Welcome to the Hideout, Beth. Now that you're here, be sure to add yourself to our more
Welcome to the Hideout, Beth. Now that you're here, be sure to add yourself to our member map (L.A. represent!) and please read the Network Guidelines as soon as possible (required reading). Thanks, and enjoy the site!
Welcome to the Hideout, Beth. Now that you're here, be sure to add yourself to our more
Welcome to the Hideout, Beth. Now that you're here, be sure to add yourself to our member map (L.A. represent!) and please read the Network Guidelines as soon as possible (required reading). Thanks, and enjoy the site!
Bio
Beth Herzhaft graduated cum laude from The University of Hard Knocks and received her MFA in Photography from Nowhere In Particular. Her first commercial job (photographing gangster rapper Schooly-D) resulted from her finding her way into the art department at Capitol Records, back when you could get away with that sort of thing.
¶ She has been a freelance photographer since the 1990's, working with numerous publications, advertising agencies and
record companies. The rest of the time she is shooting fine art. She maintains a studio in Los Angeles, CA.
¶ She has had the good fortune to work with many amazing people over the years: Nels Cline, Wilco, NRBQ, Solomon Burke, Herbie Hancock, St. Vincent, Radiohead, Colin Hay (and going *really* far back: Mazzy Star,
Sonic Youth, Pharoah Sanders, Primal Scream, Wallflowers etc)
She also shoots kick-ass weddings for artists and musicians.
Favorite Music
Stax Volt, Nilsson, garage, psych, Francoise Hardy, High Numbers, Bert Jansch, Dory Previn, Fairport Convention, Excello, Dusty Springfield, the sound of trains, glass bells.
Etc.
Favorite Movies
The Conformist, Delicatessen, Eraserhead, The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer, Don't Look Back, American Movie, The American Astronaut, Putney Swope, Hard Day's Night, The Loved One, Mystery of Kaspar Hauser, Eraserhead, Mr. Death (Erroll Morris), Walkabout, 13 Conversations about One Thing, Wings of Desire, Zabriskie Point, The Manchurian Candidate, Dr Strangelove, Capturing The Friedmans, Safe, The Graduate, Vanishing Point, Lawrence Of Arabia, Ghost World, The Commitee, Performance
Other Hobbies/Interests
cultural anthropology, Absinthe, contemporary photography, ..
observing human folly, sensible shoes, anti-heroes, real eccentrics, misuse "of" quotation marks, dark humour, dark chocolate, alan watts lectures, lean fiction and modern poetry, collage, the sound of trains in the distance, the light when there is moisture in the sky, the night landscape when it is overcast, squished pennies, natural history museums, fashion, Politics, early 1970's American cinema, Danny Kaye, the 10 cent coffee at Philippe's, the triumph of the small, New York, rounded toothpicks, strange word combinations, industrial design, and of course... Music
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