Jun 29, 2021 | Arts & Culture, POLB Alumni Feature, Profiles in the Arts, Public Art
We are excited to feature Kevin Apodaca as this week’s Port PHOTO alumni feature! Kevin does creative work for a living where most of the photography he’s done has been in a professional setting. He’s been able to photograph in unconventional locations such as machine...
Jun 29, 2021 | Arts & Culture, POLB Alumni Feature, Profiles in the Arts, Public Art
Gil Mares is this weeks Port PHOTO alumni feature with some exciting abstract photography! Gil has been photographing for over 50 years. He looks for what is out in the open for all to see and attempts to compose the subject in a concise and balanced manner for all...
Jun 29, 2021 | Arts & Culture, POLB Alumni Feature, Profiles in the Arts, Public Art
We are excited to feature Slobodan Dimitrov as this week’s Port PHOTO Alumni feature! Slobodan’s photography documents cultural and occupational life. In many of his projects, he has found that in the minutia of everyday life there are elements of the...
Jun 29, 2021 | Arts & Culture, POLB Alumni Feature, Profiles in the Arts, Public Art
This week we are excited to feature Lyn Watanabe as this week’s Port PHOTO Alumni feature! Lyn’s love for photography started with an old film camera, black and white film and many hours in the darkroom. The camera became her visual journal, documenting her travels,...
Jun 29, 2021 | Arts & Culture, POLB Alumni Feature, Profiles in the Arts, Public Art
This week we are excited to feature Rejeana V. Black as the Port PHOTO alumni feature! Rejeana is a Long Beach based artist working in photography and video. She is currently pursuing her BFA in Photography at California State University, Long Beach. In 2019, she had...
Jun 29, 2021 | Arts & Culture, POLB Alumni Feature, Profiles in the Arts, Public Art
We are excited to feature Ashley Corbin-Teich as this weeks Port PHOTO alumni feature! Ashley is a photographer, art director and writer who makes commercial, editorial and fine art work. She is a storyteller who uses her art practice to explore, understand, connect...
Jun 29, 2021 | Arts & Culture, POLB Alumni Feature, Profiles in the Arts, Public Art
We are excited to highlight Dennis Keeley as this week’s Port PHOTO Alumni feature! Dennis works as an artist, photographer, teacher and writer. His photographs have been exhibited in numerous one person and group shows. He has works in the permanent collections at...
Apr 28, 2021 | Arts & Culture, POLB Alumni Feature, Profiles in the Arts, Public Art
This week we are excited to feature Cielo Roth as this week’s Port PHOTO Alumni feature! Cielo is an artist, a mother and a wife. She remains positive, vibrant, and energetic. While she is drawn to industrial shapes, the portrait feeds her soul and provides...
Apr 16, 2021 | Arts & Culture, POLB Alumni Feature, Profiles in the Arts, Public Art
We are excited to highlight Angela Valley as this week’s Port PHOTO Alumni feature! Angela is a real estate photographer, videographer, and licensed drone pilot. She finds inspiration in symmetry, dawn and twilight, as well as our beautiful city of Long Beach, CA. She...
Apr 12, 2021 | Arts & Culture, POLB Alumni Feature, Profiles in the Arts, Public Art
This week we are excited to put the spotlight on Raquel Landworth-Kleinhenz as our Port PHOTO Alumni feature! Raquel is a local artist who specializes in portrait, event, and fine art photography. Her talent is capturing unique moments of human interaction and...
Apr 12, 2021 | Arts & Culture, POLB Alumni Feature, Profiles in the Arts, Public Art
This week we are excited to highlight Joe Trevino as our Port PHOTO Alumni feature! When Joe isn’t teaching math, they’re out capturing life with their camera as “life is so precious since we will never experience a moment twice, exactly how it was in the past.”...
Mar 19, 2021 | Arts & Culture, POLB Alumni Feature, Profiles in the Arts, Public Art
This week we are featuring Vincent Mattina (@vincentmattina) as our Port PHOTO Alumni feature! Vincent is a multidisciplinary artist who also is an accomplished digital photographer. His richly detailed work transports you to an alternate reality where science,...
Mar 16, 2021 | Arts & Culture, POLB Alumni Feature, Profiles in the Arts, Public Art
This week we are featuring Cindy Chow as our Port PHOTO Alumni feature! Cindy is a photographer based out of Los Angeles who is looking to spark your imagination through her surreal photographs, stunning landscapes, and luminescent night photography. The mundanity of...
Mar 5, 2021 | Arts & Culture, POLB Alumni Feature, Profiles in the Arts, Public Art
We are happy to announce that this week’s Port PHOTO Alumni feature is Jose Cordon! Jose is a street photographer based out of Long Beach, CA honing on industrialism and the makeup of the city for the foundations of his projects. Chance plays an important role in...
Mar 5, 2021 | Arts & Culture, POLB Alumni Feature, Profiles in the Arts, Public Art, Uncategorized
This week we’re showcasing Aydin T. Palabiyikoglu and his work as our Port PHOTO Alumni feature! Aydin has worked as a journalist, photographer, designer and cinematographer for more than 20 years while being a father for seven years. During the past two decades,...
Jan 29, 2021 | Arts & Culture, POLB Alumni Feature, Profiles in the Arts, Public Art
This week we’re featuring Long Beach resident Annie Banks one of our talented Port PHOTO Alumni who is a creative entrepreneur. Annie is an avid photographer that has a bachelors from Fresno State University and an AA in photography from Cosumnes River College...
Jan 22, 2021 | Around Town, POLB Alumni Feature, Profiles in the Arts, Public Art
Port PHOTO alumni Weldon Spurling says photography has been the medium in which he’s “viewed the world for the last 48 or so years, through marriage 6 beautiful children, two different professions, and many hospitalizations. It has been a shield in troubled times, a...
Jan 15, 2021 | Arts & Culture, POLB Alumni Feature, Profiles in the Arts
Christine Lee Smith is an award-winning portrait photographer and educator in Southern California. In 2020 she completed an MFA from Azusa Pacific University. In 2019, Christine was a finalist in the Taylor Wessing National Portrait Gallery award, and has exhibited...