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Film and Media Arts

From moving pictures to an established industry, film and media have the power to capture our most powerful stories. Learn more about how it has evolved and helped tell diverse stories.

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Seeing How Los Angeles Was Made Modern
Once a corporate record of how Southern California was electrified, the Edison collection at the Huntington Library is now something more -- time machine, site of enigmas, and zone of investigation of the city's modern dichotomies.
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From Better Luck Tomorrow to K-Town: Asian Americans and Los Angeles in 21st Century Media
Los Angeles and its entertainment industry has played and continues to play a central role in the crafting of the Asian American identity.
Tomahawks and Tipis: Native American Representations in Commercial Culture
This exhibition dispels stereotypes about Indians long-used by the media.
Documenting Exodus: Hit Man Gurung and Nepal's Departing Youth
Nepalese artist Hit Man Gurung's offers a look at the effects of war on Nepal
Exploring the 'Golden Dream' of Riverside's Eastside
Writer Susan Straight tell stories about East Riverside
Inland Empire Artists Capture the Sense of 'Being Here'
In the new exhibition "Being Here," Inland Empire artists express themselves.
De-silvering the Mirror: Mining for Film in the Owens Valley
Owens valley role in cinematic history
Wilson's Service Station in Redlands (Call number: 02 - 19595; Date: 10/21/1936) by G. Haven Bishop
What Do We See When We Look at L.A.? Photographs from the Edison Collection
Many of the images were taken by by G. Haven Bishop whose work, almost entirely unknown today, has the subtlety and richness of Julius Shulman's photographs.
Japan's Photographers Reflect the Realities of a Changing World
The works of three Japanese photographers, two in Japan and one here in Los Angeles, reflect the many changing realities of the Japanese experience on both sides of the Pacific during the mid-20th century.
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On-Location Filming Up in L.A., But Exec is Cautiously Optimistic
First-quarter entertainment production in the Los Angeles area grew 17.8 percent, thanks largely to television production, which had its strongest showing since 2007, figures from FilmLA showed today.
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Photography Turns Street Art and Murals into a Complete Urban Collage
When one takes a closer look at murals through a photograph, it shows how they share space with the immediate environment -- and begins to resemble early 20th century photo-montage collage.
Liminal Elements: A Shipping Container Becomes a Camera Obscura
The "Liminal Camera," housed in a traveling shipping container, is both a one-of-a-kind camera and serves as its own photo processing center and storage facility.
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