You Are Loved

28 AT 28 — OPENING RECEPTION — 10/22/11

Once I’d made a few trips up and down the 22’ extension ladder perched atop of a 2’ tall steel platform to measure-out the marks to hang the floating mounts for the photos, I realized that I’d arranged for a very ambitious installation.  

The plan was to install 90 18x24” prints on a 22’ tall by 50’ long cast concrete wall. 

After a week of long days and nights in NextSpace’s atrium, an hour before the opening was scheduled to start, with the white wine on ice and the the DJ testing the speakers, it sunk in: I’d achieved my goal and hung a taxonomic display of the entire body of work to date. I’d fit each photo from the complete 28 at 28, 29 at 29, and 30 at 30 into a grid that filled the space.

That atrium space, with the staircase bringing the viewer to the higher photos as they ascend, is beautifully suited to the work. I couldn’t be happier or more energized to continue with the serial project in the years to come.

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Thank you to the 28 at 28 subjects who made themselves available for shoots since July of 2009, and for the enthusiasm of the friends and colleagues who helped me put the installation together in the last few months.

—THE VITALS

• The show is lit through November 30, and installed through January 22.
• NextSpace is located at 9415 Culver Blvd in Culver City, CA 90232.
• Hours are 8:30am-5:30pm Monday - Friday.