PHOTO EXHIBITION CLICKS INTO FOCUS.Byline: - Valerie Kuklenski Kicking off today at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium is photo l.a. 2006, billed as the largest photographic art exhibition in the United States. Part exhibition and part sale, the works on display represent photography legends Diane Arbus, Weegee Weegee (Arthur Fellig), 1899–1968, American photojournalist, b. Zolochiv, Ukraine (then in Austria-Hungary) as Asher Fellig. His family immigrated (1910) to New York City, where he soon quit school, held various photography-related jobs, and worked for Acme Newspictures (later part of United Press International) until 1935. For the next decade he freelanced, selling photos mainly to New York tabloids., Edward Weston and Henri Cartier-Bresson as well as contemporary photographers such as Robert Polidori, Larry Fink, Robert Eggleston and Tseng Kwong Chi. Laszlo Layton is offering this cyanotype cyanotype: see blueprint. of a bird, at right, titled ``Smew, 2005.'' Actress and photographer Diane Keaton hosts tonight's opening reception, 6 to 9 p.m., benefiting the Photographic Arts Council of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Tickets are $50 in advance, available by calling (323) 932-5846 or e-mailing eschillo(at)lacma.org. Photo l.a. runs noon to 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, noon to 6 p.m. Sunday. One-day passes cost $20 and include the catalog. 1855 Main St., Santa Monica. For more information, call (323) 937-4659 or go to www.artfairsinc.com. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Cyanotype of a bird, at right, titled ``Smew, 2005'' |
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