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Page 22 Palisades News March 18, 2015 Local Teachers Featured in Photography Show Palisades High School teachers Steve Engelmann and Paula Riff will be featured in a Los Angeles Center of Photography exhibition entitled “f16–New Photographic Visions.” The opening reception is 7 to 10 p.m. on Saturday, March 21, at the Center, 1515 Wilcox Ave. in Hollywood. The exhibition is free and runs through April 17. This fine art photography collection includes multiple processes and highlights the Steve Engelmann uses multiple negatives to combine the human form with the twisted heartwood of the ancient bristlecone pine. varying points of view of artists: Maureen Bond, John Bosma, Tom Carmichael, Ladini Conder, Cindy Crane, Sheri Determan, Beth Dubber, Engelmann, Carol Erb, Samantha Geballe, Crystal Dickerson-Hancock, Shari Yantra Marcacci, Maureen Price, Riff, Anne Slattery and Isabella Vosmikova. Engelmann, who teaches AP environmental science and coaches the Environthon team, received a bachelor’s degree in marine biology from UCLA. A lifelong Palisadian (his parents moved here in 1962), Engelmann started taking photos when he was a student at Paul Revere Junior High. He continued studying photography with Rob Doucotte at PaliHi, graduating in 1982. In addition to the L.A. Center of Photography, Englemann’s work has been exhibited many times at the Santa Monica College Photography Gallery and at the Happening Gallery in Marina del Rey. Englemann was the sole artist featured at SMC in a 2012 show “Natura Humana,” with the theme of how human beings relate to nature—in each photograph, he juxtaposed two images into one. In an earlier interview, he explained, “I isolate a form from nature and incorporate a human shape or detail within. Each image has a complement with either a positive or negative background. The duality of these pairings emphasizes the struggle to find a new equilibrium.” The photographer said that people have difficulty deciphering both images. “People see something totally different, like psychology’s figure-ground tests.” The environmentalist added that he is “exploring our senses as our connection to natural elements. Nature feeds us, quenches us, nurtures us, heals and soothes us, and yet we increasingly insulate ourselves from our environment. What does ‘natural’ mean to our mind and senses today, as they are continually altered by new technologies and the built environment? I am fascinated by our changing perceptions, subconscious contradictions and the conflicts that ensue.” Englemann’s wife, Diana, is an English professor at SMC. The couple have two children, Sasha and Elliott. Paula Riff has worked as a special education teacher at PaliHi for the last five years. She grew up in Ohio and attended UC Berkeley, where she majored in Japanese language and studies. After college, she lived in Tokyo for several years. When she returned to the U.S., Riff became an interpreter for Japanese film production companies in Los Angeles. As a self-taught photographer, Riff switched careers, landing an internship in the photo department at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Although she had a fairly successful career shooting This is one of nine photographs that are part of a larger series called “Russian Postcards” by Palisades High teacher Paula Riff. portraits and hand-coloring photographs, she entered graduate school and received a teaching credential. Riff often hand-colors her black-andwhite photographs using a subtly colorful palette. She recently purchased a digital camera, but still prefers film. Visit: f16newphotographicvisions.blog - spot.com/or juliadean.com. ELLEN MCCORMICK JUST LISTED Offered at $1,595,000 | 631 Baylor St., Pacific Palisades. 3 BR, 2 BA | www.631Baylor.com Move right in to this jewel box of a home. 3 BR, 2 BA, family room, updated kitchen & baths, large yard. ELLEN MCCORMICK Distinguished representation of the Westside since 1984. ellenmccormick.com (310) 230-3707 | ellen@ellenmccormick.com CalBRE# 00872518 ©2015 An Independently owned and operated franchisee of BHH Affiliates, LLC.
