"Colibrís Gigantes En El Puente De La Calle Sexta" (Giant Hummingbirds at Six Street Bridge) by Ithaka Darin Pappas

 "Colibrís Gigantes En El Puente De La Calle Sexta" 

(or Giant Hummingbirds at Six Street Bridge) by Ithaka Darin Pappas

ABOUT THE ARTWORK

"Colibrís Gigantes en el Puente de la Calle Sexta" is a 2024 mixed-media artwork by photographer/artist Ithaka Darin Pappas for his international photo-collage series, Urban Nektar. Created on wood with ink, paper and acrylic paints, the original piece measures 120cm x 80cm.

"Colibrís Gigantes en el Puente de la Calle Sexta" portrays two gigantic hummingbirds feeding on fluorescent-colored cactus flowers growing directly out of the cement arches of the Sixth Street bridge in downtown Los Angeles (designed by architect Michael Maltzan).

During late 2024, Ithaka Darin Pappas made hundreds of reproductions of the image "Colibrís Gigantes en el Puente de la Calle Sexta" on long rolls of canvas panel and hung them throughout the downtown Los Angeles area surrounding the bridge, including; Boyle Heights, The Arts District, Skid Row and Little Tokyo. Graffiti artists quickly recognized the potential of surfaces and proceeded to tag upon, transforming them into new unsolicited 'collaborative works'.

"Chiapas Heart Expedition", travel photography book by Ithaka Darin Pappas

 "Chiapas Heart Expedition", the new photography book 

by Ithaka Darin Pappas highlighting rural Southern Mexico. 

The street-style travel images were created during a travel 

to remote areas near the Guatemalan border.

 "Chiapas Heart Expedition", the new photography book 

by Ithaka Darin Pappas highlighting rural Southern Mexico. 

The street-style travel images were created during a travel 

to remote areas near the Guatemalan border.

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Sun Temple Sojourn - Peru ThroughThe Lens of Ithaka Darin Pappas (new photography book)

 Sun Temple Sojourn - Peru ThroughThe Lens of Ithaka Darin Pappas (new photography book) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DL3GS91B

Other photography books by Ithaka Darin Pappas include;

Rangamala: रंगमाळ

Aliens of AkahtiLândia

PM DAWN photo by Ithaka Darin Pappas

PM DAWN (1991) at the Mondrian Los Angeles - photographs by Ithaka Darin Pappas

Rangamala: रंगमाळ new book by photographer Ithaka Darin Pappas

Rangamala (रंगमाळ) new book by photographer Ithaka Darin Pappas Rangamala, by Ithaka Darin Pappas, is a collection of street and travel photographs captured during a lengthy sojourn to northern India. The images traverse a multi-socioeconomic cross section of the states of; Haryana, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, and the National Capital Territory of Delhi. The pictures are often glimpses into the daily lives of the cross-cultural citizens of modern India.

Greek-American photographer Ithaka Darin Pappas (or simply Ithaka) grew up in Southern California. He began taking pictures at a very early age, publishing work by his late teens. He has since traveled extensively, residing and working in a handful of other countries such as Brazil, Greece, Japan and Portugal. His images have appeared in renowned venues including; Annenberg Space for Photography and the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles International Center of Photography (New York), Museum of Pop (Seattle), Ferro Gashouder (Rotterdam), Museum of Image and Sound (São Paulo), and Manarat Al Saadiyat in Abu Dhabi. Four Info ISBN: 9798394724534

Photographer Ithaka Darin Pappas

Mexican artist and choreographer César Brodermann at the opening of his show "Traslado Permanente" in Mexico City

Mexican artist and choreographer César Brodermann at the opening of his show "Traslado Permanente" at MUAC in Mexico City August 31st 2023. Photograph by Ithaka Darin Pappas.

N.W.A. photographs by Ithaka Darin Pappas currently at Academy Museum and the Museum of Pop

Historic photographs of hip hop legends N.W.A. by Ithaka Darin Pappas are currently appearing in two north American museum shows; "Contact High: A Visual History of Hip Hop" curated by Vikki Tobak at Seattle's Museum Of Pop and "Boyz n the Hood" at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles curated by Esme Douglas. During the years from 1988-1990, Ithaka Darin Pappas photographed Eazy E & NWA a reported 18-20 times. Images from these photographic sessions have appeared in the books; Hip Hop Raised Me by DJ Semtex, Contact High: A Visual History of Hip Hop by Vikki Tobak, Approximate Gestures : Infinite Spaces in the Fiction of Percival Everett by Anthony Stuart and The New Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll.