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Things I Like, mostly by others, some by me. Me: Artist and Curator living in Los Angeles. Likes: Arts, street culture,
both the beautiful and the abject, and progressive politics. Dislikes: individual and societal ignorance.
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Chinatown Community for Equitable Development is asking Los Angeles Chinatown community members to write down why they don’t want Wal-Mart to come into their community.
CCED organizer and Chinatown resident Sophat Phea:
This photo project is important to me because as a resident of Chinatown I feel we needed the awareness and have a say. This project beautifully raises it and gives that voice to the community visually.
See more photos from this collection on their Facebook page.
(via hapaklee)
Ren Hang
Before digital imaging, I used to shoot on film and printed this myself. Before Tumblr and Facebook, I had a printed portfolio that I would lug around to show gallerists. Before I took Cathy Opi’s first photography class she taught at UCLA, I wanted to become a photographer. Before Tattoos and piercings were the ‘norm’, and before ‘Model Mayhem’, there was my friend Carla.
Shot somewhere in Hollywood a long time ago.
Beijing Opera (The Mao Years)
America is not changing, it has changed. I forgot about this photo from 2003 at Obama’s sister’s wedding, that I saw in the New York Times some time ago, and I just came across it again today. With all of the political BS, it reminded me that regardless of what happens politically, this country has already changed for the better.
Glassel Park, Los Angeles.
“Similarly, MoMA and other museums once drew strict lines between insider and outsider because they were beset by accusations that modern art could be made by disturbed people and untrained artists. Thus “outsider art” had to be left out in the cold, out of fear. Those embattled borders are long gone; the wars were all won. Museums: I say it’s time for you to set aside these old chauvinisms. There are no more excuses. You’re on the wrong side of history. Your definitions of art are reductive and insular where they need to be inclusive and expansive. You’ve hit a wall. Change — or wither with your prejudices and die a slow death.” -Jerry Saltz (via)
via claytoncubitt
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