Between Two Worlds: A Personal Journey (Lost Boys to Hollywood)

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“Lost Boys to Hollywood”

“This show started with a phone call in 2001 from filmmaker Christopher Quinn asking me to accompany him with his film crew to the Kakuma UN refugee camp in northern Kenya, Africa. We met while working on a feature movie production in New York City. We worked together on the camera crew.

“This show is comprised of images from a dark reality of pain and suffering in a place existing on the other side of the world. They stand next to images made from my time working on Hollywood movies. These are two disparate points on the globe and they have come together here on these walls.

“Hollywood creates the existence of a world that delivers a theatrical appearance of reality. Hollywood and its cast of characters that make up the film industry have a huge voice and the ability to expose different truths and provide a level of understanding about people, places and ideas. This ability both entertains us and can make us think and react as well in interesting ways that adds light and life to society.

“It may be said in our present world’s distant future that the primary prevailing art form of this time that has elevated the imagination of mankind to take a stand and effect change came from films both fictional and documentary. The past had artists such as DaVinci. Monet, Picasso, and even Norman Rockwell to inspire and lead us to a better place. From paint to film to digital and always in search of the story that brings light into the dark corners.

“The photographs in this show hopefully tell a story that will lead the viewer to walk inside places that they would otherwise never be able to see or know about. Capturing souls and stories that need telling offer opportunities to open our hearts.

“In my own way, I want to provide financial help for a medical clinic in Southern Sudan started by one of the Lost Boys who came to the USA in 2001. John Bul Dau did not forget his people. He was a leader then and he is a leader now. He started a foundation to help his people. It is my desire to raise money from the sale of my prints to help in this just cause.

“Christopher Quinn’s invitation brought me to a particular place and to a awareness of people from Sudan who inspired me and whose plight demanded a commitment to show their dilemma.”

—Eli Reed, April 2008

Eli Reed Biography

Eli Reed has been with the legendary Magnum Photos since 1983. He has won numerous awards for his photography and documentary work. Some of his awards are the W. Eugene Smith Grant in Documentary Photography, Overseas Press Club, World Press Photo, Pulitzer Prize Nominee, Kodak World Image Award for Fine Art Photography, Leica Medal of Excellence, POY Nikon World Understanding Award, and the Harvard Nieman Fellowship.

His books include “Beirut, City of Regrets” and “Black in America” (text and poetry written by Reed with preface by Gordon Parks), and I Grandi Fotografi Eli Reed (published in March 2007).

Reed is a member of Olympus Visionaries, Kamoinge, International Cinematographers Guild, and the Society of Motion Picture Still Photographers.

Currently Professor of Photojournalism at the University of Texas while fielding assignments.

Exhibition Dates
May 8, 2008 thru July 2, 2008

Opening Reception
Thursday, May 8, 2008
5pm-9pm

The Perfect Exposure Gallery
3519 West Sixth Street
Los Angeles, CA 90020

The Perfect Exposure Gallery is located in the Historic Chapman Park Studio Building in the Wilshire Center District. Parking available in the K3 Parking lot on Kenmore Ave and Sixth St. one block east of the gallery and in parking lot at Normandie Ave. and Sixth St. one block west of the gallery. Street parking also available from 9am to 4pm.

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Gallery Hours
Sun & Mon: Closed
Tue-Fri: 11am-5pm
Sat: 11am-4pm

Exhibition Sponsored by
Magnum Photos
Olympus Imaging America, Inc.
Hewlett-Packard
Law Offices of Larry D. Lewellyn
Mark D. Garris, C.P.A.