PCC's main function is to promote the museum's goal to become one of the country's leading repositories of photographs as a source of in-house and traveling exhibitions, scholarly study, and publications.

PCC Membership Event

BYOC: Bring Your Own Camera Party

Friday, October 15
3 – 5 p.m.
Elrod Sculpture Garden
FREE to Students and PCC members
$20 Nonmembers

Take the opportunity to preview the exhibition Richard Avedon: Fashion Stage and Screen, before creating your own Avedon-inspired portraits. Bring friends and reconnect with other Photography Collection Council members.

For reservations please contact Brooke Devenney at 760.322.4818 or .  

Lecture and Opening Reception

Richard Avedon: Fashion, Stage and Screen

PCC Lecture, Annual Meeting & Reception

Photography in the Permanent Collection

Saturday, November 13
10 a.m. – 12 p.m.
FREE
Lecture Hall & Elrod Sculpture Garden
Lecturer: Senior Curator, Daniell Cornell

This year’s annual meeting includes a lecture by senior curator Daniell Cornell, presentation of the newly elected PCC board members, a raffle for a fine art photograph, a tour of the exhibition Photographing the American West: Selections from the Permanent Collection and a reception.

PCC Lecture & Reception

American Graffiti to Indiana Jones: A Screenwriting Journey

Friday, January 14
4 - 6 p.m.
$15 PCC members, $20 nonmembers
Lecture Hall & Marks Graphics Center

Significant Los Angeles photography collectors and celebrated screenwriters Gloria Katz and Willard Huyck discuss three decades of writing in Hollywood. Come hear about their adventures with moguls, movie stars, the hits, and the misses.

To purchase tickets please contact the Box Office at 760.325.4490.

Tour

Collector’s Tour: Spring 2011

Saturday, March 26
12 – 5 p.m.
$100 PCC members, $175 Nonmembers
Bus leaves from museum South parking lot