The final summer 2015 multimedia installation from Annenberg Space for Photography Skylight Studios is Emerging Experience Style from August 17 – September 20. The content featured throughout the digital installation will include style themed images along with curated short films from Vine stars Meagan Cignoli and Xaviera Lopez among others.
Skylight Studios Style Events:
In collaboration with the Annenberg Space for Photography, Skylight Studios will hold a variety of style-centric events:
Saturday, August 22 (11am-1pm & 2pm-4pm): CAN’T CROP THIS INSTAGRAM WORKSHOP
This Instagram workshop from Kelly and Jeff Mindell of Studio DIY will teach attendees how to build and leverage their presence on social media’s fastest growing platform. The Mindells will share concrete tips to help you compose and edit photos, define your audience, build your community, refine your brand and monetize the platform. This crash course is for anyone looking to learn the ins and outs of building a defined and recognizable profile on Instagram. The material is applicable to small business owners, photographers, bloggers or individuals building a personal brand.
Saturday, August 29th (11am-1pm): IT’S NOT JUST PRETTY PICTURES: LIFESTYLE & COMMERCIAL PHOTOGRAPHY PANEL
Join several of the hottest lifestyle bloggers and photographers as they share behind-the-scenes stories of how they followed their passion for photography to elevate the everyday while developing their own unique brand. Panelists include photographers Gray Malin, Lauren Randolph and Stephanie Todar along with food and travel personality Natalie James. Moderated by digital media and branding strategist Ilana Saul.
Sunday August 30th (11am-1pm): iPHONEOGRAPHY WORKSHOP WITH JULIE LEE
Julie Lee from Julie’s Kitchen returns to the Annenberg Space for Photography and is adding a dash of lifestyle photography and design to her popular food styling and iPhoneography workshop curriculum. This workshop’s theme is festive juices, complete with fresh fruit, herbs and fun straws/garnishes along with an emphasis on how to incorporate lifestyle photograph props like dishware and fabrics into your photos.
Saturday, September 12th (11am-1pm): PORTFOLIO REVIEW—COMMERCIAL PHOTOGRAPHY
The Annenberg Space for Photography will host a portfolio review for professional commercial photographers who are interested in having their work seen by some of the biggest names in representation and publishing in the Los Angeles area. This portfolio review is designed to facilitate relationships between photographers and leading representatives and editors looking for new work. Photographers represented by these agencies work for brands such as Apple, Google, Lexus and Nike, and have been published by magazines like Dwell, Rolling Stone, Cosmopolitan and Travel + Leisure.
Sunday, September 13th (11am-1pm): LAUREN RANDOLPH PHOTO WORKSHOP
In this workshop, Lauren Randolph—best known to her 250k plus followers on Instagram as @laurenlemon— will discuss her work and professional journey as an emerging talent in the area of commercial photography, followed by a hands-on exploration of environmental portraiture. Techniques covered in the workshop will include shooting with found/available light and how to bring the same principles she uses in her travel and lifestyle photography to your next neighborhood photo walk.
Interactive Gravity Room
Skylight Studios will continue to offer the playful and innovative Gravity Room, which allows visitors to turn the art of photography on its side. An off-kilter set creates the illusion that guests are defying gravity. This upended playground provides a fun photo opportunity and complementary photo prints make a great souvenir of your visit to Emerging Experience.
Crowd-Sourced Photo Display
Emerging Experience Style will present an ever-changing slideshow of guest-submitted photos celebrating style. Here’s how the public can participate: Simply hashtag your favorite style and design photos in Instagram with #EmergingStyle for the chance to have them shown within the Emerging Experience Style exhibit at Skylight Studios!
Here is a taste of the Emerging Experience Style Artists & Content:
Grab your luggage, pack a picnic and jet off to a gorgeous summer beach in style. Vine sensation Meagan Cignoli will be showing three fashion-forward Vines and one original short created exclusively for the Annenberg Space for Photography. Cignoli has helped pioneer a new industry within social media and mobile advertising, setting the standard for six and 15 second branded videos.
Ivan Cash — “Last Photo Los Angeles”
The ‘Last Photo’ project is an ongoing video series where artist / filmmaker Ivan Cash travels to different cities, asking strangers about the last photo on their phone. In this video, Cash visits Los Angeles and gets to know the city through the last photos taken by some of its denizens.
365 Docobites — “37- Las Vegas”
365 documentaries in 365 days – The 365 Docobites team, Epiphany & Carl, traveled across five continents for an entire year to introduce their online followers to a stranger-a-day via a vlog of short documentaries. ”37 – Las Vegas” features the heartwarming story of Miss Ruby Rabbit, a young woman who found peace and success by embracing classic pin-up style.
Deep Green Sea — “The Art of Making, Red Dress”
Follow the journey of a single red dress from an idea to the runway as captured by Deep Green Sea, filmmakers Dimitris Ladopoulos and Spiros Rasidakis. “The Art of Making, Red Dress” takes an idea and materializes it to paper where it is magically transformed into a deep red textile.
Petr Krejci — “The Geology of Shoes”
Petr Krejci’s short film experiments with the creative possibilities of discarded leather scraps by drawing inspiration from natural geological processes such as sediment layers and erosion.
Matteo Muci takes viewers on a two-minute animated voyage through some of the most iconic masterpieces of modern architecture—from Frank Lloyd Wright’s “Fallingwater” to “Ville Savoye” by Le Corbusier (as well as Rietveld Schröder House by Gerrit Rietveld, Farnsworth House by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Glass House by Philip Johnson).
Xaviera Lopez – “Mirror”, “Tomate” and “Zoop”
Enjoy a medley of the young Chilean artist’s popular Vine videos featuring different variations on the theme of style. Xaviera Lopez has stretched the limited possibilities of Vine’s six-second format through meticulous hard work and visual flair, producing more linear animations of simplified self-portraits in action.
For more information on how to sign up for one of these stylish experiences, please see the website below.
10050 Constellation Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90067
Wednesday through Sunday: 11am – 6pm
Closed Mondays and Tuesdays.
Admission to the installation is free. Prices vary for calendar events.
Parking with Validation is $3.50 Wednesdays – Fridays and $1.00 on weekends.
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