I have been documenting the community of Isla Vista for the last 6-8 months for a group show called Group SC2009. We exhibited at the Los Angeles art show earlier this year and are now part of the month of photography in Los Angeles. The Lucie Foundation has a gala opening night this Saturday (April 3rd) at Bergamot Station featuring Group SC2009. All very exciting stuff. You can view the press release for the show HERE. You can view my images by clicking on “Isla Vista” on the top of this page (or HERE) and you can view the groups website HERE.

Special Thanks to Helen K. Garber for putting this thing together! She is the brain and creator of this group/show. Please take a look at her website HERE.

and for all you visually-minded, here is a pic from the show:

Jonas Jungblut Isla Vista for group SC2009

Southern Cali is getting drenched right now, feels good but it also reminds me of why I moved away from Germany and to sunny California. The weather actually convinced me to take the Pacific Surfliner (train) down to Los Angeles to view the LA Art Show. Can only recommend it, only thing is that it takes a while (Santa Barbara to LA= 3 hours). Below is an image I took as part of the Isla Vista series before the weather got bad. A tranquil moment on the Santa Barbara coast.

Surfer in Isla Vista

Here is the information for the Los Angeles Art Show.

My images of Isla Vista will be part of a group exhibition called GroupSC2009. Here is a link to the LA Art Show

And here is a link to the press release of the group.

The show takes place from the 21st of January through the 24th.

Jonas Jungblut Isla Vista

Another image from Isla Vista. I am done shooting for the exhibition, now its editing and scanning and finishing up. I’ll post info about the LA Art Show and where images from this series can be seen on Monday.

Isla Vista surfers

from the Isla Vista Series

Isla Vista

I have been documenting Isla Vista just north of Goleta for a couple of month now and took this photo the other day. Running around with my son on my back was actually rather awkward, went back to the car and put him in a stroller which felt a lot better. Don’t know why but being around all the students who are all 5-10 years younger than me with the baby on the back felt wrong, like my backpack didn’t fit in, haha… It is pretty neat being able to bring him on these documentary excursions, though.

The images will be displayed in a group exhibition at the LA Art Show (nice!!!) from January 21st-24th. I will post info about it in a couple days but if you are planning on attending, make sure to swing by the SC2009 booth!

Jonas Jungblut in Isla Vista.