PAST EVENTS
Photographic Arts Council Los Angeles (PAC LA)’s Upcoming Program: Why A Photobook?
Saturday, May 17, 2025
1:00 pm
Los Angeles Modern Auctions
6666 Lexington Ave
Santa Monica, CA 90404
Join the Photographic Arts Council Los Angeles (PAC LA), with support from Eastman LA, for a panel discussion, Why A Photobook?—the second event in its Year of the Woman series. This conversation will feature photographers Elena Dorfman and Mona Kuhn, Getty Research Institute photography curator Isotta Poggi, and photography collector Marjorie Ornston as they explore the evolving role of the photobook in contemporary photography.
The discussion is inspired by the Getty Research Institute's current exhibition surveying the global history of photobooks by women, drawn from the library’s extensive collection. This pop-up exhibition is part of the international 10×10 Photobooks series, What They Saw: Historical Photobooks by Women 1843–1999—a groundbreaking publication that reexamines and redefines the photobook canon through a more inclusive lens.
Year of the Woman celebrates the influential women who helped shape PAC LA’s first decade. Programming will run through 2025 and into early 2026, spotlighting women across all areas of photography—curators, collectors, artists, gallerists, and conservators.
PAC LA is a nonprofit organization offering public-facing programming that educates and engages the community in an evolving conversation about photography and photo-based art. With Eastman LA’s sponsorship, all Year of the Woman events are free and in-person.
Capacity is limited, and advance registration is highly recommended. For more information and to register, please visit PAC LA's event page or sign up below.
Image Above: What They Saw: Historical Photobooks by Women, 1843–1999 (April 8 – May 11, 2025), Getty Research Institute. Photo © J. Paul Getty Trust.
Photographic Arts Council Los Angeles (PAC LA)’s Year of the Woman, sponsored by Eastman LA
Saturday, April 19, 2025
11:00 AM
Galerie XII
2525 Michigan Avenue, Suite B2
Santa Monica, CA 90404
We are thrilled to sponsor a series of public talks organized by the Photographic Arts Council Los Angeles (PAC LA), unfolding throughout 2025 and into 2026.
Year of the Woman will include public events celebrating notable women in photography. These talks will range from a discussion between women who have built significant photography collections to a panel on breakthrough women photobook creators, a conversation gathering a group of pioneering women gallerists, and a presentation by a celebrated photographer. Toward the end of 2025, there will be an online session with women in the essential roles of photography conservators. In early 2026, the program will bring together some of the nation's most influential photography curators.
The first panel discussion, Women Collectors, will take place on April 19 and feature a discussion with three women with different approaches to collecting and at different stages of their collecting journeys. Hosted by the esteemed photography dealer, Jennifer DeCarlo, we will welcome collectors Paula Ely, Alison Bryan Crowell, and Sarah Kissell. For more information about the event, visit PAC LA's event page.
Image Above: Bea Nettles. Triple Goddess, November 1969. Gelatin silver prints. George Eastman Museum, gift of the artist. © Bea Nettles.
William Kentridge’s complete Drawings for Projection (1989–2020)
Friday, February 21, 2025
1:00 PM, 4:00 PM, & 7:30 PM
American Cinematheque
Aero Theatre
1328 Montana Avenue
Santa Monica, CA 90403
Join us for a special screening of William Kentridge’s complete Drawings for Projection at the Aero Theatre in Santa Monica. Drawings for Projection, comprising eleven short films made from 1989 to 2020, is a touchstone of Kentridge’s prolific career. Usually projected in museums’ black-box rooms, this magnum opus—animated by his drawings on paper in charcoal and colored pencil and distinctive use of erasure—is even more powerful on the big screen.
Admission is free with RSVP.
Image Above: William Kentridge. Stereoscope, 1999. From the series Drawings for Projection. Frame enlargement from a 35mm polyester print. George Eastman Museum, gift of the artist.