Framing local buildings

‘Urban Sight’ photo exhibit puts Los Angeles architecture

Genna Gold Managin Editor

Caleb Johnson Roundup Reporter

Stepping over the grass and onto the concrete in the Pierce College Art Gallery leads to the “Urban Sight,” student photo exhibit, where Afshin Shidanshidy and eight others are featured.

Shidanshidy is an architecture major hoping to transfer to the University of Southern California soon. He took up the camera when a professor of his told him there was a joint project with the Getty Center focusing on the joining of the city vibe and architecture.

“They told us every one of us could have one photo in the Getty,” he said. “We were so thrilled.”

“Urban Sight” features photographs of Los Angeles architecture from the 1940s to the 1990s, and is based on the concept of “Los Angeles: Where grass meets concrete and pedestrians walk in the shadow of traffic.”

The Pierce show was put on to highlight the efforts of students here before the photos move to Architecture and Design Museum.

Monika Del Bosque, Art Gallery director, says that the exhibit is the result of a joint production with the Getty Center Education Department and three other colleges.

“I love these interdisciplinary projects where we work together,” Del Bosque said. “I love working on these kind of projects.”

Shidanshidy and the eight others featured have been preparing for the exhibit for months, due to their involvement with the collaboration.