HERNANDEZ, Anthony - L.A. 1971

Background information

"This sequence of twelve images – all taken in Los Angeles, California on the same day in 1971 – represents some of the earliest black and white work by Anthony HERNANDEZ.

Content

Beautifully printed in tritone on McCoy Silk coated paper, the book features cloth end sheets and printed aluminum front and back covers." (publisher's note)

Book reviews

Involuntarily I remember the 2018 re-released series 'Menschen im Fahrstuhl / People in the Elevator: 5 hours and 35 minutes with the camera in the elevator of a publishing house, November 20, 1969, 10.35 -12.30, 13.30 - 17.10' by German photographer Heinrich RIEBESEHL" (© Richard G. SPORLEDER)
"The strength of this sequence is the consummate coalescence of vision and serendipity, a talented photographer executing a simple project with fascinating results. [...] Photographer David GOLDBLATT once said, '[t]he mission of the photographer is to put a frame around things you have seen all your life and yet haven’t seen at all.'  Anthony HERNANDEZ’s L.A. 1971 does just that. He not only literally frames his subjects, but also draws our attention to the unnoticed peculiarities of unguarded human behavior." (© Allie HAEUSSLEIN)

About the US-American photographer, Anthony HERNANDEZ (b.1947)

Photo books by Anthony HERNANDEZ