The Sexy and the Unseen: Highlights from Paris Photo LA 2015

Vintage Polaroids from Guy Bourdin to glass plate negatives of 19th century Californians at this year's art fair

by The World’s Best Ever History and nudes: two of the many things that photography is known for. From Guy Bourdin’s vintage Polaroids culled from his personal collection, to Ralph Gibson’s black and white compositions, this year’s Paris Photo LA contained a wide array of work that would satiate even the most daring history buff. Here, we take a closer look at some of the …

Paris Photo LA 2015: Mazaccio & Drowilal

Colorful work that hides a darkness behind humor, the French duo's exhibit at the California event

by The World’s Best Ever For the third installment of Paris Photo LA (PPLA) at the Paramount Pictures Studios in Los Angeles, BMW—one of the photography fair’s official partners—is presenting “Wild Style,” an installation featuring a body of work created by the French artistic duo Mazaccio & Drowilal during their 2013 BMW-funded residency at the musée Nicéphore Niepce, as well as a new series “Antépisode” …

Paris Photo Los Angeles 2014

Standouts from the fine art photography fair's second Southern California installment

For the second consecutive year, prestigious contemporary and modern photography fair Paris Photo Los Angeles called Paramount Pictures Studios home this past weekend, 25-27 April 2014. With the plaster-cast streets of NYC again as the backdrop, the gallery and exhibition spaces continued to play a part in the expanding show, allowing visitors to explore art behind the open doors of brownstones, diners and cafés at …