10828 S. Avalon Blvd., LA

Media - 2015.44.26 - SAAM-2015.44.26_1 - 119238
Copied Camilo José Vergara, 10828 S. Avalon Blvd., LA, 1980, inkjet print, image: 11 1⁄2 × 17 1⁄4 in. (29.2 × 43.8 cm) sheet: 15 3⁄4 × 19 3⁄4 in. (40.0 × 50.2 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Smithsonian Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center, 2015.44.26, © 1980, Camilo José Vergara

Artwork Details

Title
10828 S. Avalon Blvd., LA
Artist
Date
1980
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
image: 11 1⁄2 × 17 1⁄4 in. (29.2 × 43.8 cm) sheet: 15 3⁄4 × 19 3⁄4 in. (40.0 × 50.2 cm)
Markings
on back lower left to lower right in ink: The Greater Mt Calvary Mission ary Baptist Church, 10828 S. Avalon Bl. Los Angeles 1980 Time sequence, © C. Vergara
Copyright
© 1980, Camilo José Vergara
Credit Line
Museum purchase through the Smithsonian Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center
Mediums Description
inkjet print
Classifications
Keywords
  • Cityscape — California — Los Angeles
  • Architecture Exterior — religious — church
Object Number
2015.44.26
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/2015.44.26

Artwork Description

Camilo José Vergara takes pictures of the same urban building or street over several years. When he began 10828 S. Avalon Blvd., LA in 1980, the building housed a humble African American Baptist Church. After years of shifting fortunes, the original structure was replaced with a residential home catering to the neighborhood's booming Central American community. Vergara's time lapse photographs capture the visual evidence of social, cultural and economic change in America's inner cities.