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By admin, November 7, 2009 11:57 pm

DAVID JORDAN WILLIAMS
Celebrate Ballona!

David Jordan Williams, Ballona, 2008 Courtesy of the artist

November 7 – November 30, 2009
Reception: Saturday, Nov. 7, 3:30-6:30pm

Renowned Culver City Photographer, David Jordan Williams, and his photography of the Ballona Wetlands will be featured at a month-long show in November at the 18th Street Arts Center (Project Room, 1629 18th Street, Studio #2) in Santa Monica.   The show will feature highlights of the forthcoming book, Celebrate Ballona!, which is being compiled and edited by Santa Monica writer Susan Suntree and Playa del Rey writer Marcia Hanscom, with Ballona naturalist Robert Roy van de Hoek.

Sponsored by Ballona Institute, a project of the International Humanities Center in Pacific Palisades, this photographic art show offers just a taste of some of the most stunning and revealing images of this special, and somewhat hidden, place along the Los Angeles coast.

David Jordan Williams, Ballona, 2008 Courtesy of the artist

About David Jordan Williams
David Jordan Williams was born in 1951 and grew up in San Francisco, moving to Sunnyvale for his early college years. Photography and the visual language became an interest early on. Art education began with a two hear degree in Photography in1971. From there David went on to a BFA degree in Photography and Imaging at Art Center College of Design, graduating in in 1975. A career in Photography commenced in 1976 and continues to the present. David has worked with fashion houses, entertainment and interior design as well as the
music and advertising fields. David also works extensively in the area of stock photography. Tandem with this commercial work has been constant explorations in Fine Art Photography with gallery exhipitions over the years. David is currently living and working in Culver City, California.

David Jordan Williams, Ballona, 2008 Courtesy of the artist

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By ajones, November 1, 2009 12:13 pm

November – February, 2009

Sculpture / Installation

Humour is important in the work of Mr. Johnson and tends to pervade all elements of my practice in some form. It acts as a catalyst for breaking down and questioning the status pretensions of Art, the Object and Artist through humiliation and exposure. A suggestive vulnerability is crucial in the work and ones experience of it for the way it can induce and invert empathy and tension.