I've never been to a photo convention, or any convention for that matter, and wanted to see what all the hubbub was about. Located at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, I really had no idea what to expect. I was expecting vendors and a big bustle of people but it was anything but. The auditorium was a mid-sized building that housed probably 100 different galleries and/or artists. There were a few hundred people there at any given time which was perfect, not too overwhelming. We had a celeb sighting of BJ Novak from The Office. The space was setup to show, sell, and facilitate artists with inspiration and conversation, book signings and artist meet and greets. Before going to the show I did some homework and wanted to check out the gallery photokunst out of Harbor, WA. photokunst was showing work from two impressive photographers, Joey L. showing portraits of African tribes and Ernie Brooks II showing his latest photographs from Antarctica. There's nothing like seeing an artists' work in person and seeing which paper the artist has chosen. It's exciting to see the final product and to basque in the glory of its presence. Here is my favorite piece from each photographer
©Joey L
©Ernie Brooks II
While walking around checking out all the great art I ran into a few wonderful pieces by Nick Brandt. I love this man's work.
He has the most ethereal nature photographs. It was wonderful see the images large, printed, matted and framed with the subject staring back. It was fun going to Photo LA, I highly recommend it !!
so much fun! great write up!!!
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