From 2006-2017, as host of 89.3-KPCC’s Off-Ramp, John S. Rabe delighted local public radio listeners with broadcasts combining the best journalistic practices with his highly personal style. Through his photography, Rabe mirrors his broadcast style and offers a take on Los Angeles never seen before. These images can only be described as psychedelic, despite the artist never doing acid. Through his unique perspective, the artist highlights and transforms the colors of the real world to find a parallel with the emotions of the scenes he photographs. All taken and processed on his iPhone, these photo show Los Angeles honestly and lovingly, un-cynically and un-jaded, in a mix of fresh and familiar voices.
John S. Rabe (b. 1966) earned his BA from Michigan State University in 1988 (he fondly enjoys pointing out how he was rightly rejected by Harvard). Work by the artist is held in private and public collections both nationally and abroad. The artist has been featured in several group shows including “TARFEST” (2012), Los Angeles; and “SPACELAND” (2012), Los Angeles, among others. Rabe lives and works in Los Angeles.
- Exhibition: Come and Get It! [2018]
- Exhibition: We Now Interrupt our Scheduled Programming [2015]
- Exhibition: i Am a Camera [2014]
- Exhibition: SPACELAND II | Escape from Spaceland [2014]
- Exhibition: Acid Free [2013]
- Exhibition: Beautiful, Brutal Things [2013]
- Exhibition: SPACELAND | Los Angeles – Vast, Light, Modern [2012]
- Exhibition: The Vast Wasteland [2011]
- John S. Rabe on Instagram
