SOLO SHOW MERRICK MORTON:
UN-REHEARSED
On View 3/30/24- 5/18/24
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80's POLAROIDS
80's STREET
80's STUDIO
2022 Collaboration with Oaxaca Tattoo Artist, Dr Lakra
Life of A Cholo
The Cholo From The East I Honor You
The Cholo From The West I Honor You
The Cholo From The North I Honor You
The Cholo From The South I Honor You
An honor to the gatekeepers of our Ancestors Stories..
-RICHARD CABRAL
CURRENT STREET
80s/90s MEXICO
90s CUBA
FILM WORK
INCARCERATED
Glen Ford
Angola State Penitentiary
March 11, 1997
"Even you know me not-You only are now aware that I am on Death Row. So you have the impression that I killed and that I am a bad person. Right? But what if I've never killed - what if I didn't receive a fair trial - would I still be viewed a bad person-what if?"
Glen Ford was convicted of murder in 1984. After spending more than thirty years on Death Row he was exonerated and issued a $20 gift card upon departure from prison. Within one year after release he passed way from cancer.
“Glen Ford” Angola Death Row, 1996 [Edition 1/15]
Giclee 2024 Print on Archival Cotton Fiber Paper Paper Size: 13” x 19” in | Frame: 17.5” x 22.5” in
Price: $1,000
STATE HOSPITAL
MERRICK MORTON
Born and raised in Los Angeles, Merrick Morton is a documentary/street photographer, and film set still photographer of more than 90 films including Fight Club, La Bamba, Colors, The Big Lebowski, and the Chicano classic Blood In Blood Out. His photographs of 1980’s Southern California barrios and inner city communities capture an intimate look into a rarely seen side of Los Angeles, and were inspired by his interest in subcultures. His portraits of both incarcerated men and women portray a sense of strength and dignity; the images give viewers the chance to enter spaces they would otherwise never dare to. Other photographic essays of Morton include documenting locked wards at a California State Psychiatric Hospital, and extensive travels to Mexico and Cuba throughout the 1980s and 1990s. He is currently photographing the Cholo culture in Mexico City.
Morton’s documentary work has appeared in Rolling Stone, Time Magazine, The Los Angeles Times Magazine, The Guardian, and Vanity Fair.