5: Sustenance and Sustainability: Focused Projects to Raise Awareness and Affect Change
Admission: FREE
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Apr 29 2010
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.
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Apr 30 2010
5-8pm 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:
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