G. Ray Hawkins, who opened the first public gallery in Los Angeles devoted to photography in 1975, died last December 11. He was 80 years old.
Hawkins’s gallery introduced numerous well-…
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The emergence of photography in the 19th century opened the world's eyes to many things, not the least of which was the classic architecture that had previously required…
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Few of us merely inherit a collection and then pass…
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