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Nov 14, 2017 · An image of Maila Nurmi as Vampira taken in 1955. It is a part of a huge collection of vintage LAPD crime scene pictures unearthed by photographer Merrick Morton in 2014. Fototeka is a large photo digitation service that works in conjunction with the National Film Archive to enhance historically relevant vintage photographs. Started in 2009, the photographic archive has digitized photos that ...
In 2014 Los Angeles-based photographer Merrick Morton (a onetime LAPD reserve officer) spotted a derelict stash of LAPD crime photos dating from the 1920s to 1970s. The cellulose nitrate-based film and negatives were decomposed and deemed as fire hazard. Working with the Fototeka photo digitation se
- Elliott Erwitt. Santa Monica, California, 1955. Edwynn Houk Gallery. After emigrating to the U.S. from France with his family in 1939, Elliott Erwitt discovered an interest in photography while living in Hollywood during his formative years.
- Robert Frank. Venice, CA, 1956. Danziger Gallery. Advertisement. In 1955, Zürich-born Robert Frank began a photographic tour across the U.S. that would cement him as a titanic name in 20th-century American photography.
- Bob Willoughby. Audrey Hepburn, 1953. Beetles + Huxley. RAT PACK, 1960. After garnering attention for his concert shots of musicians like saxophonist Big Jay McNeely, Los Angeles native Bob Willoughby was hired by Warner Brothers as the first “outside” photographer allowed behind the scenes, capturing many of the biggest stars of the 1950s and ’60s on the sets of some 100 movies.
- Julius Shulman. Case Study House #22, Los Angeles, CA (Playboy), 1960. Yancey Richardson Gallery. Robert Skinner, Skinner House, Beverly Hills, California.
Jun 8, 1987 · Information: (213) 478-6379, 479-5269. “Before Snow White (And After): Mickey Mouse and the Silly Symphonies” continues at the County Museum of Art’s Bing Theater on Friday (at 1 and 8 p.m ...
Nov 27, 1986 · A ‘Real Man’ Takes Aim at ‘80s Dating. By BETH ANN KRIER. Nov. 27, 1986 12 AM PT. Times Staff Writer. In 1982, Bruce Feirstein’s “Real Men Don’t Eat Quiche” satirically divided the ...
Dec 1, 2016 · Case Study House No. 22, Julius Shulman. Julius Shulman’s 1960 photograph of Pierre Koenig’s Case Study House No. 22 in the Hollywood Hills “was self-consciously created to be iconic ...
Oct 16, 2018 · Terry Wild, Los Angeles, 1970. Los Angeles Circa 1970s will be up until November 30, 2018 at Joseph Bellows Gallery, 7661 Girard Ave., La Jolla. Bevan Davies Holmby Ave., Los Angeles, 1976 ...
