Lara Jo Regan

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Lara Jo Regan is an American photographer. Her work has spanned multiple fields of photography including photojournalism, [1] [2] documentary, [3] magazine, [3] books, [4] and fine art. [5] She is also a filmmaker.

The recipient of many of her field’s top honors, the progressive hybrid nature of her work influenced the aesthetic direction of photojournalism [2] [1] documentary coverage of the entertainment industry [6] [7] [3] and animal portraiture. [8] [9] [10]

She contributed frequently to national publications including Time, Newsweek, LIFE, Los Angeles Times Magazine, Los Angeles Magazine, Premiere, and Entertainment Weekly and many others from the late 1980s to the mid Aughts. [11] [3]

Regan won the World Press Photo of the Year in 2000 [1] and was the creator of the Mr. Winkle photo collection that achieved international cult popularity. [12] [13] [14]

In subsequest years she focused on long-term documentary and fine art projects while becoming a photography columnist for Artillery Magazine in 2011. Residing in Los Angeles since 1985, she has also built up one of the most extensive collections of Southern California street photography. and also continues to author dog photography books

MAJOR PROJECTS / BODIES OF WORK

The Squat Culture of Runaway Teens (1990-1991)

Documented homeless youths and runaway teens in Hollywood, centering on life in the squalid and shadowy spaces where they lived and slept such as abandoned buildings and gas stations and inside the cement valuts of freeway underpasses. [15]

Behind Oscar's Back (1993-1998)

Commissioned by Premiere magazine over a four-year period, a large collection of images shot with exclusive unprecedented backstage access capturing how the Oscar telecast is created from start to finish that features surprising candid shots of the production team and stars photogrpahed with a distinctive point of view. [3] [6] [7] [11]

A Street in America (1999-2000)

Documented life on an extremely diverse middle-class street in Los Angeles with each image representing a single household, the concept intending to give viewers the sense of walking down a street and seeing a snapshot of the life unfolding within each home while, as a whole, representing a microcosm of the melting pot at the turn of the centruy in America. [16] [3] [17]

The UnCounted (1999-2000)

Commissioned by LIFE magazine, the extensive project documented poor, new and disenfranchised segments of the American population overlooked or vastly undercounted by the U.S. census [18] as a means "to explore extreme poverty, new waves of immigration, remote and residual Native American enclaves and societal dropouts." [17]

Drive-Thru (ongoing)

A large-scale installation depricting fast-food workers at night through their service portals with each image approximating the actual size of a drive-thru window so that the viewer experiences an immersive noctornul drive-thru both "haunting ans strangely seductive." The project relates to the photographer's longstanding interest in portraying disenfranchised members of society in unconventional ways while amplifying wealth inequity and the corporatization of the environment emblematic of the era.

Southern California Street Photography (1985-Present)

A large collection of Southern California street photography taken over four decades and straddling the millennium.

Dog Plays

Captures the comedy and drama of naturally occurring canine interaction from novel, intimate perspectives.

Dogs in Cars

A book of color photographs capturing a wide variety of dogs enjoying car rides. [19]

Dogs on the Beach

A book of color photographs documenting canine life on the beach shot in multiple scenic dog locations throughout the United States.

The Mr. Winkle Photo Collection

Encompassed many different series of photos portraying the photographer's canine muse that [9] became popular in books, calendars, cards and online and created one of the first viral internet celebrities. [4] [13] [14]

References

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  1. 1 2 3 worldpressphoto.org, Regan Archived 17 July 2012 at archive.today
  2. 1 2 Panzer, Mary (2005). Things as They Are: Photojournalism in Context Since 1955.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Lachnit, Carol (March 1999). "From Tinseltown to the Real World". Photo District News.
  4. 1 2 Davenport, Misha (16 June 2003). "Winkle, Winkle Little Star". Chicago Sun-Times.
  5. ↑ Barton, Dave (27 October 2011). "Irvine Fine Arts Center Welcomes the 99 Percent". OC Weekly.
  6. 1 2 McKenna, Krinstine (15 January 1998). "Candid Camera". Los Angeles Times.
  7. 1 2 Rea, Steven (23 March 1997). "With Oscar Entree, Photographer Has Arrived". Philadelphia Inquirer.
  8. ↑ Scarborough, James (March–April 2006). "Mr. Winkle Does it Again". NY Arts. 1. 11.
  9. 1 2 "Mr. Winkle: Object of Projection – Photographs by Lara Jo Regan" . Retrieved 16 November 2012.
  10. ↑ Iovine, Julie (20 January 2002). "Cashing in on Being Cute". The New York Times. pp. Cover Story, Style Section.
  11. 1 2 Johnson, Reed (15 January 1998). "Oscar's Unguarded Moments". Daily News.
  12. 1 2 della Cava, Marco, "Feature", USA Today
  13. 1 2 Levine, Bettijane (12 July 2003). "Bow Wowed". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 15 November 2012.
  14. 1 2 Gumbell, Andrew (23 March 2001). "Top Dog". The London Independent.
  15. ↑ Young, Paul (1 September 1991). "The End of the Rainbow". Buzz Magazine: 74–81.
  16. ↑ Editorial Staff, Editorial Staff (1 May 2000). "Our Town". Los Angeles Magazine: 110–119.
  17. 1 2 Hoenveld, Herman (23 February 2001). "Fotografe in de traditie van Pieter de Hoogh". De Journaliste.
  18. ↑ Baker, Calvin (1 March 2001). "The UnCounted". LIFE Magazine: 64–75.
  19. ↑ Eley, Amy (7 November 2014). "See pooches take a joy ride in Dogs in Cars - and get tips for your own canine pics". The Today Show webiste.
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