Judy Fiskin: some small memories

February 13–May 9, 2024

Originally produced as part of Long Beach: A Photography Survey, a project co-organized by our Museum and the Center for Southern California Studies in Visual Arts in 1980, Judy Fiskin's photographs capture the evolving landscape of Long Beach and Signal Hill. Her images document rapid city development and highlight the architectural erasure that came with growth. Shot in stark black and white and printed in miniature scale, the works evoke the fleeting nature of time and memory.

Images (left to right):
Judy Fiskin
Signal Hill, Gundry South of Hill, 1980, 1980
gelatin silver print on paper
7 1/2 x 5 1/8 inches
Collection of Carolyn Campagna Kleefeld Contemporary Art Museum
Purchased with funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, 1982.27.3

Judy Fiskin
Long Beach Pike, 1980 (carousel), 1980
gelatin silver print on paper
7 1/2 x 5 1/8 inches
Collection of Carolyn Campagna Kleefeld Contemporary Art Museum
Purchased with funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, 1982.27.7

Judy Fiskin
Long Beach Pike, 1980 (go-karts), 1980
gelatin silver print on paper
7 1/2 x 5 1/8 inches
Collection of Carolyn Campagna Kleefeld Contemporary Art Museum
Purchased with funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, 1982.27.