Dawn Wirth

Dawn Wirth (b. January 1960) is an American photographer, who is one of the handful to document the "first wave" of the Los Angeles punk rock scene.^[1] Her initial work was, among other things, for various fanzines such as Flipside, Sniffin' Glue, Gen X and White Stuff and to create flyers for unsigned local bands and work with 2 fanclubs, The Mumps and The Weirdos. She is was one of the first LA Photographers to shoot The Clash in London. In 1978, after graduated from high school, she flew to London the day after and lived there for 6 months.^[2]

She has been chosen to exhibit in a number of museums and galleries, including the Claremont Museum of Art,^[3] and DRKRM www.drkrm.com. Gallery.^[1][4]

External links

• biography from drkrm. gallery

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Destroy All Music". Alarm Magazine. August 16, 2007. http://www.alarmpress.com/992/art-news/destroy-all-music/. 
2. ^ Alice Bag (May, 2005). "Dawn Wirth:the Interview". http://www.alicebag.com/dawnwirthinterview.html. 
3. ^ "Vexing:Female Voices from East L.A. Punk". Claremont Museum of Art. http://www.claremontmuseum.org/future.html. 
4. ^ Ryan Leach (October 6, 2007). "An Interview With Dawn Wirth: Old School LA Punk Photographer". http://www.razorcake.org/site/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=12236. 

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