10828 S. Avalon Blvd., LA

Media - 2015.44.31 - SAAM-2015.44.31_1 - 119243
Copied Camilo José Vergara, 10828 S. Avalon Blvd., LA, 2010, inkjet print, image: 11 5⁄8 × 17 5⁄8 in. (29.5 × 44.8 cm) sheet: 15 5⁄8 × 19 5⁄8 in. (39.7 × 49.8 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Smithsonian Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center, 2015.44.31, © 2010, Camilo José Vergara

Artwork Details

Title
10828 S. Avalon Blvd., LA
Artist
Date
2010
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
image: 11 5⁄8 × 17 5⁄8 in. (29.5 × 44.8 cm) sheet: 15 5⁄8 × 19 5⁄8 in. (39.7 × 49.8 cm)
Markings
on back lower left to lower right in ink: Dahia's Clothing 10828 S. Avalon Bl., LA, 2010 © C. Vergara Time seq.
Copyright
© 2010, 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 — commercial — store
Object Number
2015.44.31
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/2015.44.31

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.