A talk with Ken Karagozian – Photography of Los Angeles Transit Construction
Left: Miners Day Shift, 2nd Street & Hope Street, 2017
Right: 6th St Bridge Ironworker Boyle Heights, June 2020
Please join us for a webinar presentation with photographer Ken Karagozian. Ken has been documenting Los Angeles transit project construction for about 30 years and will showcase photographs from past and current projects.
The presentations will be on the Hollywood Red Line which goes back to the early 1990’s when he started photographing the underground subway projects.
He will also discuss other projects including the Gold Line Extension, the Regional Connector, the 6th St Bridge and the Purple Line extension along Wilshire Blvd.
The presentation will be followed by a Q&A session. The webinar will also be recorded and published on our website.
LOCATION
Webinar via Zoom
REGISTRATION
This is a free event but registration is required.
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About Photographer Ken Karagozian
Ken Karagozian is driven by his passion to photograph the world around him, and in particular, the people in that world. For over 30 years, Ken has borne witness through his photography to an intriguing array of the ordinary and extraordinary characters he has sought out.
Using black and white photography as his chosen medium, Ken excels in his portraiture of the working class, melding a documentary clarity with a compassionate eye for his subjects. His sensitive depictions of ordinary people and technical command of his tools yield character studies of great warmth and depth, allowing him to reveal insights into the inner person while maintaining their bearing of rugged dignity.
With subjects as far-ranging as swap meet vendors and customers, Los Angeles subway construction workers, and leather-clad legions of motorcyclists, Mr. Karagozian's perceptive vision brings us face to face with a new world of other people.
Ken’s photography has been widely exhibited locally and nationally, and has been featured in many publications, including LIFE Magazine, the Los Angeles Times, and Pasadena Magazine, as well as on television. His recent exhibit at Union Station (Passageway Art Gallery) included an exhibition catalog titled Deep Connections. Collectors include the Huntington Library, the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority, and individual collectors.
Ken is also a member of the Los Angeles City Historical Society.
For more information about Ken, please go to www.kenkaragozian.com.