Niche.LA Video Art presents "Negative"

LOS ANGELES, CA – From September 11th – October 25th, 2008,
Niche.LA Video Art presents "Negative," a collection of digital black
and white photography by Cole Thompson.

Cole Thompson started his career in photography at age 14.  While
growing in Rochester, NY, he stumbled across an old building associated
with George Eastman.  After reading his biography, Cole determined he
too was going to be a photographer.  Since then, if he wasn’t taking pictures
or in the darkroom, he was spending countless hours looking at every image
he could find. 

So why black and white photography in a world full of color?  The way Cole
explains it, “I think it’s because I grew up in a black-and-white world. 
Television, movies and the news were all in black and white. My heroes
were in black and white. My images are an extension of the world in which
I grew up.  There is nothing in my life except photography.”

Cole Thompson’s photographic art has been featured in Popular Photography,
nominated for the Aperture West Book Prize, and received the Gold Award
from B&W in the Landscape Category.  Shown in over 100 exhibitions and
publications, including spotlights in Focus, Camera Arts, B&W, and Photo
Magazine, this is Cole’s second show at Niche.LA Video Art.

Located at 453 Spring St. #443, LA, CA 90013 (www.niche.la), Niche.LA Video
Art features an 18-seat private screening room and a mixed-media/video art
gallery.  A digital cooperation in the middle of Downtown LA, Niche.LA Video
Art is owned by Gallery Row Founder, Nic Cha Kim.

“Negative” curated by Nic Cha Kim

Niche.LA Video Art  453 S. Spring St. #441/#443, Los Angeles, CA  90013
Sept 11th & Oct 9th, 2008, 12:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Additional viewings available Saturdays 12-5PM and by appointment only.

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