The L.A. Project

The L.A. Project The L.A. Project Involves street and documentary classes led by Julia Dean.

Our mission is to document the changing city of Los Angeles during a dynamic and challenging time in its history and share the work in innovative ways.

We PACKED the Mark Taper auditorium yesterday at the Central Library for the Grand Finale of Projecting L.A. 2024. The r...
05/05/2025

We PACKED the Mark Taper auditorium yesterday at the Central Library for the Grand Finale of Projecting L.A. 2024. The round table discussion afterwards was extremely moving and meaningful as the photographers discussed the challenges of their work.

From left: Joshua Stern, Robert Yager, Alon Goldsmith, Karen Ballard, Allen Schaben, Ringo Chiu, Sarah Reingewirtz, Jill Connelly.

Along with founding and building a photography school in Los Angeles, Projecting L.A. is one of my biggest challenges and perhaps one of the most rewarding. It has been an honor to work with such talented photographers.

I would love to keep Projecting L.A. going, but we need major corporate sponsorship to do so. I do believe in miracles.

Thank you all for your support of Projecting L.A. for the past 2-1/2 years.

Hi Friends,Don't miss the next PROJECTING L.A. LIBRARY SERIES event coming up this weekend, November 2nd at the Cahuenga...
10/31/2024

Hi Friends,

Don't miss the next PROJECTING L.A. LIBRARY SERIES event coming up this weekend, November 2nd at the Cahuenga Branch Library at 4591 Santa Monica Blvd. at 2:00 pm. See below for more information involving the location and the photographers who will take part in the roundtable discussion.

Also in November are MY LAST TWO CLASSES in 2024!

STREET PHOTOGRAPHY
One-Day; 9:00 am - 6:00 pm
Saturday, November 16
All in DTLA
(5 person limit)
$295

STREET CRITIQUE
5 Classes over 3 Months
Starts on Sunday, November 17
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
$295
(10 person limit; there are 4 spots left)

See www.juliadean.com/classes for more detail. If you'd like to sign up, email me and I will tell you how to do so!

Hi Friends,I am grateful that both photography and teaching found their way into my life, for I would not be complete or...
10/18/2024

Hi Friends,

I am grateful that both photography and teaching found their way into my life, for I would not be complete or happy without them both. Photography has a allowed me to enter people's lives whom I would otherwise never meet, all around the world. Teaching has allowed me to share my knowledge, my passion, my excitement, my enthusiasm. Teaching doesn't keep me from doing my photography. It enhances it.

You'll find my classes in three different places in Los Angeles:
I. My own classes through THE L.A. PROJECT, which include:
Street Photograpy
Street Critique
The Documentary Project
The Crash Flash Class
(I have one class left in 2024; a one-day Street Photography workshop on Sat., Nov. 16)
For more information see: www.juliadean.com/classes

II. SANTA MONICA COLLEGE. I am currently teaching a Photo 2 class this semester (which is about how to shoot film and print in the traditional darkroom) at SMC and will be doing it again during the Spring Semester 2025 (on Wednesday evenings, from 5:00-9:00 pm).

III. THE LEICA STORE L.A.
My next five-day street photography class at the Leica store in West Hollywood will take place in March 3-7, 2025.
https://leicacamerausa.com/on-the-streets-with-julia-dean-leica-store-los-angeles.html?srsltid=AfmBOorYPNDBOomjlpMEMk21_Unqf8XabumHhL09l3P5NELRkU9GmL9h

I am attaching a photo taken this week at a DTLA event on 7th street, taken during a "silent disco." (imagine that!)

I hope to see you soon.

Thank you for reading this.

Julia

Hi Friends,Tomorrow is our next Library Screening of PROJECTING L.A. 2024! For those of you who live in the Valley, here...
10/04/2024

Hi Friends,

Tomorrow is our next Library Screening of PROJECTING L.A. 2024! For those of you who live in the Valley, here is a chance to see the video and to meet four of the photographers; Sarah Reingewirtz, Jill Connelly, Ara Oshagan, and Laurie Freitag! (I'll be there too, of course!)

Sure would love to see you at the Encino/Tarzana Branch Library at 2:00 pm on Saturday, October 5th.

(Tonight Projecting L.A. is opening at the Reflect/Space Gallery in the Glendale Central Library from 7:00 - 9:00 pm.)

Julia

Hi Friends,Tomorrow is our next Library Screening of PROJECTING L.A. 2024! For those of you who live in the Valley, here...
10/04/2024

Hi Friends,

Tomorrow is our next Library Screening of PROJECTING L.A. 2024! For those of you who live in the Valley, here is another chance to see the video and to meet four of the photographers; Sarah Reingewirtz, Jill Connelly, Ara Oshagan, and Laurie Freitag! (I'll be there too, of course!)

Sure would love to see you at the Encino/Tarzana Branch Library at 2:00 pm.

