Photographer Stephen Wilkes exhibition Day to Night at The Peter Fetterman Gallery just closed January 4th 2015. I’d seen his work online and was thrilled to discover it at the Bergamot Station Art Walk December 16th.

Working from a fixed camera angle, Wilkes captures the fleeting moments of humanity and light as time passes. After 15 hours of photographing, and over 1500 images taken, he selects the best moments of the day and night. He states: Using time as my guide, all of these moments are then seamlessly blended into a single photograph, visualizing our conscious journey with time. Photography has historically been defined as a single moment, captured in time. Years ago Wilkes imagined changing time within a single photograph, compressing the best moments of a day and night into a single image. Photographic technology has evolved and allowed his dreams to now become reality.

If you missed this groundbreaking show, you’ll be able to see more of Stephens Wilkes work at the Annenberg Space for Photography.  Sink or Swim – Designing for a Sea Change  opened December 13, 2014 and will be on view until May 3, 2015.  Curated by architecture writer and radio host Frances Anderton and the Annenberg Space for Photography, this newly commissioned show includes work by other photographers such as Iwan Baan, Paula Bronstein, Jonas Bendiksen and Monica Nouwens. The show focuses on the problem of climate change in densely populated coastal regions, with an eye on contemporary design as a means to navigate the changing landscape.

If you’ve never been to the Annenberg Space for Photography,  I highly recommend it. It’s an intimate space located in Century City (2000 Avenue of the Stars) that’s also free of charge. Therefore, you have no excuse not to immerse yourself in a little bit of LA’s evolving art scene. This is top tier photography at it’s finest, so grab a friend, grab brunch,  and go.