Capturing Beauty: The Art and Photography of John Simmons
Continuing the celebration of Black History in America, the Jean Deleage Art Gallery at Josefina López’s CASA 0101 Theater in Boyle Heights, presents a virtual exhibit of the art and photographs of two-time Emmy Award-winning Cinematographer, John Simmons through June 5, “Capturing Beauty: The Art and Photography of John Simmons.”
Growing up in Chicago at the height of the Black civil rights movement shaped John Simmons as an artist.Simmons guides online visitors on a virtual tour through “Capturing Beauty,” his multi-layered paper collage cartographies and black-and-white photography images that represent a full spectrum of life, circa 1965–2021. He explains each piece and the context in which it was created.
PHOTOS BY JOHN SIMMONS Macon, Georgia, 1967. Simmons said shortly after he took this shot, one of the officers pictured knocked him to the ground with a billy club and used a racial slur to tell him to mind his own business. Photo by John Simmons
