In March I wrote a blog post reviewing Audrey Sand’s book “Lisette Model – The Jazz Pictures”. As I wrote in my review the book is outstanding. I sent Audrey a link to my review and she soon emailed me back. She thanked me for the review and told me she would be in Los Angeles this summer to do a talk and book signing as she asked me to attend. On July 17th Audrey spoke at LACMA and I was there.
This book signing was the first ever in the new bookstore at The Gefffen Galleries at LACMA. LACMA Curator Rebecca Morse moderated the talk which lasted about 40 minutes. Audrey’s talk was fantastic, she did so much research for the book that her knowledge of this work really came through in her words. Her answers to questions were so detailed, but at the same time the information was concise. Her knowledge of, and passion for, photography is obvious. Audrey is going to have an impact on our medium for year to come. If you ever have a chance to hear her lecture do so. An interesting side note, Audrey is originally from Los Angeles and grew up going to LACMA and other museums.
Wildcats and a Sun Devil…
Audrey Sands, Adam Monohon, and Rebecca Morse - All studied at The Center for Creative Photography at the University of Arizona.
Book Sighting:
A week after seeing Audrey I was at Arcana Books on the Arts for my friend Ave Pildas’s book signing of his new book “Africa Town.: Sunday Market Leimert Park, Los Angeles”. Whiles checking out the shelfs I easily saw Audrey’s book on the self and interestingly enough Richard Misrach’s “Cargo” was just a couple books away. I saw Richard speak about “Cargo”, at Arcana, last year and did a blog post about it.
From my first review a description of Audrey’s book:
“Lisette Model - The Jazz Pictures” by Audrey Sands was published by Eakins Press in NYC and printed and bound at Graphius in Belgium. The quality of the book is outstanding. Beautiful printing, nice heavy papaer, and good binding. The design is outstanding too. I love the bright red of the cover and the layout of the pages. Sands edited the book with Eakins Press’s Peter Kayafas. The Design was by Julie Fry. The book is 12” x 10” Cloth Bound Hardcover with 240 Pages, 316 Duo Tone images and 25 Color illustrations.