Postcards From L.A.: available light

Sunday, April 20, 2014

A Tentacle at the Last Bookstore

Every once in awhile I stop by my neighborhood bookstore (The Last Bookstore) and stroll around the aisles. It's always an interesting place, which not only seems to have more and more used and new books every time I go, but art as well. This intriguing item was mounted on the second floor balcony. I have no idea what it's about.

Monday, February 24, 2014

Vintage Trouble street portraits

For the last several years I've been documenting the work of Los Angeles artist Robert Vargas as he produces great portraits of passers-by on the streets on Downtown LA. From time to time, he also sketches someone not-so-anonymous, and in this case, was drawing portraits of the members of the terrific blues band Vintage Trouble.

I caught these images of lead guitarist Nalle Colt and drummer Richard Danielson while they waited their turn to be drawn by Vargas.

Who is this guy?

My main website is www.glennprimm.com

Over the years, I have worked on any number of projects and for a wide range of clients: large studio set-ups and on location for Sears, JC Penny, Montgomery Ward, Speigel, Hamm's Beer, Coleman, Ralston-Purina, Garelli Motorbikes; news and current events for Newsweek, Parade, PC Week and MacWorld and other local and national publications. Blues music is one of my passions, and I documented the Chicago music scene for many years, with my main focus on Chicago-style blues and blues musicians. For some time I was the house photographer for James Cotton's Cotton Club.

Most recently, my focus have been on the rejuvenation and recovery of old Los Angeles' downtown business core, as it morphs from its troubled past as part of the infamous Skid Row area into a vibrant and modern urban living center.