Patrick Smyth: Big or small, shooting everything in sight
Passion projects Conversing with photographer Patrick Smyth by Bondo Wyszpolski Intrigued by the grimacing heads sculpted by Franz Xavier Messerschmidt in the late 18th century (and by the Getty’s “Vexed Man” in particular), Reidar Schopp invited several photographers to his San Pedro studio in order to shoot one another in facial poses — frowns, scowls, […]
“Pierhenge” attracts huge crowd under the Manhattan Beach Pier
By Jefferson Graham A good 100 or so photographers, beach lovers and even Santa Claus crowded under the Manhattan Beach Pier Sunday for the bi-annual “Pierhenge.” That’s the bi-annual event when the sun sets directly between the two pillars of the Manhattan Beach Pier. It also happens in January, on the 27th. https://twitter.com/jeffersongraham/status/1460058780083707908?s=20 The crowd […]