If you shot video of every day of your life in 2011, would you be able to find an entertaining second, a memorable clip, daily? L.A.-based artist and photographer Madeline Schichtel tackled said project, and her result, "2011," chronicles a local lady who gets out and seizes the countless opportunities L.A. presents as often as a working woman can. more ›

Clyde Butcher's last stop is L.A.'s Ballona Wetlands, and he's also heading west to celebrate "Visions of America," his black-and-white photography exhibition which opened at The G2 Gallery today. Curated by Jolene Hanson, the collection boasts over 30 of Butcher's most beloved large-format photographs from America's national parks. more ›

Local fifth grade photography students are putting their creative skills to good use this November and December, using their art to benefit the environment. The G2 Gallery's Jared Nigro joined forces with Todd Lesner's class at Westminster Avenue Elementary School in Venice to teach Lesner's students the art of the lens. more ›

There are a number of art and photography events tonight in LA. So it’s time to get your culture on with historical war reportage photos from the 1849 siege of Rome; Carmichael Gallery hosts a signing for TASCHEN's Los Angeles; Norman Rush reads his works at the Hammer; and Caltech screens a documentary of JPL. Read on for all the details. more ›

Actress, singer, model, showgirl, eternal sex symbol and American pop culture icon - Marilyn Monroe rocked the world with her classic beauty, sultry voice and silver screen talent. While filming the unfinished film "Something's Got to Give" in 1962, Monroe joined photographer Lawrence Schiller for her last professional photo shoot. more ›

Liz Brown is a funny Angeleno. If there's anyone in L.A. who can uncover a comedic angle while visiting the Occupy L.A. campground at City Hall, it's her. And that's exactly what she did last Saturday. She found the funny in social and economic protest. more ›

We are all members of the church of beauty. We worship the long legs and skinny waists of Vogue models, and while maybe 2 percent of the general public can look that way, the quest to gain this unattainable appearance drives people to buy the newest diet book or eye shadow. more ›

While soaring above the sprawl, Los Angeles-based photographer Alex de Cordoba has snapped aerial shots of some of L.A.'s most iconic locations. The captured grids and patches of Los Angeles - whether solemn in black and white or alive with color - are quite mesmerizing and provide the perfect diversion for your Monday afternoon. more ›

Pablove Shutterbugs, a photography program for pediatric cancer patients, is currently recruiting volunteer photography mentors for their fall L.A. session from September 17 through November 5. more ›

10,000 photos + 1.5 years = A Day in California. Filmmaker Ryan Killackey and his wife photographed Southern California's lakes, oceans, mountains, deserts, hot air balloons, trains, freeways, skylines, city lights, water parks and waterfalls to compose a beautiful time lapse / tilt shift short film. more ›

Today The G2 Gallery in Venice premiered Nature LA: Sebastian Artz, a photography series dedicated to ghostly jellyfish and our shelled ocean bottom crawlers - crustaceans. more ›

Tori Amos and Lomography "want you to get inspired" and submit up to five personal photographs that best represent our urban sprawl. Photographers of all levels are encouraged to participate and are not restricted to shooting with city limits. Images only have to be inspired by L.A. more ›

From fried chicken in a dead bush to moist hair clippings found on the sidewalk, gag-worthy grossness finds a home at Gross Stuff in LA. Want to see a picture of a gray-haired Barbie trapped in a gutter? How about an apple so badly decomposed that it looks like a toad? Those with a sensitive hurl reflex should take appropriate measures before clicking; chicken soup in a glass jar may not sound gross, but somehow, it's yak-inducing. more ›

Frankie C takes iconic photos of the people he encounters on the streets of Skid Row and surrounding neighborhoods against a black backdrop. An L.A. native, he likes to "keep it street" but now he has an opportunity to show his photos in a gallery and is looking to raise $1,000 to fund the exhibition using Kickstarter. Check out his work in this video. more ›

