John Humble

John Humble is a Los Angeles-based photographer whose images capture the LA landscape in immense detail, highlighting its postmodern qualities. He aims to create images that allow the viewer to feel as if they are looking through a window. 

Drafted during the Vietnam War, Huggins became a photojournalist for the Washington Post upon his return, and received his MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute in the 1970s. His work has been exhibited in galleries and museums like Joseph Bellows Gallery, Deutsch-Amerikanisches Institut, Rose Gallery, Jan Kesner Gallery, Dillingham Center for the Arts, Figg Art Museum, the Getty Museum, the Ansel Adams Center for Photography, MOCA, the Riverside Art Museum, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. His work is included in public collections like the Amon Carter Museum of American Art, the Brookings Institution, the Center for Creative Photography, the Museum of American Art, Loyola Law School, and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.

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John Humble
Beauty Salon, Vermont, 2018
archival pigment print
h: 20 x w: 24 in
edition of 10

John Humble
Joy Bargain, Vermont, 2018
archival pigment print
h: 20 x w: 24 in
edition of 10

John Humble
San Salvador Restaurant, Vermont, 2018
archival pigment print
h: 30 x w: 40 in
edition of 10

John Humble
Markettabaco, Vermont, 2018
archival pigment print
h: 20 x w: 24 in
edition of 10

John Humble
Vermont at Wilshire, Vermont, 2018
archival pigment print
h: 20 x w: 24 in
edition of 10

John Humble
Melody 99¢ Store, Vermont, 2018
archival pigment print
h: 20 x w: 24 in
edition of 10

John Humble
Vermont Happy Hour, Vermont, 2018
archival pigment print
h: 20 x w: 24 in
edition of 10

John Humble
Metro Construction, DTLA, 2016
archival pigment print
h: 18 x w: 22.5 in
edition of 10

John Humble
Broad Museum, DTLA, 2015
archival pigment print
h: 18 x w: 22.5 in
edition of 10

John Humble
Broadway Bar, DTLA, 2015
archival pigment print
h: 18 x w: 22.5 in
edition of 10

John Humble
Yellow Market, Pico Boulevard, 2013
Archival Pigment Print
h: 30 x w: 40 in

John Humble
Smiles, Pico Boulevard, 2013
Archival Pigment Print
h: 30 x w: 40 in

John Humble
Rae's, Pico Boulevard, 2009
Archival Pigment Print
h: 30 x w: 40 in

John Humble
Kelly's, Pico Boulevard, 2013
Archival Pigment Print
h: 30 x w: 40 in

John Humble
1250 Broadway, Pico Boulevard, 2013
Archival Pigment Print
h: 30 x w: 40 in

John Humble
Hi-Fashion, Pico Boulevard, 2013
Archival Pigment Print
h: 30 x w: 40 in

John Humble
Lube & Oil Change, Pico Boulevard, 2013
Archival Pigment Print
h: 30 x w: 40 in

John Humble
El Texate, Pico Boulevard, 2013
Archival Pigment Print
h: 30 x w: 40 in

John Humble
Iglesia Ebenezer, Pico Boulevard, 2013
Archival Pigment Print
h: 30 x w: 40 in

John Humble
Closed, Enoch, Utah, 2010
Archival Pigment Print
h: 48 x w: 60 in

John Humble
Driving West, Great River Road, Iowa, 2010
Archival Pigment Print
h: 20 x w: 24 in

John Humble
Owens' Frozen Food Locker, Pine Bluff, Arkansas, 2010
Archival Pigment Print
h: 20 x w: 24 in

 

John Humble
Las Vegas Pawn, Victorville, California, 2010
Archival Pigment Print
h: 20 x w: 24 in

John Humble
Walker's Steak House, Gothenburg, Nebraska, 2010
Archival Pigment Print
h: 20 x w: 24 in

 

John Humble
World's Greatest Wino, Venice Beach, 2010
Archival Pigment Print
h: 10 x w: 15 in

John Humble
Snake Charmer, Venice Beach, 2008
Archival Pigment Print
h: 10 x w: 15 in

John Humble
Ibrahim, Venice Beach, 2008
Archival Pigment Print
h: 10 x w: 15 in

John Humble
I-710 at I-105, Overpass, Los Angeles, CA, 2005
Chromogenic Print
h: 48 x w: 60 in

John Humble
The Los Angeles River from the I-105, North Long Beach, 1998
Archival Pigment Print
h: 20 x w: 24 in

John Humble
The Los Angeles River at the Sixth Street Bridge, Los Angeles, 2001
Archival Pigment Print
h: 20 x w: 24 in

John Humble
The Los Angeles River from Downey Road, Vernon, 2001
Archival Pigment Print
h: 20 x w: 24 in

John Humble
I-405 at I-105, La Cienega Blvd., 2005
Archival Pigment Print
h: 20 x w: 24 in

John Humble
View West from I-105 at I-110, Los Angeles, 1993
Archival Pigment Print
h: 20 x w: 24 in

John Humble
5021 Felton Ave., Hawthorne, Aug. 17, 1991
Archival Pigment Print
h: 20 x w: 24 in

John Humble
5200 Maywood Avenue, Maywood, November 2, 1984
Chromogenic Print
h: 48 x w: 60 in

John Humble
Lugo Park Avenue at Fernwood Avenue, Lynwood April 20, 1993
Archival Pigment Print
h: 20 x w: 24 in

John Humble
178th Street at Manhattan Place, Torrance, September 20, 1979
Archival Pigment Print
h: 24 x w: 20 in

John Humble
152.1317 Cabrillo Ave. Venice, 1998
Archival Pigment Print
h: 24 x w: 20 in

John Humble
1124 Anaheim Street, Wilmington, August 26, 1998
Archival Pigment Print
h: 24 x w: 20 in