JULIAN WASSER – LOS ANGELES
2011-11-28Julian Wasser started his career in photography in the 1950s as a teenager shooting crime scenes in Washington D.C. which he sold to The Washington Post. As a copy boy at Associated Press, he met Weegee and rode around with the legendary and unflinching press photographer. After university and military service, he settled in Hollywood and worked for many years as a contract photographer for TIME, LIFE and PEOPLE.
The exhibit at Craig Krull Gallery entitled Los Angeles will include night scenes of the Sunset Strip in the 60s, images of key LA figures such as Joan Didion, Ed Ruscha and Jack Nicholson, as well as historic photos of the Watts Riots and Robert F. Kennedy at the Ambassador Hotel.
Opposite – Sea Witch nightclub, Sunset Strip, 1966
Exhibition runs from December 3rd, 2011 – January 14th, 2012
Craig Krull Gallery
Bergamot Station
2525 Michigan Avenue
Building B-3 Santa Monica
California
90404
