Erik Boker

L8S ANG3LES celebrates the breadth of contemporary photography through works by eight renowned photographers whose images capture the complexity of Los Angeles.

Acclaimed Emmy-winning documentary photographer/filmmaker, Lauren Greenfield is considered a preeminent chronicler of youth culture, gender and consumerism, as a result of her monographs Girl Culture, Fast Forward, THIN and other photographic works.

Catherine Opie is a photographer and photography professor at UCLA. Her work includes portrait series and American urban landscapes that range in format from large-scale color works to smaller black-and-white prints.

For five decades, Douglas Kirkland has photographed celebrities and fashion.

Genaro Molina’s career as a photojournalist includes working for the San Francisco Chronicle, the San Jose Mercury News, the Claremont Courier and the Sacramento Bee, before joining the staff of the Los Angeles Times in 1995.

For four decades, Greg Gorman has photographed celebrities in his signature black and white style.

Throughout his prolific career, John Baldessari has approached his art through adamantly non-traditional paths.

For over 72 years, Julius Shulman has played a seminal role in architectural photography.

Kirk D. McKoy is the Senior Features Photo Editor and Deputy for the Los Angeles Times.

Lawrence K. Ho immigrated to the United States from China in 1972.

Over the past three decades, Tim Street-Porter has photographed the city’s modernist architecture, often working with the same homes photographed by Julius Shulman.

Mark Laita has produced award-winning commercial work for clients such as Adidas, Apple and Mercedes-Benz.

Jill Greenberg’s work has been seen in such publications such as Harper’s and The New Yorker and served as covers for Time and Wired.

Sebastian Copeland is an award-winning explorer, photographer and author.

As an award-winning celebrity photographer, Kwaku Alston has made a career of working with beautiful people.