About PAC LA

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PAC LA is:

Passionate

About photography as an art form, and as the primary visual language of our time. We are excited and honored to share this passion with you.

Dedicated

For over a decade, our focus has been to gather and engage experts and curious newcomers in conversation about the ways photography connects and enriches our community. 

Independent

From our roots as an advisory council to LACMA, one of the most prestigious art museums in the country, PAC LA is now recognized as a leading independent resource for the entire arts community in Los Angeles and beyond. 

Connected

We bring together artists, gallerists, museums, collectors, educators, community groups and individuals to create unique collaborations, programs and experiences. We facilitate studio visits with photographers, guided gallery walkthroughs, artist talks and exhibitions, panel presentations and special access to photographic collections.

Active

We produce a robust calendar of expertly curated public and member events throughout Los Angeles, along with online talks, guided travel and community projects, with over 100 different PAC LA programs offered since 2023.  See some of the highlights here.

Inclusive

Our mission is to build, educate, and engage a growing community. We strive for and thrive on reaching a broadening audience. PAC LA today includes: 200 supporting members | 5,000 live public event attendees | 4,000 free online event attendees  | 24,000 viewers on YouTube | 3,500 Instagram followers | 1,700 newsletter subscribers.  

Grateful

Our work is generously supported by our members, individual contributors, and donations and grants from leading public and private arts organizations.‍ ‍

  • To educate and empower communities through an evolving public conversation about photography and photo-based arts, the primary visual language of our time.

    At our core, PAC LA is committed to creating learning opportunities through unique, collaborative programming that engages and unifies in a space without exclusion.

  • We recognize photography and photo-based art connects us to one another and pushes the boundaries of our understanding.

    As we build upon our knowledge of photography’s complex history, PAC LA fosters a deeper understanding of contemporary artists and their influence on our culture. We engage our diverse community through active learning opportunities – through viewing and discussing classic and contemporary photography, hearing lectures by experts, engaging in an ongoing dialogue with artists and participating in photo-focused travel.

    Giving back is fundamental to the PAC LA culture. Through community collaboration and partnerships, mentoring and direct support we contribute to a new generation of scholars, artists, students and social activists discovering photography as a powerful means of self- expression.

  • The organization is guided by a strategic plan focused on self-sustainability and broadening its reach to an ever-growing, diverse audience.

    Explore the plan here.

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A neighborhood. Five years. Everything that goes unnoticed. @arturosotophoto spent five years photographing the southern Mexico City neighborhood where he grew up — not its landmarks, but its texture. The shops, the rhythms, the prison a block
One woman. Fourteen photographers. A singular, unrepeatable convergence. Marilyn Monroe: A Silent Life at Peter Fetterman Gallery @peterfettermangallery draws together work by some of the most significant photographers of the 20th century — in
What happens when photography refuses to stay flat? June 10 at Beverly Hills Public Library, LACMA Associate Curator Eve Schillo @eveschillo gives a sneak peek at her forthcoming exhibition Photography Meets Sculpture: Talking about Photo Hybrids &m
Join us on Saturday, June 13th, for the opening of Today, something (2020–25), new work by LA-based Mexican photographer and writer Arturo Soto. @arturosotophoto The project spans five years of photographs made in Tepepan — the southern
Five decades. One singular vision. There are photographers who document the world — and then there are those who reveal it. Graciela Iturbide @gracielaiturbide is the latter. Arguably Latin America’s most celebrated living photographer,
The Bradbury Building has housed lawyers, detectives, and dreamers. Now add artists to the list. Tiago Da Cruz @tiago.dcruz and Rachel Hakimian Emenaker @rachelemenaker spent four months making work inside converted law offices at Quinn Emanuel&rsq
Join us for the closing of Wᴀᴛᴇʀ & Pᴏᴡᴇʀ on May 30. @be_dizzle will be in conversation with @rosecransbaldwin , moderated by @alexfierro , followed by a closing reception at PAC LA. Photographer Brandon Tauszik’s Wᴀᴛᴇʀ & Pᴏᴡᴇʀ traces t
Meet one of the judges. 🎥 Soo Kim @soo_kim_studio is an LA-based artist whose work has shown at the Getty Center, the Whitney Museum, the Gwangju Biennale, Seoul Museum of Art, and the Honolulu Museum of Art — among many others. Her work liv