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Larry Sultan, California Photographer, Dies at 63. Larry was the kind of teacher who knew what questions to ask and how to listen. He had great energy and curiosity. And made amazing pictures. Here is the Guardian article.

Artist David Ireland passed away last week. When I was a graduate student he was a visiting artist and I took his class – an eye opener.  On the last day he took us on a “conceptual business martini lunch” at the Hyatt Regency Club Lounge. And he gave us each one of these little signed pieces. We actually had to do the yell:
I’m so glad to read that a patron is working on preserving his Capp Street house – an amazing sculptural wonder that had a huge influence on any of us who saw those excavated walls and all those beautiful funky objects.