North North South - Hardcover

by Ayda Gragossian (Author)

Ayda Gragossian made the photographs in North North South by walking 'rather aimlessly' and taking pictures in different neighbourhoods to create a narrative of Los Angeles that reflects the socioeconomic marginalisation she encountered on a daily basis. Los Angeles comprises eighty-eight incorporated cities with severe socioeconomic disparities, a fact that gets lost by the glamour generated by the film and music industries. Most people rely on a car to navigate the great distances that characterise this metropolis, a mode of transportation that presents them with the opportunity to gloss over the increasing forms of inequality.

Author Biography

Ayda Gragossian is an Iranian visual artist based in Los Angeles. She has a BA in Photography and Painting from California State University Northridge and an MFA from the Ruskin School of Art, University of Oxford. Her work addresses the notions of displacement, impermanence, longing, and nostalgia, individually and collectively. Her work has been exhibited internationally and has been featured in online platforms such as fotofilmic, Nowhere Diary, All Cities are Beautiful, and Another Place.