PAC LA - Discussion and Book Signing With Sally Stein

Close-Ups From Afar: Selected Short and Longer Essays On Social Uses Of Photography

Discussion and book signing with Sally Stein

Rose Gallery

The Photographic Arts Council Los Angeles and Rose Gallery are pleased to host a discussion and book signing with to celebrate her new publication, Close-Ups From Afar. Selected Short and Longer Essays On Social Uses Of Photography.
Sally Stein has long investigated the role of photography in relation to broader questions of culture and society. This collection of her selected essays brings together essential writings from over five decades, cumulatively demonstrating Stein's distinctive critical approach to the history and proliferation of photography, and its role within mass media and contemporary culture.
In this richly illustrated volume, Stein turns her astute eye to diverse topics including the rise of color photography, the place of California in the history of the medium's development, and women and photography between feminism's 'waves'. It includes insightful considerations of a host of photographers from Jacob Riis to Dawoud Bey, Ansel Adams, to Helmut Newton, Dorothea Lange to Susan Meiselas. Consistently Stein has sought to challenge readers to think afresh about the social uses of photography and their broader contexts and far-reaching effects.

Location Details:

ROSEGALLERY

2525 Michigan Avenue B5B Santa Monica, CA 90404 (Map)
We will meet in the lobby of Rose Gallery.

Parking:

There is plenty of free parking surrounding the gallery at Bergamot Station.

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