(Tonight Projecting L.A. is opening at the Reflect/Space Gallery in the Glendale Central Library from 7:00 - 9:00 pm.)

Julia

Hi Friends,Hope to see you Friday evening, October 4th from 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. for the opening exhibit of Projecting L.A. ...
09/30/2024

Hi Friends,

Hope to see you Friday evening, October 4th from 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. for the opening exhibit of Projecting L.A. 2024 at the Glendale Central Library's "Reflect/Space Gallery." Many of the photographers from Projecting L.A. will be in attendance!

If you haven't seen the Glendale Central Library, you are in for a treat!

Julia

Hi Friends,I have a Crash Flash class coming up this Saturday from 10 am - 6 pm, held at my new super cool location at S...
09/25/2024

Hi Friends,

I have a Crash Flash class coming up this Saturday from 10 am - 6 pm, held at my new super cool location at STUDIOUS, a co-working space in Chinatown. You will learn more than you think is possible about your flash in one day. Plus, I have written up handouts of each assignment with step-by-step directions that you will take home. (It's like a little "flash text book" written by me). First, you'll learn how to work with a flash on camera, followed by off-camera flash in TTL and manual modes. If you would like to sign up, write to me at [email protected] and I will tell you how to do so.

This photo was taken with color slide film and a little tad of fill flash in the 1990s during my first decade in L.A.!

Hi Friends,Projecting L.A. will be shown again this Saturday at the Los Angeles Public Library(North Hollywood Branch). ...
09/18/2024

Hi Friends,

Projecting L.A. will be shown again this Saturday at the Los Angeles Public Library(North Hollywood Branch). The photographers from the show who will be in attendance for a round table discussion after the presentation are: Wednesday Aja, me, Laurie Freitag, and David Ingraham.

ALSO, we've been invited by the Glendale Central Library's Reflect/Space Gallery to not only show the video (on a loop in a darkeened gallery), but we'll also be showing big prints from the photographers. Many of the photographers will be at the opening reception on Fri., Oct. 4th from 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.. We'd love to have you join us!

Hi Friends,We are so grateful to the Los Angeles Public Library for inviting us in to 13 different LAPL branches all ove...
09/04/2024

Hi Friends,

We are so grateful to the Los Angeles Public Library for inviting us in to 13 different LAPL branches all over town to show PROJECTING L.A. 2024. The third library to take part is MEMORIAL LIBRARY at 2:00 pm this coming Saturday, Sept. 7th. Four of the project's photographers will be there to talk with the public afterwards in a wonderful round table discussion. They are: Ringo Chiu, Alon Goldsmith, David Ingraham, and Jamie Johnson.

The J. Paul Getty Trust provided us with the equipment necessary to screen the show at each library, plus they are gifting everyone who attends a $25 parking pass to either Getty location.

We would love to see you.

Julia

Hi Friends,I have two classes coming up in the next few weeks: a (1) CRASH FLASH CLASS and a (2) STREET PHOTOGRAPHY CLAS...
09/03/2024

Hi Friends,

I have two classes coming up in the next few weeks: a (1) CRASH FLASH CLASS and a (2) STREET PHOTOGRAPHY CLASS.

CRASH FLASH CLASS, Saturday, September 28, 10 am - 6 pm
(there are three spots left)

STREET PHOTOGRAPHY, Saturday & Sunday, October 26 & 27
(there is one spot left)

For more information, please contact me at [email protected] or check out my website: www.juliadean.com/classes

Hi Friends,The next PROJECTING L.A. 2024 screening, in collaboration with the Los Angeles Public Library, will take plac...
08/27/2024

Hi Friends,

The next PROJECTING L.A. 2024 screening, in collaboration with the Los Angeles Public Library, will take place this coming Saturday! There will be five photographers (including me) in attendance for a discussion after the show. We hope you will join us!

The J. Paul Getty Trust is gifting everyone who attends with a $25 parking pass!

Here are the details:

SATURDAY, AUGUST 31ST
EXPOSITION PARK/MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE REGIONAL LIBRARY
2:00 pm
3900 WESTERN AVE.
LOS ANGELES, CA 90062
323-290-3149

Photographers taking part in the Round-Table Discussion: Wednesday Aja
Juan Fernando Mora
Allen J. Schaben
Jason Williams

PROJECTING L.A. 2024 LIBRARY SERIES BEGINS THIS MONTH! HERE ARE THE AUGUST SCREENINGSA special thank you to the J. Paul ...
08/06/2024

PROJECTING L.A. 2024 LIBRARY SERIES BEGINS THIS MONTH!

HERE ARE THE AUGUST SCREENINGS

A special thank you to the J. Paul Getty Trust who provided the equipment needed to screen Projecting L.A. and for the Getty parking passes they are gifting everyone who attends the library series!

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