“Let’s do a Ping Pong now!” photographer Nada Lottermann exclaimed with a grin as she thrust a Fujifilm Instax camera into my hands. We quickly traded instant images before the camera was passed along. Over the course of the opening celebration for Ping Pong at the new BOLD Room gallery in downtown Los Angeles, nearly everyone had the chance to participate in his own game of photographic “Ping Pong.”
Lottermann and Vanessa Fuentes make up the German photography duo Lottermann and Fuentes, the two inseparable friends behind Ping Pong. The show is presented by the Galerie fÜr Moderne Fotografie, based in Berlin, where the gallery also calls home. Its first show in Los Angeles was initially inspired by separation anxiety––Lottermann and Fuentes, nearly constant companions, would send each other snaps whenever they happened to find themselves apart. “We are just like a couple!” Lottermann joked about their bond.
The idea is easy: shoot an image, pass it along, and ask for another in return. Each “Ping” receives a “Pong” with a little help from the duo's friends, who include esteemed photographers Juergen Teller and Maxime Ballesteros. What started as a show of 20 images ballooned to 56, with the last one arriving at BOLD Room only three days before the opening. The resulting collection of playful images flirt from the walls and beckon to the crowd. Although Lottermann first thought to start with analog cameras and send each image by mail, the project quickly evolved over the course of three months through the wonders of modern technology––all the participating photographers traded images by email.
For Lottermann and Fuentes, this week’s show is just the beginning. They envision Ping Pong as an ongoing project and welcome more participants from all over the globe. The duo has their eye on a second show in Berlin with the Galerie fur Moderne Fotografie.
Through March 28, 2014
BOLD ROOM
958 S. Broadway
Los Angeles, CA 90015
MAP
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For the exhibition Ping Pong, German photography duo Nada Lottermann and Vanessa Fuentes (above) shot images and sent them to photographer friends around the world. These partners then sent back images inspired by the first ones. The pairs are now on display at BOLD Room, a new gallery in downtown LA.![]()
Nadine Fraczkowski took this photo after Lottermann and Fuentes sent her the above portrait of themselves.
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"Ping" image by Lottermann and Fuentes
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"Pong" image by Frank Seidlitz
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"Ping" image by Lottermann and Fuentes
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Lottermann and Vanessa Fuentes make up the German photography duo Lottermann and Fuentes, the two inseparable friends behind Ping Pong. The show is presented by the Galerie fÜr Moderne Fotografie, based in Berlin, where the gallery also calls home. Its first show in Los Angeles was initially inspired by separation anxiety––Lottermann and Fuentes, nearly constant companions, would send each other snaps whenever they happened to find themselves apart. “We are just like a couple!” Lottermann joked about their bond.
The idea is easy: shoot an image, pass it along, and ask for another in return. Each “Ping” receives a “Pong” with a little help from the duo's friends, who include esteemed photographers Juergen Teller and Maxime Ballesteros. What started as a show of 20 images ballooned to 56, with the last one arriving at BOLD Room only three days before the opening. The resulting collection of playful images flirt from the walls and beckon to the crowd. Although Lottermann first thought to start with analog cameras and send each image by mail, the project quickly evolved over the course of three months through the wonders of modern technology––all the participating photographers traded images by email.
For Lottermann and Fuentes, this week’s show is just the beginning. They envision Ping Pong as an ongoing project and welcome more participants from all over the globe. The duo has their eye on a second show in Berlin with the Galerie fur Moderne Fotografie.
Through March 28, 2014
BOLD ROOM
958 S. Broadway
Los Angeles, CA 90015
MAP
For the exhibition Ping Pong, German photography duo Nada Lottermann and Vanessa Fuentes (above) shot images and sent them to photographer friends around the world. These partners then sent back images inspired by the first ones. The pairs are now on display at BOLD Room, a new gallery in downtown LA.
Nadine Fraczkowski took this photo after Lottermann and Fuentes sent her the above portrait of themselves.
"Ping" image by Lottermann and Fuentes
"Pong" image by Frank Seidlitz
"Ping" image by Lottermann and Fuentes
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