photo l.a. 2008:
the 17th Annual International Los Angeles
Photographic Art Exposition


January 10-13, 2008


Artfairs inc., producer of the highly acclaimed art fairs photo Miami and ART LA, is pleased to announce that photo l.a. 2008, the 17th Annual International Los Angeles Photographic Art Exposition, which will take place January 10-13, 2008.

EXHIBITION HOURS
Friday, January 11 and Saturday, January 12, noon to 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, January 13, noon to 6:00 p.m.

Tickets are $20 for a one-day pass and $30 for a three-day pass.

The Conversations with Artists series of lectures are co-sponsored with LACMA and are free to the public. The Conversation with Julius Shulman will cost $10, as well a Sunday morning seminar on Book Collecting. Onsite collecting seminars are $80 (includes a three day pass and catalog). Student discounts for lectures and the fair are available with valid I.D.

At the opening night reception scheduled for Thursday, January 10 from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m., artfairs, inc. will welcome to Los Angeles, and photo l.a. 2008, the new Department Head and Curator of Photography at LACMA, Charlotte Cotton. Renowned architectural photographer Julius Shulman will be honored with photo l.a.’s inaugural lifetime achievement award in association with The Center -- a nonprofit organization that honors, supports and provides opportunity for gifted and committed photographers. Proceeds from the opening night reception will benefit the Photography Department of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Tickets to the opening benefit reception on Thursday, January 10, 2008 are $80 (which includes 1-day pass to the show). To order tickets to the benefit reception, email the Photography Department of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art at photola@lacma.org or contact the event hotline at (323) 932-5846.

All exhibition, lecture and preview reception tickets are available for purchase at the door or in advance. Seminar tickets should be purchased in advance. For additional information on photo l.a. 2008, visit www.artfairsinc.com.

To see a full list of exhibitors, click here.



Some of the photos you will see there:


Balthasar Burkhard
Rio Negro, 2002
Silver gelatin print on barite paper
23,5 x 63 inches
Iron frame
Edition of 7
Courtesy SCALO|GUYE



Balthasar Burkhard
Chicago, 2004
Silver gelatin print on barite paper
49,2 x 70,9 inches
Iron frame
Edition of 7
Courtesy SCALO|GUYE



Balthasar Burkhard
Shanghai, 2005
Silver gelatin print on barite paper
54,7 x 82,7 inches
Iron frame
Edition of 7
Courtesy SCALO|GUYE


Pierre Crocquet
Morning coffee
Silver gelatin hand print
75 x 60 cm
2006
From a series of work entitled EnterExit.
Courtesy of the Photographers Gallery za


Nicola Vinci
Il Beneficio Del Dubbio
Benefit of doubt
Diptych, 1/1
Lightjet on plexiglass
35 x 57 cm
2005
From a series of work entitled, Moonlight.
Courtesy of the Photographers Gallery za


Roger Ballen
Bent back
Silver gelatin hand print
40 x 40 cm
2001
From a series of work entitled, Shadow Chamber.
Courtesy of the Photographers Gallery za


Artist: Lukas Roth
Title: untitled 2007 (station)
Year: 2007
Medium: Lambda print
© Lukas Roth and courtesy Paul Kopeikin Gallery


Artist: Julie Orser
Title: Arrangement
Year: 2007
Medium: Chromogenic print
© Julie Orser and courtesy Paul Kopeikin Gallery

FAIR LOCATION
Barker Hangar
3021 Airport Avenue
Santa Monica, CA 90405

BENEFIT RECEPTION
To honor Julius Shulman and
Benefit the Photography Department of the
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Thursday, January 10th, 6-9 pm


©J. Paul Getty Trust. Used with permission.
Julius Shulman Photography Archive Research Library at the Getty Research Institute


Click here to download a Benefit Reception Ticket Order Form.
For more information on Benefit Reception tickets please email photola@lacma.org or call 323.936.5846

PUBLIC FAIR HOURS
Friday, January 11th, 12pm - 8pm
Saturday, January 12th, 12pm - 8pm
Sunday, January 13th, 12pm - 6pm

TICKETS
Click here to purchase day passes, seminar or lecture tickets.
$20 1-day pass (includes catalog)
$30 3-day pass (includes catalog)
$10 The Photobook: A Discussion
$10 Conversation with Shulman/DeWit
$80 Benefit Reception (includes a 1-day pass)

Click here to download a Benefit Reception Ticket Order Form.
For more information on Benefit Reception tickets please email photola@lacma.org or call 323.936.5846