OPEN SHOW PASADENA/EAST LA
"Being invited to participate in Pasadena Photography Arts' Open Show was a special event for me. I was honored to have my work shown with such talented artists. It helped me grow as a photographer. And I made a few great friends."
– Jeff Larason, Creator/Host of The Crit House Podcast
"Presenting my work-in-progress at Pasadena Photography Arts' Open Show gave me a huge boost of confidence, important feedback, and several useful personal connections when I was first assessing opportunities to present my work. After that initial exposure my project placed in the Top Fifty at Photo Lucida Critical Mass 2020, won the 2021 CENTER Santa Fe Social Award, and this year was published as a monograph by Daylight Books as Ex Crucible: The Passion of Incarcerated Artists. The folks at PPA/Open Show have generously cheered me along this path."
– Peter Merts, Photographer, Documenting prison art programs in California
Recorded Open Show Events…
“Family: The Ties That Bind/Unbind”
Featuring the work of...
Anya Tsaruk presenting “Mother Land”
Ruth Toda-Nation presenting “Love is a Life Story”
Janet Holmes presenting “Rescued Chickens at Home”
Kelly Ciurej presenting “Artificial Sweetener”
When the Students Become the Teachers
Featuring the work of:
Polina Schneider presenting “I, Superhero”
Saeed Abdollah presenting “Wage Earner”
Shannon Smith presenting “…The Noise of Time”
Toni Love presenting “I Am Another You, You Are Another Me”
"Your Latest Project”
Featuring the work of…
Jo Ann Chaus presenting “The Conversation Continues”
Nanci Milton presenting “Her Not Her”
Natalie Behring presenting “Mild Winter”
Philip Ringler presenting “This Exhibit is Closed.”
“When the Students Become the Teachers”
Featuring the work of...
Hal Banfield presenting "Like A Fire In My Soul Black Men In Dance"
Chantal Lesley presenting "En Medio De La Nostalgia"
Theo Godmann presenting "Becoming"
Alejandra Moral presenting "In My Own Ink: The Intimate Power Of Words"
A Story Worth Telling
Featuring the work of:
Rebeka Alviani presenting “Transience an Exploration of Objecthood”
Jason Dailey presenting “American Trucker”
Afsaneh Aynesazi presenting “Dismembering Gazes”
Caroline Nicola presenting “A Means of Remembrance”
”This is a Photograph Because I say It Is"
Featuring the Work of...
Deborah Kaplan presenting “Syllabary For A Natural World”
Roger Guetta presenting “Running Against Time"
Diana Nicholette Jeon presenting “Self Exposure”
Sara Harley presenting “Haven”
Street Photography
This installment of PPA's OpenShow occurred on November 30, 2021 and was hosted by Ellen Friedlander and Douglas Hill.
Featuring the work of:
Ryan Lafferty, presenting "Simulacra and Suburb"
Nina Welch-Kling, presenting "Duologues"
Jeff Larason, presenting "The Mass Ave Project"
Randy Eriksen, presenting "Shooting Blanks"
“Between Fact and Fiction”
Hosted by Debe Arlook and guest host Granville Carroll.
Featuring the work of:
Abigail Teodori presenting "In Passing"
Cassandra Klos presenting "Mars on Earth"
Michael Jantzen presenting "Strange Attractors"
Larry Brownstein presenting “Uber Fashion”
“Alternative Processes / Alternative Realities”
Hosted by Ellen Friedlander.
Featuring the work of:
Alfonso de Gregorio presenting "Retained Reports"
Roberta Mangini Glisson presenting "In Time and Tide"
Gwendolyn Anne Davies presenting "Contact Traces"
Karen Amy Finkel Fishof presenting "Storytelling Through Photograms
"Change"
Hosted by Rollence Patugan.
Featuring the work of:
Elwira Miezal presenting "Goma Women Democratic Republic of Congo"
Lara Solanki presenting "Transformation"
Joseph Akerman presenting "Twenty Views from an Internal Journey"
Hillary Johnson presenting "The Waters We Swim In"
“Inspire + Elevate | Part 1”
Hosted by Debe Arlook and Ellen Friedlander.
Featuring the work of:
Shinya Masuda presenting "Hanafuda Shouzoku"
Yulia Morris presenting "Virtual Photographs During the Stay at Home Order"
Peter Merts presenting "Unbound, The Passion of Imprisoned Artists"
Chung-Ping Cheng presenting "Love Lotus Essay"
Ave Pildas presenting "Animal Antics"
Inspire + Elevate | Part 2
Hosted by Debe Arlook and Ellen Friedlander.
Featuring the work of:
Granville Carroll
Gershon Kreimer
David Freeman
Laura Belevica
Matthew Finley