Sixty-three vintage photographs by John Swope (1908 –
1979). Using a Leica and his inside advantage as a close friend
and confident of Henry Fonda and Jimmy Stewart, John Swope
documented Hollywood not as an idealized landscape but as
a working town full of struggle, hope and success – as
a town which was in the very real business of creating the
unreal “elsewhere”.
Curated
by Graham Howe. Organized and circulated by Curatorial Assistance,
Los Angeles.
All images are courtesy the John Swope Trust. Funding for
the exhibition tour has been graciously provided by the Gerald
and Virginia Oppenheimer Trust.
