10828 S. Avalon Blvd., LA

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: Camilo José Vergara
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)
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: Photography
Subjects: Architecture Exterior — religious — church
Cityscape — California — Los Angeles
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.