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artfairs inc. was the proud presenter of photo l.a. 2008, the 17th Annual International
Los Angeles Photographic Art Exposition and the largest exhibition of its kind in the United States, which took place January 10–13, 2008, in a new and larger location: the 35,000-square-foot
Barker Hangar at the Santa Monica Airport.
photo l.a. has become one of the country's most popular art fairs. The new event space allows for larger booths and an improved lighting system, producing a clean, modern backdrop against which
to display more photo-based art, including digital and video art, than ever before.
Created by Stephen Cohen, producer of the highly acclaimed art fairs photo Miami, ART LA, photo san francisco and photo new york, photo l.a. features the finest photographic art on display and for
sale, from the earliest 19th Century photographic experiments to the most contemporary photography and photo-based art. Seventy of the world's leading galleries and private dealers representing
International and U.S. artists displayed work at photo l.a. 2008.
"Los Angeles is home to many artists—a major creative center in terms of the production of photography and photo-based art," says Stephen Cohen, producer of photo l.a., owner of the Stephen
Cohen Gallery in Los Angeles, and co-owner of the Cohen Amador Gallery in New York. "photo l.a. 2008 presents an international array of galleries, artists, curators, collectors, critics and
art enthusiasts with an opportunity to enjoy the best photography that our city and the world have to offer. It will be a major cultural event in the Los Angeles fine art landscape."
Highlights of the exhibition included works by world-renowned contemporary artists including Masao Yamamoto, Chris Jordan, James Fee, Hellen van Meene, William Eggleston, David Hilliard, and Luis
Gonzalez Palma. Works by photography luminaries Eugene Atget, Brassai, Dorothea Lang, Julius Shulman, Aaron Siskind, Walker Evans, Irving Penn, Diane Arbus, Weegee, Josef Sudek, Edward Weston,
Edmund Teske, Henry Callahan, and Ansel Adams also were on display.
At the opening night reception artfairs, inc. and photo l.a. 2008 welcomed to Los Angeles the new department head and Curator of Photography at LACMA, Charlotte Cotton. The evening's festivities
also presented the perfect occasion to honor renowned architectural photographer Julius Shulman who was presented with photo l.a.'s inaugural lifetime achievement award in association with The Center
— a nonprofit organization that honors, supports, and provides opportunity for gifted and committed photographers. Proceeds from the opening night reception benefit the Photography Department
of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. In conjunction with the exhibition, a lecture and seminar series included Julius Shulman and Charlotte Cotton.
For further information,
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7358 Beverly Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90036
phone: 323.937.4659
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Jeannine Schechter
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2008 EXHIBITORS
Gallery 19/21
21st Editions
ACE Gallery
AndrewShire Gallery
Aperture
Joseph Bellows Gallery
Benham Gallery
Robert Berman Gallery
Bondi Books
Vincent Borrelli, Bookseller
Brancolini Grimaldi Arte Contemporanea
Circus Gallery
ClampArt
Monte Clark Gallery
John Cleary Gallery
Stephen Cohen Gallery
Contemporary Works/Vintage Works, Ltd.
Czech Center of Photography
D.A.P.
Stephen Daiter Gallery/Daiter Contemporary
David Gallery
Michael Dawson Gallery
de Soto
Katrina Doerner
Linda Durham Contemporary Art
Gary Edwards Gallery
Etherton Gallery
Henry Feldstein
Peter Fetterman Gallery
Fotovision
Gitterman Gallery
Charles Guice Contemporary
The Halsted Gallery
Harper’s Books
Guy Hepner Contemporary
Paul M. Hertzmann, Inc.
Hous Projects
Jail
Louis Klaitman
Paul Kopeikin Gallery
Craig Krull Gallery
LeadApron
Lee Gallery
Luminous Lint
Gallery Luisotti
GALLERY M
M+B
Magnum Photos
Carl Mautz Vintage Photography
Andrea Meislin Gallery
Duncan Miller Gallery
Modernbook Gallery
Monroe Gallery of Photography
Richard Moore Photographs
Nazraeli Press
Scott Nichols Gallery
Oswald Gallery
Peer Gallery
photo-eye Gallery
photokunst
Queensland Centre for Photography
A.M. Richard Fine Art
Scalo|Guye Gallery
Schaden Books
Select Vernacular/Norman Kulkin
Galeria Sicart
Barry Singer Gallery
Janet Sirmon Fine Art
Susan Spiritus Gallery
Joel Soroka Gallery
Steidl Editions
Studio 391
Robert Tat Gallery
Verso Limited Editions
The View From Here
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