Artist Talk featuring Kwaku Alston & Cheriss May

8783 Beverly Boulevard,West Hollywood CA 90048

26 June, 2021

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Spend a Saturday afternoon at Leica Gallery LA for our exhibiting artist talk featuring Kwaku Alston & Cheriss May. Leica Gallery LA welcomes you to our first in-person artist talk of 2021, featuring our exhibiting artists Kwaku Alston & Cheriss May. Alston and May will take the audience through a deep dive into their exhibiting works and be available for audience questions. Saturday, June 26, 2021, 12PM - 2PM 8783 Beverly Blvd, West Hollywood, CA 90048 Reserve your spot today. Limited Valet Parking. Ride share encouraged. We adhere to the most up-to-date LA County mandates for COVID protocols. Proof of vaccine or negative PCR or Rapid test will be required at the door to permit entry to the event. Masks required and available upon request. KWAKU ALSTON SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN June 1 - August 2, 2021 There has always been the space in-between. Like a cloud—not the technological imposter it has inspired, it is a nebulous, dynamic space of constant interchange, respiration and restoration. It is a space of contemplation, neither here nor there, but transitional, and transformative—a space where unexpected truths collide and reveal themselves. It is not a space of commerce, client expectations, finessing of egos and concrete intention - it is not show time. Rather it is a space of flow, an ascent to a kind of presence and coalescence of mind, soul and spirit. This selection of images travels along those contours and plunge, tumbling in free fall into such moments of my photographic experience. To be sure there is process, practice and professional seasoning, yet these unguarded instances reflect my devotion to what Maya Angelou once described as, “rainbows placed divinely amongst clouds to reveal hope.” Her prayer-like assertion of a mystic play between light, color and the elements underscores for me that it is never where I have left or where I arrive that I find meaning, but the space in between, where I may draw the deepest breaths of my expression. Cheriss May SOUL CONNECTION June 1- August 2, 2021 Photographer Cheriss May discovered that visual storytelling is her passion, and found her purpose. She documents history and democracy as a photographer based in Washington, DC. Cheriss’s work centers on the intersectionality of race, culture, and politics — from the White House to Capitol Hill, and in communities in the Washington metropolitan area. Through her recent work documenting the ceremonial vote count at the U.S. Capitol, Cheriss was inside during the insurrection. Although traumatic, Cheriss continued to work while barricaded in Congressman Jim Clyburn’s office with his staff. She finds strength through telling the powerful stories of people who are passionate in what they do, resilient in spite of challenges. Cheriss is an advocate for inclusive storytellers and storytelling, lecturing and leading photography organizations that work towards gender, racial and social parity in the industry. Leica represents a union of craftsmanship, design and experience. It is a beautiful collision of art and engineering, and the future of form and functionality. Leica Camera, headquartered in Wetzlar, Germany, is an internationally operating, premium-segment manufacturer of cameras and sport optics products. The legendary status of the Leica brand is founded on a long tradition of excellence in the supreme quality and performance of cameras and lenses, and the iconic images that artists and photojournalists everywhere captured with them. For more information visit www.leicacamerausa.com.