Julian Wasser | Pop and Burn
November 29 – January 17, 2026

Pop and Burn celebrates our long relationship with this hard-boiled, unfiltered and often cranky photographer who drove his ‘65 Mustang convertible, kept his press pass around his neck, and followed news leads with pagers on his belt till smart phones changed the way we do everything. “Pop and Burn” is the snap and sizzle of the old cameras and flash bulbs that Wasser started with. It is the signature poof and glare in the face of the newsworthy.

Wasser came to Los Angeles and made his own mark as TIME Magazine’s lead West Coast photographer, being everywhere things were happening, like the Watts Riots, MLK speeches, the Manson murders, the heart of the seminal art scene, the ubiquitous movie culture, Sunset Strip clubs and music, and the ballroom of the Ambassador Hotel on the night of RFK’s assassination. He photographed everyone from Marilyn Monroe to the Beatles and the Rolling Stones and was in the studio when the Stones were in LA to record “Satisfaction.”