JEFF BRIDGES: Set Shots Exhibition at the Academy Archive in Hollywood

Jeff Bridges and Peter Bogdanovich, "Set Shots" Exhibition

© 2016 Richard Harbaugh/A.M.P.A.S. 

Jeff Bridges with Gil Combs, "Set Shots" Exhibition

 © 2016 Richard Harbaugh/A.M.P.A.S.

Jeff Bridges opens his "Set Shots" Exhibition

at the Academy Archive, Hollywood through January 31

© 2016 Richard Harbaugh/A.M.P.A.S. 

Co-Curator, Loretta Ayeroff, in front of “Let’s Do the Drop Shot” Tom Sigel, cinematographer, lines up John DeSantis, actor, SEVENTH SON © 2014 Jeff Bridges. "Set Shots" Exhibition, Academy Archive, Hollywood

  Jeff Bridges at his "Set Shots" Exhibition

© 2016 Richard Harbaugh/A.M.P.A.S.

"Jeff Bridges: SET SHOTS" exhibition at the Academy Archive, Hollywood, closes January 31! Stop by and see it asap! Pickford Center, 1313 Vine Street, Hollywood, CA 90028  

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The Academy presented Jeff Bridges: SET SHOTS, an exhibition of 14 behind-the-scenes photographs taken by Oscar-winning actor Jeff Bridges with his Widelux cameras. An avid photographer, Bridges has long been taking still photographs to document production of his films. Beginning in 1984 with Starman, Bridges started making small, self-published books of his pictures to give to the cast and crew as wrap presents.

This exhibition, co-curated by Loretta Ayeroff and Matt Severson, includes images contained in these books, from Bridges’s earlier films such as The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989), The Fisher King (1991), The Big Lewboski (1998) and Fearless (1993), and from his more recent productions, including Tron: Legacy (2010), R.I.P.D. (2013) and The Giver (2014). Bridges’s award-winning photography – often playful, sometimes poignant and always mesmerizing – offers unique insights into how movies are made. The installation is on display in the main corridor of the Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study.

Jeff Bridges: SET SHOTS 

through January 2017

Open to the public during public events

Pickford Center

1313 Vine Street

Hollywood, CA 90028

 

 Jeff Bridges, Loretta Ayeroff and Susan Bridges
"Set Shots" Exhibition

 © 2016 Richard Harbaugh/A.M.P.A.S.

Matt Severson
Jeff Bridges "Set Shots" Exhibition to January 31, 2017 

© 2016 Richard Harbaugh/A.M.P.A.S.

 

FOR TEENS | PHOTOGRAPHY AT LACMA : Book Project With Photographer Loretta Ayeroff

Students

Photograph ©2012 Loretta Ayeroff

In my Teen Photography Book Project, we do moveable presentations on the last day, all over our LACMA campus - it's really fun! Here we are, having a reading on top of BCAMStudent Book Project Outdoors. Photograph ©2015 Loretta Ayeroff

Photography For Teens: Book Project

Outdoor Session: 5 Saturdays

February 27, March 5, 12, 19, April 2

10 am–1 pm

Teens - Create an artist’s book, illustrated from your photographs, inspired by LACMA’s diverse collections and campus. Combine text and images as a mystery, journal, fantasy, or your own unique style. Camera basics, using the design elements of light, color, and composition, are emphasized. Photo books will be read and presented on the final day of class as hand-made objects or in digital format. With photographer-artist Loretta Ayeroff.

LACMA, Photography For Teens: Book Project classes meet on the Los Angeles Times Central Court. This class is designed for teens ages 13 and older. All camera formats are welcome. Bring camera manuals or links to the first class. Blank books will be provided for the project. Parking fees included in tuition. Classes fill up fast. Sign up here asap! (links in red)

Photographer Loretta Ayeroff

Photography For Teens: Book Project

The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)

SHEILA PINKEL: Folded Paper, Glass Rods

 Folded Paper Pieces © Sheila Pinkel

Folded Paper Pieces © Sheila Pinkel

Glass Rods © Sheila Pinkel

Folded Paper Pieces © Sheila Pinkel

"I realized that if I sculpted photographic paper in the darkroom and then illuminated that sculpture with a one point light source, the planes of the paper would be exposed to differing amounts of light. When I developed that paper it flattened and the image became a two-dimensional representation of the paper when it was three dimensional, or a time-space paradox. As I continued to make paper sculptures in the darkroom the resulting images became less structural and began to reveal more intuitive dimensions of my imagination." – Sheila Pinkel

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Higher Pictures will present Folded Paper, Glass Rods, 1974 – 1982, two seminal bodies of cameraless photographic work by artist, writer, and professor emerita Sheila Pinkel. The prints on view evolved from experiments Pinkel began as an MFA student at UCLA. Fascinated by the possibilities of using light to make images without a camera or enlarger, Pinkel studied with a physicist and subsequently conducted rigorous visual experimentation with light phenomena including incandescent, X-Ray, ultraviolet, prismatic and digital sources.

