Drkrm
727 S Spring St
323.271.5635
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Palm trees, Los Angeles c.1940 (Photo: Ansel Adams)
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Opens Saturday Feb 18 (7–10pm)
Feb 18 – Apr 21
Wednesdays–Saturdays (noon–6pm)
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“Ansel Adams was famous for his signature series of landscapes, spindling trees, ominous clouds and cliffs, but he also had bills to pay. He had clients. He had assignments. In the '40s, Fortune Magazine sent him to document Los Angeles' aviation industry. He shot workers at a steel plant, but also dawdled around LA a bit, snapping oil rigs and boulevards and friends at bowling tournaments, friends at bars, friends staring off at the Santa Monica coastline. He ultimately decided that "none of the pictures were very good," and donated the photos to the Los Angeles Public Library. Are they? Check out Ansel Adams Los Angeles at drkrm Gallery and judge for yourself.”
Marina Galperina, Flavorpill
drkrm is pleased to present Ansel Adams Los Angeles, rarely seen photographs that reveal the lost landscape and lifestyle of a prewar Los Angeles. These nostalgic images from the archives of the Los Angeles Public Library Ansel Adams Collection, represent Ansel Adams as a photojournalist on assignment for Fortune Magazine in 1940. Ansel Adams Los Angeles will be on display from February 18 through March 17, 2012.
