Los Angeles Art Show - L.A. Convention Center

"Street Light, Downtown" ©2010 Jim McHugh

"Fire Road Above the Sunset Strip" © 2007 Jim McHugh

"Maroon Valley Diptych"  © 2010 Jim McHugh

With the exception of "Fire Road Above the Sunset Strip," the new pictures that will be shown at the LA ART SHOW have not been exhibited before. Quite by surprise, the selected images are all color. A mix of Colorado and Los Angeles. I ran across an interesting quote by Ansel Adams before while shooting in Colorado, " Landscape photography is the supreme test of the photographer, - and often the supreme disappointment. " I was very conscious of that while I was photographing in Colorado. What looks so perfect to your eye can be so flat and undirected in a picture. How do you build depth into a two dimentional photograph? How do you create a real sense of space and size? How do you approach a genre that has been so definitively and beautifully photographed by Eadweard Muybridge, Ansel Adams and many others. Like the cityscapes of Los Angeles, I try to look at everything as a portrait, not to be recorded, but to be interpreted. My greatest inspiration as a photographer is often painters.  In this recent work the English artist John Constable is always in my mind, with his powerful presence of clouds and skies. 

Vernissage is Wednesday, January 19th at 7pm.

January 20-23, Daily 11 a.m. - 8 p.m.

Los Angeles Convention Center

West Hall A • Booth E-150

310 278 4400 info@yargerfineart.com 

Jim McHugh is represented by Timothy Yarger Fine Art

at the Los Angeles Art Show 2011

Lady Gaga at Polaroid-CES • Las Vegas • New Grey Line

A digital version of the SX-70 due out in a year

Lady Gaga © 2011 Jim McHugh

New pocket digital printer for your cell phone. LG with Polaroid President Scott Hardy

Lady Gaga at CES Las Vegas 2011

Polaroid News: CES 2011 Las Vegas

Lady Gaga To Unveil Polaroid 'Grey Label' Project At CES.
Pop star's collaboration with the instant-camera maker will be revealed this Thursday.

Selected by Polaroid Creative Director Lady Gaga,
Jim McHugh will present his work in Polaroid including
"LET'S GET LOST: POLAROIDS FROM THE  COAST"
at The Polaroid Booth #13616,Las Vegas Jan 6th-8th.

Creative Presentations:
Professional photographer Jim McHugh will be leading a series of "Creativity Classes" at the Polaroid booth, presenting the many ways he expresses his creativity through photography and what Polaroid means to him as an artist.

 

Jim McHugh, famous for his highly collectible large format Polaroid prints of Los Angeles, will share his experiences over the past 30 years photographing everything from celebrities to architecture. The photographer's work is in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art, The National Portrait Gallery, London, The George Eastman House and the Walker Art Center amongst others. He is the recipient of the coveted Prix de la Photographie, Paris for Architecture.

The Knickerbocker Hotel- Hollywood © 2010 Jim McHugh

Art Miami December 1-5- 2010

"Dark Mountain" 30" x 40" Edition of 10 from a Polaroid

These are 3 of the new pictures from Colorado. I am very happy that Tim Yarger is showing them at ArtMiami. Forret Fine Art in Aspen is installing 12 pieces for the Holiday Season which will be up by Thanksgiving Weekend. I will be posting more about that show in December, but several prints are 2 and 3 panels on aluminum that are unique works.

"The Last Shot"  30"x 40" •  Edition of 10 • 4x5 Fuji Capture

"Hotel Gilbert" 20" x 24"

"The Hotel Roosevelt" 30" x 40"

"The Hills"  30" x 40" • Edition of 10  • from a Polaroid

We are also showing  several "Let's Get Lost" prints at Miami including a small 20" x 24" of "The Hotel Gilbert," one of my favorites. Tim Yarger has also included "The Halifax Apts" and "The Hotel Roosevelt."

Polaroid Site features video of Jim McHugh at work on the streets of Hollywood.

Photographer Jim McHugh is profiled in video now featured on the new Polaroid website. Jim is part of Polaroid's group of photographers working in the medium of Polaroid film and materials.





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