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Interview with Julia Dean

Keslerbear and Johnodactyl

Reverie

Marc Pennartz on Street Photography

Wandering, Full of Reverie

Street Shooters of August 2019

Interview with Julia Dean

This month, it was our privilege to speak with Julia Dean, longtime photographer, educator, writer, and executive director/founder of the Los Angeles Center of Photography. Julia was the last apprentice to the pioneering photographer Bernice Abbott, which had a profound effect on her work and career. In the years that followed, she traveled the world, working on socially concerned projects by freelancing for relief groups and magazines. Eventually, life brought Julia to LA, where she began teaching full time and shooting street photography on the side. And these are just a few highlights of her journey!

Julia is easy to talk to, a wonderful teacher (as you might imagine) and she has some incredible stories to tell. Listen in to our conversation by clicking on the audio player below:

https://spm-media.s3.amazonaws.com/interview-with-julia-dean-82.mp3

 

A Selection of Julia’s Photos

 

Javier in the Flower District Downtown Los Angeles

Following is a selection of photos of Javier, a man who lives in and guards this gated alley in the Flower District in Downtown Los Angeles. Julia met him in 2014 and has been photographing him and his friends since.

©Julia Dean

 

©Julia Dean

 

©Julia Dean

 

©Julia Dean

 

©Julia Dean

 

©Julia Dean

 

©Julia Dean

 

©Julia Dean

 

©Julia Dean

©Julia Dean

 

©Julia Dean

 

The world in Black & White

©Julia Dean, Morocco_2007

 

©Julia Dean, Havana 2002

 

©Julia Dean, Havana 2002

 

©Julia Dean, Ukraine 2005

 

©Julia Dean, Vietnam 2006

Street Shooting in DTLA

©Julia Dean, 7th Street near Broadway 2008

 

©Julia Dean, Boyle Heights 2014


 

©Julia Dean, Broadway and 7th 2018


 

©Julia Dean, Chinatown 2013


 

©Julia Dean, DTLA 2016


 

©Julia Dean, Fashion District 2019


 

©Julia Dean, Los Angeles 2011

Julia Dean

Julia Dean is a photographer, educator, writer, and executive director/founder of the Los Angeles Center of Photography. She began her career as an apprentice to pioneering photographer Berenice Abbott. Later, Julia was a photo editor for the Associated Press in New York. She has traveled to more than 45 countries while freelancing for numerous relief groups and magazines. Her extensive teaching experience includes over 36 years at various colleges, universities and educational institutions including the University of Nebraska, Los Angeles Valley College, Los Angeles Southwest College, Santa Monica College, the Santa Fe Workshops, the Maine Photographic Workshops, Oxford University and the Los Angeles Center of Photography. For the past 18 years, Julia has concentrated on street photography around the world. For the past eight years, street shooting in downtown Los Angeles has been her primary focus. Julia's work was selected for a book produced by Acuity Press and PDN magazine featuring 20 street shooters around the world, and published in two lengthy spreads in Digital Photo Pro magazine and B&W Magazine UK over the last couple of years. Julia received a Bachelor of Science degree in photography at the Rochester Institute of Technology and a Master of Arts degree in journalism at the University of Nebraska, and is the author/photographer of the award-winning children’s book, A Year on Monhegan Island, published by Houghton Mifflin Co.

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Articles
August 2019

Interview with Julia Dean

Longtime photographer, educator, writer, and executive director/founder of the Los Angeles Center of Photography shares her experiences and love for street photography.

Keslerbear and Johnodactyl

John Hartley was finishing up a shift at the local coffee shop. As he hung up his apron and peered over the counter, he noticed something.

Reverie

It’s weird to shoot in a kind of reverie. Almost in a dream state. But that’s what the late afternoon sun can do.

Marc Pennartz on Street Photography

Marc reflects on the freedom street photography gives him, as well as the ability to enjoy the beauty of his city.

Wandering, Full of Reverie

Joel Durand talks about being an actor and spectator in the front row of the street and sharing his vision with others.

Street Shooters of August 2019

Top contributions from members of our community.

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