Larry D'Attilio, a member of the Photographic and Digital Artists group PADA at the Palos Verdes Art Center, has a solo exhibit of 20 works from Vietnam at Saigon Oi Cafe, 407 6th Street in San Pedro. The exhibit is now in place and will remain through January 1. The cafe is open Tuesday through Saturday, beginning at 11 AM each day.
The works come from D'Attilio's series The Soul of Vietnam, drawn from 55 months of photographing in Vietnam over an eighteen-year period. Alongside images of Saigon, Hanoi, Hue and other cities, he intensively photographed rural people. The series has appeared in seven solo exhibits at museums and other institutions in four countries, including Kuala Lumpur, Hanoi, Wisconsin and Texas. This small version is drawn from the 52 works shown most recently at the Amarillo museum.
The experience led to a book of the same name, published by Vietnam's Thế Giới Publishers. Copies are for sale at the cafe at a reduced price.
D'Attilio recommends the food as well as the art. He says it matches the high quality he and his wife enjoyed for many years in Hanoi, Hue and Saigon, so a lunch or dinner makes a fine way to see the exhibit.
Church Lang Co by Larry D'Attilio
Creases by Larry D'Attilio
Enduring Restaurant by Larry D'Attilio
Grace of Craft by Larry D'Attilio
Larry D'Attilio at Saigon Oi Cafe, photo by Jim Wimberg
Written by Paul Anderson with assistance from claude.ai.