Friday, October 15, 2010

The Beautiful and The Damned: Punk Photography by Ann Summa

 
 

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via Boing Boing by Xeni Jardin on 10/15/10

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More than 60 images of L.A.'s early punk scene shot by photographer Ann Summa between 1978 and 1984 make up "The Beautiful and the Damned", a show on display at Track 16 Gallery at the Bergamot Station Arts Center in Santa Monica.

Curated by filmmaker/journalist Kristine McKenna, the exhibition closes this weekend— but some prints will still be available. Please contact the gallery for details.

Many thanks to both Ms. Summa and Track 16 for allowing Boing Boing to present this online photo gallery of favorites from this historically important series.

Boing Boing readers: were any of you there, at any of these shows? Share your history in the comments.

A related Los Angeles Times article here.

At left: Exene Cervenka (X) at legendary punk club The Masque.


Joe Strummer (The Clash)



Chrissie Hynde (Pretenders)




Dinah Cancer (45 Grave)




Johanna Went




Wendy O Williams (Plasmatics)




Tom Verlaine (Television)







(Thanks, Laurie Steelink and Sean Meredith!)




 
 

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