Deep in the Hood, Windsor Square - 26"x19"

 

A group exhibition of 16 artists considering Los Angeles through painting,photography, textiles and ceramics.  

On view July 21 - August 21- 2022 

Meegan Barnes  Nils Benson  Edward Cushenberry  

Jake Fagundo  Konstantin Kakanias  Annie Kelly  Sheila Klein  

Karl Ljungquist   Jim McHugh    Evan Mendel 

Ed Ruscha  Jake Sheiner, Sarah Stitt  Akiko Stehrenberger  

Nick Taggart & Senon Williams

Please join us

Opening Reception Thursday July 28
5PM - 8PM 
Celebrating with Gallery Association Los Angeles  

GALA Weekend 

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Photographing flowers with my Deardorff 8x10

A beautiful hand crafted wooden1930s Deardorff camera complete with the factory offered "extended bellows" feature - A gift from my dear friend, Wally Seawell, one of Hollywood's magnificent Golden Era photographers. Every iconic artist of the Silver Screen from Mary Pickford to Betty Davis, Gregory Peck, John Wayne and Elizabeth Taylor has played a starring role in front of this camera, appearing upside down and backwards on it's shimmering ground glass. That history never fails to tap on my shoulder every time I slide under the dark cloth. 

 

“The single most important component of a camera is the twelve inches behind it!”
― Ansel Adams

FALL FORWARD - AN EXPRESSION OF LANGUAGE AND LIGHT: The Newest Exhibition from YARGER PROJECTS -

"Included in this group show is the newest exhibition of photographs by Jim McHugh featuring his very unique view of Los Angeles as well as an entire wall of David Hockney pictures that McHugh has made of the great artist over the last 40 years.   

A special highlight of this Yarger Projects presentation is a spectacular multi-media print " Bail Bonds. " For this work McHugh  collaborated with a Getty collected LA graffiti artist Jose Reza aka "PRIME" - together they've fashioned an unforgettable street level portrait of the city. Definitely a show to see. "   The Sunday Times - Weekender

David Hockney regarding Van Gogh's portrait of his mother at the Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, CA. 2002 -- David sketching in his garden - London, 2006 - "Motel on 8th Street" 50" x 40" - "Bail Bonds, Hollywood Division" 40" x 30" in collaboration with artist Jose Reza aka "PRIME"  All photographs © Jim McHugh

Timothy Yarger Fine Art 

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Andy Ruiz Heavy Weight Champion of the World - Training at Wildcard Boxing in 2009 - 18 years old

ANDERSONVILLE - Photographing the Civil War in Georgia

 

From John Frankenheimer's Civil War docudrama "ANDERSONVILLE." A platoon of Georgia Civil War re-enactors

 I was reminded of a great photographic adventure in Georgia; photographing John Frankenheimer's Emmy winning, Civil War epic Andersonville; The story of the Union Army's notorious prison camp for Confederate soldiers. A challenging, period stylish project for my friend, legendary director John Frankenheimer; and commissioned by a creatively open  minded Barbara Griffin, Director of Photography for TNT. 

Everything was shot with Polaroid T55 pos/neg film to produce a Civil War era style photograph.  The only possible camera had to be hand held because of all the action with horses and soldiers; that was when I became familiar with the Speed Grafix press camera, a 4x5" camera from the 1940s with range-finder focus. The Polaroid T55 was a pos/neg film developed by Ansel Adams and Dr. Land in the 1940s. This amazing film is no longer manufactured, causing much sadness to a distinct group of photographers. The negatives had to be pealed away and processed in a bucket immediately, on the spot. Producer Connie Conway kept our little photo train on track.  

Director John Frankenheimer - T55 Polaroid, silver gelatin print

The pictures looked so authentically period. Subsequently two large public exhibitions of the photographs were presented, one at the Director's Guild in Hollywood and another at TNT in Atlanta. 

A Union company engaging - T55 Polaroid, silver gelatin print

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