L.A. skyline

I recently went back downtown to continue a series of abstract photos I’ve been doing of the Los Angeles skyline at night. The first, taken in December, shows the city from the south, while this angle is from the east. This is one of three photos of Los Angeles that I’ll be showing in a group show at the Canal Club during tomorrow night’s Venice Art Crawl. The show, titled “Land of the Lost Angels,” shows a variety of work focusing on the multifaceted city that is Los Angeles. I’ll be showing two other pieces as well: “Padiddle,” which shows L.A. traffic at night, and “Radio Flyer,” which is my Venetian tribute to William Eggleston. Other photographers taking part include Cerreah Laykin, Robert Yager, Eric Tucker & Rae Scarton, Martin Linss, Jeff Cohen, Christopher Soltis, Imps of Marge and Fletch, Jill Augusto, Josue Zeta Rojas and John Chapple. It’s not officially a part of Month of Photography Los Angeles (MOPLA), but we’re sort of piggybacking the event anyway. If you’re in L.A. I hope to see you there!!

It took me a while, but I finally got my Haiti fundraiser going! For the rest of February I’m selling 8×10′s of a select number of images I took in the sumer of 2008. I’m selling the images for $20 with 100 percent of the proceeds going to Habitat for Humanity to aid them as they work to provide short- and long-term shelter solutions to those affected by last month’s devastating earthquake. Habitat for Humanity is well established in Haiti, having been there for 26 years. And by donating the money through the Los Angeles chapter, all of the money raised will go straight to Haiti, with no administrative fees taken out.

Please go to http://www.davidzentz.com/haiti to view a gallery of available images. From there you will be taken to a portal where you can purchase the prints using Paypal or a credit card and have them shipped straight to you.

If you are in the Los Angeles area, I will be exhibiting about 10 large prints and continuing to sell 8×10′s at the launch party for SoCal-Scene magazine, an upstart magazine I’m working with. The event will be at the Shangri-La hotel in Santa Monica at the end of the month. The final time and date is being determined this week. Check back or go to http://www.socal-scene.com for details.

Just a quickie post from a fun 4th of July party. TK biked from Santa Monica to Marina del Rey with that shade on his head.