Auto Club of So. Calif.: MEDIA ADVISORY: 6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 16 Media Preview of New Photography Exhibit at the California African American Museum Intersections of South Central: People and Places in Historic and Contemporary Photographs
MEDIA ADVISORY: 6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 16 Media Preview of New Photography Exhibit at the California African American Museum Intersections of South Central: People and Places in Historic and Contemporary Photographs LOS ANGELES, CA — (MARKET WIRE) — November 15, 2006 —
What:
Media preview of “Intersections of South Central: People and Placesin Historic and Contemporary Photographs,” an exhibit which opens at theCalifornia African American Museum on Thursday, Nov. 16, which goes beyondmyth and misunderstanding to show a vibrant neighborhood which is truly acommunity. The exhibit covers 70 years of life in South Los Angeles and issponsored by the Automobile Club of Southern California. The exhibit willextend through April 28, 2007.
Black and white vintage location photographs culled from the AutomobileClub of Southern California Archives, the Los Angeles Unified SchoolDistrict photo collection, the Harry Adams Jr. Collection at Cal StateNorthridge and the Huntington Library. These images are paired with moderncolor images shot in 2006 by several accomplished contemporary AfricanAmerican photographers.
When: 6: p.m. Thursday, Nov. 16.
Where: California African American Museum, 600 State St., Exposition Park,Los Angeles. Visit http://www.caamuseum.org for more details.
Who: CAAM’s Charmaine Jefferson; LA County Sup. Yvonne Braithewaite Burke;CAAM History Curator Christopher Jimenez y West; Alice Bisno, Auto Club VPof Legislative Affairs; exhibit Co-curator and Auto Club Historian MattRoth; and special guest photographers.
Photo opps: Great then-and-now photos of south Los Angeles historydisplayed in the newly remodeled California African American Museum.Interviews with modern-era photographers, some of whom grew up in SouthCentral Los Angeles. Presentation of 1947 Mack & Mack gas stationphotograph at Jefferson and Orchard to station owner’s daughter AliceBlanton.
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