Tires of Los Angeles / Avo Tavitian.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tavitian, Avo, photographer.

Contributor:

Nazraeli Press, publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tavitian, Avo.

Tires--California--Los Angeles--21st century--Pictorial works.

Tires.

Photography, Artistic.

art photography.

Genre:

photobooks.

Photobooks.

Physical Description:

30 unnumbered pages, including front and back pastedowns : all illustrations ; 29 cm

illustration

Other Title:

Avo Tavitian : Tires of Los Angeles

Place of Publication:

[Paso Robles, California] : Nazraeli Press, [2026]

Summary:

"Our second monograph on the work of Avo Tavitian, Tires of Los Angeles presents 24 black-and-white photographs from the artist's broader series about the less glamorous and more gritty facets of Los Angeles. This selection of work showcases a sampling of the ubiquitous used-tire shops and sidewalk pop-up stands offering car tires that have seen better days, but that still have some life in them. For many, these last gasp tires are what keep everything moving forward.Born in Beirut, Lebanon, in 1954, Avo Tavitian's journey to photography is marked by a profound connection to his changing surroundings. Shaped by the experience of moving to the Eastern shore of the United States with his family in the late 1960s, following the 1967 Middle East war, Tavitian developed a sense of being an outsider during his formative teen years in New Jersey and New York City, a sensibility that would later influence his work as a photographer after his relocation to Los Angeles in the mid-1980s."--Publisher's website, https://www.nazraeli.com/complete-catalogue/avo-tavitian-fires-of-los-angeles, accessed August 24, 2026.

"Our second monograph on the work of Avo Tavitian, Tires of Los Angeles presents 24 black-and-white photographs from the artist’s broader series about the less glamorous and more gritty facets of Los Angeles. This selection of work showcases a sampling of the ubiquitous used-tire shops and sidewalk pop-up stands offering car tires that have seen better days, but that still have some life in them. For many, these last gasp tires are what keep everything moving forward.Born in Beirut, Lebanon, in 1954, Avo Tavitian’s journey to photography is marked by a profound connection to his changing surroundings. Shaped by the experience of moving to the Eastern shore of the United States with his family in the late 1960s, following the 1967 Middle East war, Tavitian developed a sense of being an outsider during his formative teen years in New Jersey and New York City, a sensibility that would later influence his work as a photographer after his relocation to Los Angeles in the mid-1980s."--Publisher's website, https://www.nazraeli.com/complete-catalogue/avo-tavitian-fires-of-los-angeles, accessed August 24, 2026.

Notes:

Edition of 500 hand-numbered copies.

Printed on matte art paper and bound in silkscreen-printed boards, with a cloth spine.

Published on the occasion of an exhibition at POST / limArt, Tokyo in April 2026.

ISBN:

9781590056295

1590056299

OCLC:

1612840617