To make Glass Rods and Folded Paper Pieces, Pinkel exposed her compositions—solid glass rods arranged directly onto photosensitive surfaces and sculptures made from sheets of photographic paper—to a brief flash of light from a single light source. From within this seemingly narrow set of parameters come rich and varied studies. In monochrome and candy-colored palettes, some of the glass rods are clearly identifiable, others begin to break down into vibrating woven patterns and further into geometric abstractions, and still others are stretched and warped into melting psychedelic planes. Pinkel found that layering the rods at increasingly perpendicular angles led to greater light refraction, bringing the final photograms closer to what she describes as visual music.

The Folded Paper Pieces are lushly textured trompe l’oeil, pictures that Pinkel calls “time-space paradoxes,” two dimensional representations of the paper as a three dimensional form. When the artist flashes the dimensionalized folded paper with light, planes of paper are exposed to varying degrees, giving the final image its dramatic shading and sense of volume. But developing the print itself requires flattening the sculpture back into a two-dimensional sheet that now holds an image of its own prior form. Distilling her process to the very essentials of photography allows Pinkel to work precisely at the intersection of the medium’s double nature. It reproduces vision and has an endless capacity to defamiliarize it.

Sheila Pinkel: Folded Paper, Glass Rods, 1974 - 1982

January 10 - February 14, 2015

Higher Pictures, 980 Madison Avenue, NYC

Opening: January 10, 2015, 6 - 8pm

SheilaPinkel.com

Photograph © Loretta Ayeroff

Sheila Pinkel was born in Virginia, lives and works in L.A. Over the course of her 40-year career, Pinkel has created a strikingly diverse body of work that encompasses experimental light studies, documentary photography, social and political critique, and public art. Pinkel’s work is held in the collections of numerous museums, including the Los Angeles County Museum of Art; the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; the Art Institute of Chicago; The Santa Barbara Museum of Art; and the Musée National d’Art Moderne – Centre Pompidou, Paris.

LORETTA AYEROFF: Photography at LACMA, Class Starting September 13th

Mountain View, Edris Drive

Los Angeles: Dedicated To Raymond Chandler

Photograph © Loretta Ayeroff

Pool and Cactus

The Motel Series, Desert Hot Springs, Ca

Photograph © Loretta Ayeroff

Hollywood and Highland, From My Car

Photograph © Loretta Ayeroff

Orange Umbrella

The Motel Series, Desert Hot Springs, Ca

Photograph © Loretta Ayeroff

"If I lived in L.A., I wouldn't miss this class!"–Elizabeth Avedon

Outdoor Photography at LACMA 

With Loretta Ayeroff

Create a body of work, inspired by LACMA’s collections. Simplify camera controls and design principles to best express your vision. Includes 4 daytime on-campus photo shoots and 1 twilight (late afternoon) class. All camera formats welcomed. The class will be guided by fine art and editorial photographer, Loretta Ayeroff.

5 Saturdays: September 13, 27, October 11*, 18, 25. LACMA, classes meet on the Los Angeles Times Central Court | 10 am–1 pm; *except the October 11th class will be held from 5 to 8 pm. Bring your camera manual to the first class. Parking fees included in tuition; limited enrollment. Tickets: #323-857-6010. Online here

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"Loretta Ayeroff is an editorial and fine art photographer based in Los Angeles. Her work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times; Los Angeles, California, New West, and Westways Magazines, amongst other publications. She has taught photography at UCLA Extension; Otis College of Art+Design, Continuing Education Dept., where she ran the AFA Photography Certificate Program for several years; currently teaching at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Loretta has coordinated documentary film series for Otis College of Art+Design and The J. Paul Getty Museum. Her personal work is in several permanent collections, including the Palm Springs Art Museum, where she was included in “Backyard Oasis: The Swimming Pool in Southern California Photography, 1945-1982” part of the 2012 Getty Trust Initiative “Pacific Standard Time: Art in Los Angeles, 1945-1980.” She considers the camera her best friend."

Loretta Ayeroff Website

Sid Caesar, Men Series, 1985

Photograph © 1985 Loretta Ayeroff

Ansel Adams, Men Series, 1980

Photograph © 1980 Loretta Ayeroff

The Men Series Website