Annenberg Space for Photography (Venue Partner)
2000 Avenue of the Stars
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Art: Photography
Iris Nights: Gillian Laub, Everything is Personal. Tales of Intimate Engagements.
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Gillian Laub, Courtesy of the artist and the Annenberg Space for Photography
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Thursday Oct 15, 2009 (6:30pm)
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Gillian Laub approaches photography like an anthropologist with a camera. She began photographing her family ten years ago as a student at The International Center of Photography. She continued exploring enclaves of America which fascinated her, such as the beauty pageant and debutante culture, through her intimate and engaging portraits. Her passions for visual storytelling led her to Israel in 2002, during the second antifada.
Gillian spent the next four years photographing and collecting testimonies from Israeli Jews, Israeli Arabs, and Palestinians all directly and indirectly affected by the complicated, geopolitical context in which they live, creating a platform for dialogue. This project was published by Aperture titled “Testimony”. Gillian’s work is widely exhibited and works for many publications and commissions. She will be discussing her approach to her subjects and the genesis of her projects. Whether she is commissioned to photograph a celebrity, political figure, or in a conflict zone, she manages to create an uncanny intimacy that is deeply revealing. Recently she revisited a story that haunted her since a magazine assignment in 2002.
After the 2002 publication of a story about racially segregated school homecomings in Georgia, the school stopped with the longstanding tradition. Yet, they continued holding segregated proms. She will be talking about this new project in the south.
Registration goes live September 24th.
