Aftermath: The Griffith Park Fire
Photographs by Colin Remas Brown
May 3 â18, 2008
Opening Reception: Saturday, May 3, 7-10 pm
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On May 8, 2007 a major wildfire broke out in Griffith Park and, over the course of that afternoon and evening, spread rapidly. Before containment, the fire consumed over 800 acres of the 4,200-acre park. Just days after the fire, photographer Colin Remas Brown documented its effects. Where he expected to find only scorched trees and hills, he discovered instead an apocalyptic nightmare and the true victims of the blaze: the native wild life.
These photographs unveil the incalculable losses suffered from a wildfire and what we stand to lose in a future disaster. These images fascinate and enlighten. They also repel, shock and sadden, for they expose a pitiful and grotesque tragedy, one that would have remained invisible had Brown not ventured into the park that day.
drkrm. gallery presents these photographs in an exhibition commemorating the one-year anniversary of this disaster.
Colin Brown graduated from Ithaca College with a degree in photography in 1997. For the past 10 years he has been a member of IATSE Local 600 International Cinematographers Guild.
Address: drkrm.gallery
2121 San Fernando Road, Suite3
Los Angeles, CA 90065
323-223-6867
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1 Steven // May 1, 2008 at 10:39 am
Wow..this looks awesome.
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