March 18, 2015 Palisades News Page 23 April Group Show Seeks Art Entries The Pacific Palisades Art Association will host its April Group Show, featuring painting on canvas, painting under glass and sculpture. This show is open to all paid members. Art may be submitted at the Palisades Branch library from 10 a.m. to noon on Wednesday, March 25. The entry fee is $10 per item and there is a maximum of three entries in each category. All work must have a sturdy hanging wire across the back, with a maximum size of 42 inches on any side. Framing should be of professional quality or canvases may have wrapped sides. Sculpture is picked up after judging, about 1 p.m. March 25, and brought back for the reception only. A reception and awards ceremony will be held on Saturday, April 4, from noon to 2 p.m. Ribbons will be awarded in each category. (The show in November will include art in the mixed-media, photo, print and drawing categories.) Palisades Postal Worker Sentenced for Hit-and-Run Pacific Palisades postal worker Marguerite Dao Vuong, 67, was sentenced to three years in prison for a December 2013 hit-and-run crash that killed 23- year-old David Pregerson. Her husband, Michael, 67, received one year in jail and three years’ probation for claiming he drove the vehicle at the time of the crash. At the sentencing on March 6, Deputy District Attorney Marna Miller told Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Kathryn Solorzano that Marguerite Vuong, who was driving to work at the Post Office facility on La Cruz, turned her vehicle around after it struck Pregerson. Miller said it was clear that Vuong drove back by his body before she went home and switched cars so she could drive to work without notifying authorities about what had happened. Judge Solorzano was also told that Vuong’s husband was responsible for having the car’s windshield replaced after the crash, resulting in destruction of evidence. Pregerson, a recent UCLA graduate, a son of U.S. District Judge Dean Pregerson and a grandson of U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Harry Pregerson, was walking on the 600 block of Chautauqua Boulevard. According to the L.A. Times, “The victim, drunk after a party, was struck as he was walking home about 3 a.m. For months, the case went unsolved, but surveillance videos from homeowners in the residential area where the collision took place helped lead police to identify Marguerite as the driver. He was found later in the bushes by the side of the road by a Palisades Patrol officer, transported to the hospital and died four days later. “In a secret recording made at the police station, Marguerite told her husband to ‘lie about everything.’” A City News Service report noted the victim’s father called what had happened a “horror” and said his son had been “annihilated by a three-ton vehicle.” “You never get over the loss of a child,” he said. “Every day is just pain management.” Dean Pregerson wondered, “What kind of person is capable of leaving a broken body on a highway?” The family and the Los Angeles City Council each offered $50,000 rewards for information leading to the driver’s arrest and conviction. Dao Vuong’s son Andrew, an emergencyroom physician, told the Pregersons how deeply they were affected by the tragedy and that his parents were not evil, but had made mistakes, and asked for forgiveness. Another of the couple’s sons, Johnny, said his parents came to the United States from war-torn Vietnam. “They are not monsters,” he said. “Ultimately they are imperfect people.” In addition to her state prison sentence, Marguerite Vuong’s California driver’s license will be revoked for a one-year period that will begin when she is paroled from state prison. Rain Report The February 28 drizzle plus the March 1 downpour resulted in 1.01 inches of rain, per an official Los Angeles County rain gauge, located at Carol Leacock’s home on Bienveneda Avenue. Deputy assistant rainmeister Ted Mackie said normal to date is 12.48 inches; currently Pacific Palisades has received 7.59 inches. Last year’s total at this time was 5.94 inches. He reminded us that 2006-2007 was the driest year in recent history, when only 4.11 inches of rain were reported. STYLE FOR EVERYONE 20% OFF FOR FIRST TIME CLIENTS Full-service hair, skincare, and beauty studio serving the Palisades, Malibu, and Westside community. With adjacent blow-dry bar and professional beauty supply store. Blow Dry - $40+ Coloring - $75+ Cuts & Design - $95+ Men's Cuts - $50 Children Styles - $30+ 1016 Swarthmore Ave • Pacific Palisades, CA 90272 • (310) 454-1885
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