Pippa's Cabinet: Paris Photo LA

Friday, May 8, 2015

Paris Photo LA

Last week I attended Paris Photo LA (note bene: you say Pear-EE, like Gay Paris, not PEAR-is, like the Loveliness of Paris) this is a famous French photo fair now enjoying its third year as a satellite fair in LA. A three-day festival of fine art photo galleries showing off their wares, the fair is held on the backlot of Paramount Pictures—so while some of the galleries’ booths are housed in sound stages, many are inside the little fake storefronts of the faux-New-York street sets. It was very fun to stroll among the pretend buildings and look at art alongside the super casual chic denizens of LA’s art scene (think gorgeous breezy sundresses and designer shades and beautifully tousled children—someone seriously should have been shooting street fashion photos here, they would have had a field day). The level of art being exhibited was very high—I saw something amazing in nearly every booth I visited. I noticed that portraiture was especially prevalent, and strong. Though this post is very long, it's just a fraction of the photos that caught my eye!