Free Stuff LA

The Academy Of Moton Picture Arts And Sciences.  Presents, Shining a spotlighton the 8 consecutive Awards years with 10 Best picture nominees, The Academys new exhibition  features poster or advertising art for all 80 of those nominated films! Where? 8949 Wilshire BlvdBeverlyHills,  more info: a.www.oscars.orgor call (310)247-3600. poster Collector and Academy member Mike Kaplan will give a free Gallery talk on Sunday january 24/10, @ 3 pm.  NO reservations are required!

Exhibition guest curator Brad Rosenstein will give a free Gallery talkonsat jan 23/10.  No reservations arerequired.  Where? 8949 Wilshiire Blvd Beverly Hills More info www.oscars. org or call (310)247-3600.

Art Brewer: Surf’s Up, 40 Years from the Surf and Sand

Thursday, January 21, 6:30-8:00pm

The Annenberg Space for Photography is pleased to welcome you to an evening with Art Brewer. This lecture offers a look at 40 years of surfing photography, captured by Brewer as he chased world’s best surfers and waves around the globe.

Born in Laguna Beach, CA in 1951, Brewer is largely a self-taught photographer who once took a seminar from Ansel Adams. Beginning in 1968 as the principal staff photographer forSurfer magazine, Brewer has journeyed for much of his life to the world’s vast panoply of islands, where he has produced everything from journalistic coverage to celebratory location work. In addition, Brewer’s work at his Dana Point studio has yielded an exhilarating range of portraiture and staged art pieces.

Brewer was schooled in the demanding world of surf photography where the dynamics of the coastal and near-shore environment throw everything at you. From the daunting technical challenges of glare, salt, and movement to the physical challenges of personal danger and complex logistics, this arduous training ground built Brewer’s broad journeyman’s skill set, which laid the foundation of his artistic expression.

Brewer’s photographs are known for speaking with penetrating truth enlivened with an edgy wit. His unique colloquial voice is capable of a restrained grandeur that alerts us to something transcendent in each captured moment.

Brewer’s images have appeared in hundreds of magazines including Rolling Stone, Sports Illustrated, Esquire, and Playboy. His books include the 2002 coffee table book, Masters of Surf Photography: Art Brewer, and the documentary and book Bunker Spreckels: Surfing’s Divine Prince of Decadence.

To register for Art Brewer’s lecture, please click here. We recommend that you make your reservations soon, as our lectures tend to fill up quickly. If you are still unable to reserve seats through our ticketing system, don’t be discouraged… 10 minutes prior to the lecture we release any seats that have not been claimed by ticketholders to standby guests.

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