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Dody Weston Thompson (April 11, 1923 – October 14, 2012 [ 1]) was a 20th-century American photographer and chronicler of the history and craft of photography. She learned the art in 1947 and developed her own expression of “ straight ” or realistic photography, the style that emerged in Northern California in the 1930s.
The California African American Museum ( CAAM) is a museum located in Exposition Park, Los Angeles, California, United States. The museum focuses on enrichment and education on the cultural heritage and history of African Americans with a focus on California and western United States. Admission is free to all visitors.
Area code (s) 213, 323. Hancock Park is a neighborhood in the Wilshire area of Los Angeles, California. [ 2] Developed in the 1920s, the neighborhood features architecturally distinctive residences, many of which were constructed in the early 20th century. Hancock Park is covered by a Historic Preservation Overlay Zone (HPOZ).
Calvin Hicks (photographer) Calvin Robert Hicks (1941-2012) was an African American photographer and gallerist, best known for founding The Black Photographers of California and its associated exhibition space, the Black Gallery, in Los Angeles, as well as for his classical nude portraiture from the 1970s.
The Autry Museum of the American West has two sites, about 8 miles (13 km) apart: Griffith Park 4700 Western Heritage Way, Los Angeles, California, 90027; Mt. Washington, 234 Museum Drive, Los Angeles, California, 90065 (Southwest Museum of the American Indian building and ethnobotanical garden, now closed) [2]
The Annenberg Space for Photography (2009 - 2020) was an exhibition space in the Century City neighborhood of Los Angeles' Westside. Founded in March 2009, it was dedicated to displaying photographic works, ranging from artistic to journalistic, using both traditional photographic prints and modern digital techniques. [4]
Mark Ruwedel (born June 11, 1954) [1] is an American landscape photographer and educator. His books include Westward the Course of Empire, depicting the remains of abandoned railway lines in the landscape of the western United States and Canada; and Message from the Exterior, abandoned and decaying houses in desert communities around Los Angeles.
The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures is a film museum opened in 2021 located in Los Angeles, California. The first large-scale museum of its kind in the United States, [ 2][ 3] it houses more than 13 million objects, and is dedicated to the history, science, and cultural impact of the film industry. The museum is located in the historic May ...