L.A., 1971

This sequence of 12 images – all taken in Los Angeles, California on the same day in 1971 – represents some of the earliest black and white work by Anthony Hernandez. Beautifully printed in tritone on McCoy Silk coated paper, the book features cloth end sheets and printed aluminum front and back covers. "The strength of this sequence is the consummate coalescence of vision and serendipity, a talented photographer executing a simple project with fascinating results. [...] Photographer David Goldblatt once said, “[t]he mission of the photographer is to put a frame around things you have seen all your life and yet haven’t seen at all.” Hernandez’s L.A. 1971 does just that. He not only literally frames his subjects, but also draws our attention to the unnoticed peculiarities of unguarded human behavior." - Allie Haeusslein