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2 unusual facts about Elaine Mayes


Elaine Mayes

Known for her portraits of San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury residents in 1967-8 and for her iconic images of rock and roll performers in the late 1960s, Mayes' subject matter has also included landscapes and conceptual projects including her series, Autolandscapes, made with a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship from a moving car while traveling across the country in 1971.

Her videography was included in "Silverlake Life" (1992), an award winning documentary that observed the struggles of film maker Tom Joslin and his partner with AIDS.



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