By photographer and contributor Tim Truby

Details. South Bay’s Photographic and Digital Artists group (PADA) will be hosting a major show from Sept. 1-30 at Crafted at the Port of LA.

The Show. Falling Light: Photographs for a New Season will feature recent work by 20+ local photo artists. No entree fee.

The Artists. PADA artists have been featured in books, chosen for national and international contests, selected for gallery shows around LA and beyond.

Venue. Crafted is open Fri-Sun from 12-6 PM at 112 E. 22 St in San Pedro. Follow the signs to PADA once you’re there. In addition to the show, the Crafted warehouse has dozens of artists and craftspeople worth checking out. Plus Brouwerji West craft brewery is right next door.

Samples from the show:

Rodney Boone

Foot Traffic

One of the artist’s cut-and-paste analog photographic collages done in 2023.

Ariel Swartley

East Long Beach, Digital Photographic Collage

L.A.'s cultural geography can be discovered by driving the surface routes. Anaheim St. runs through the heart of Long Beach's Cambodian community.

Chosen for Made in the USA: Freedom of Expression, TAG Gallery, Hollywood, 2023

Michael Cinnamond,

Snake Wave, Cabrillo Beach

A 40 foot storm wave creates a powerful and distinctive backwash at the Cabrillo Beach breakwater.

Paul Blieden

Cedar Wax Wing with Berries

During a walk at the South Coast Botanical Gardens, I noticed this tree with red berries. Then a group of fifteen birds landed on the tree to feast. Right time and right place!

This image was chosen for the 2023 Summer Show, Palos Verdes Art Center.

Ellen Cantor

Grandma Sue's Purses with Bullocks Card Diptych

Ellen Cantor uses the camera to reimagine the family photo album and objects that hold personal histories in order to explore the distillation and persistence of memory.

In this series, Mimi and Her Purses, Ellen documents the remnants lives’ past. When an elderly relative passes away, Mimi is the recipient of their purse and whatever is left inside. By using these handbags for special occasions, she keeps their spirit alive and creates a living memorial for all to see her wearing them – reminders of the past when every outfit had its own matching purse.

Patrick Smyth

Glam in Tuscany Stable

In an abandoned Tuscan stable, a model is captured using chiaroscuro lighting techniques inspired by the Baroque painter, Caravaggio.

Patrick, a Torrance-based photographer, enjoys travel photography and portraiture.

l.chaussee

Untitled, 2023

I am an analog photographer and this image was made with a Rolleiflex camera and Kodak Portra 400. It is a study of the interplay between architecture and light. This image was taken at an apartment building on the mountainside in Onomichi, Japan, a space redesigned by Studio Mumbai architects.

Chaussee is a recent winner in three categories in the 2022 Worldwide Photography Gala Award, 19th Edition Julia Margaret Cameron.

Tim Truby

Equus Dreaming, Dolomite Mountains

In Italy’s alpine meadows, a horse breaks from the grazing herd. Nature’s beauty seems built into every creature’s DNA.

This image was an award winner at the 2023 OC Fair Photo Contest and 2022 European Photo Contest.

Falling Light collects works from more than 20 of the noteworthy photo artists in the South Bay. So be sure to make some time in Sept. for a visit to Crafted.

PADA is associated with the Palos Verdes Art Center.