Los Angeles Without Boundaries

Los Angeles Without Boundaries by Peter Baker, 2024 “These pictures were made in downtown Los Angeles in 2020-21 when the city was more or less shutdown. It was not my intention to photograph in response to the pandemic. I had been making a larger body of work for several years focussed on what I saw as the socio-spatial schism of the city. The municipal, financial & entertainment districts of downtown LA are often mirages of privately owned sidewalks, pedestrian bridges & plazas presenting themselves as public space. With that in mind I was drawn to the idea of the city itself as a kind of image, one in constant tension with the reality of everyday life playing out within its domain…” Born in 1981, Peter Baker is a photographer from The Bronx, New York. He received a BA in Literature & Photography from SUNY Purchase in 2005, and an MFA from the Yale University School of Art in 2012. He has designed and taught courses at the International Center of Photography in New York and has been a contributing writer for American Suburb X and Der Greif. His commissioned work has been published in The New York Times & Architectural Digest. He currently lives and works in Los Angeles. Editor - Kris Graves Design - Luminosity Lab 7 x 8.5" softcover, tri-tone and 4-color offset 64 pages First Edition Limited edition to 300 copies ISBN: 9781954877160 * This book is part of our series LOST IV, which includes: Anthem by Oji Haynes Black Snafu by Andre Ramos-Woodard Blood on the Ballast by Marshall Scheuttle Breathless by Richard Renaldi El Inquilino Mexico City by Tom Griggs Los Angeles Without Boundaries by Peter Baker Monument by Yoav Horesh People of the Sun by Melissa Alcena Shangri La by Melody Melamed Tell Me About Saigon by Tracy Dong COLLECTIONS Amon Carter Museum of Art Arcadia University Bard College Cleveland Museum of Art Coastal Carolina University Harvard University Metropolitan Museum of Art Museum of Modern Art Pratt Institute Rhode Island School of Design Stanford University National Gallery of Art