Barre's newest resident, Jackie Tohn's, "There's a Big Show in Here" is more animated than a Saturday morning cartoon, funnier than a barrel of funny things and is clinically proven to stop your spring doldrums in a single bound. A musical story of guts and glory, the voice that launched a thousand, "Wow I wish I could sing like thats" is all yours, for a limited time. more ›

In a joint acquisition by the Getty Museum and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, $30 million worth of Robert Mapplethorpe photos will soon call L.A. home. While "the bulk of the work came from New York's Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation, the museum and trust say the rest was obtained with donations from The David Geffen Foundation and the Getty trust," notes the HuffPo, not everyone in Los Angeles is cheering. more ›

Celebrated portrait photographer Austin Young brings out the beauty and layered emotions in the colorful people he captures with his lens. Tonight when he sets up his camera, it will be aimed at a very lucky party goer who will experience being photographed by Austin Young first hand. During the run of Your Face Here, portrait sittings with Young will be available for a mere $100-$500. As he completes the images they will be added to the show. Your Face Here opens tonight at the new PoptArt Gallery and runs though March 5. more ›

One of the best parts about living in Los Angeles is the street art. This fall, surfaces all over the city have been covered with buddha, upside down rats, anime cyclists, happy bears and scary bears, guerilla clown children, cities within cities, war advice from Yoda and a little Space Invader for good measure, all seen through the lenses of LAist Featured Photos pool contributors Lord Jim, i_hate_my_screen_name and Mark Luethi. more ›

Director Jeff Malmberg's celebrated documentary Marwencol, has been heaped with praise and awards for his restrained and revelatory depiction of outsider artist Mark Hogancamp. more ›

Here in sunny Southern California we don't get to take an up-close look at snowflakes very often--if at all--and hardly anyone in the world gets to look at them the way Caltech physics professor Ken Libbrecht has. more ›

Turns out, when iconic landscape photographer Ansel Adams wasn't off in the wilderness, he was hired for commercial jobs, like documenting Los Angeles' aviation industry for Fortune magazine and capturing street scenes of 1940s life. According to NPR, Adams donated the collection to the Los Angeles Public Library in the 1960s estimating the value at $100 stating, "The weather was bad over a rather long period and none of the pictures were very good." No current estimate has yet been given on the actual value the collection. more ›

He took man-made behemoths, turning them into art, and on Friday, the world said goodbye to Richard Crump Miller, famed photographer who profiled the city's rise from farm to concrete jungle taking time to also shoot the glitteratti. He was 98. more ›

Help the dance/performance series Anatomy Riot celebrate its 5-year anniversary tonight at 8 pm at MiMoDa Studio. Hosted by Marcus Kuiland-Nazario, performers include Meg Wolfe, Ayana Hampton, cari ann shim sham, Stacy Dawson Stearns, Luiz Lopez, Sue Roginski  + Marvin Rivas, Rosa Rodriguez and Alexis Weisbrod, Jillian Stein + Rebecca Bruno, Erin Beneze and Amanda Furches, Gregory Barnett, Dawn Barnett and Kenji Igus. Tickets: $10 at the door, cash only. more ›

It takes a village of tiny, tilt-shift, ant people to raise a music festival. Directed, shot, cut and finished by Sam O'Hare, this new video is a happy reminder on a dreary Wednesday that the sun will in fact shine again. At Coachella. more ›

This Saturday afternoon in Santa Monica, the 18th Street Art Center will present its first Beer, Art and Music Festival. The event, the first of its kind on the West Side, features offerings from more than twenty craft breweries, all free with the price of admission. These include standbys such as Samuel Adams and Sierra Nevada as well as lesser known labels like Ballast Point from San Diego. Proceeds benefit the art center, which maintains year-round programming and international artist exchange programs. more ›

I first met LAist writer Molly Bergen two years ago, almost to the date. It was at Sunset Junction, which takes place this weekend. She wanted to give a stab at volunteering with LAist to write about music. Now 173 posts later -- plus tons of music concerts -- she will tomorrow debut a gallery show that's close to her heart, and, well, all of ours here at LAist. more ›