DNJ Gallery Holiday Editions Now Available

DNJ Gallery is pleased to present Holiday Miniature Editions - a special series of limited edition, photo-based works by eleven gallery artists. The works vary in size and edition, and range in price from $40- $100. A limited number of full-set editions are available for $500. Created to entice your inner art collector and encourage art-giving this holiday season, the miniatures provide an affordable way to build a contemporary photography collection. DNJ Miniatures are available for purchase individually or as a full set. Please contact the gallery for further information. office@dnjgallery.net

Click the Holiday Miniature link above or the artists links below to scroll through all available images.

Miniature works are available by:

Maria Luisa Morando, Annie Seaton, Jane O'Neal, Jona Frank, Richard Gilles, Darryl Curran, Laura Parker, Bernadette DiPietro, Anne Veraldi, Patrick Wymore and Dylan Vitone


Maria Luisa Morando


Annie Seaton


Jane O'Neal
See Environmental Memory: Part I - Home Grown
series for all available miniatures by Jane


Jona Frank


Richard Gilles


Darryl Curran
Images available in three colors shown


Laura Parker


Bernadette DiPietro
Call gallery for all available
miniaures by Bernadette


Anne Veraldi


Patrick Wymore


Dylan Vitone

Jona Frank exhibition featured in this Sunday's LA Times

DNJ's current exhibition, of work by Jona Frank, is a featured exhibition in the Entertaimnent section of the Los Angeles Times. Look for the article in this Sunday's paper.

This show is running through November 7, 2009, so please stop by to see Jona's work in person!


Jona Frank, Simon 10, Santa Monica
2005, c-print, 11 x 14 inches


Jona Frank's 'Boys in Progress' at DNJ Gallery
Capturing the different stages of adolescence

By Liesl Bradner
October 11, 2009

As the youngest of four children and the only girl, Jona Frank spent a fair amount of her youth forced to sit and watch her older brothers at hockey games, piano recitals or at church as they served Mass as altar boys. And those observational skills would serve as a steppingstone to a career as a photographer.

Frank's exhibit at DNJ Gallery, "Boys in Progress" is a homage to those days watching her siblings maneuver and figure out the world. On view are 20 photos of boys ages 8 to 22 taken at different phases of their adolescence, be it a surfer boy, a Boy Scout or a young Mormon proselytizing.

Frank shot some of her subjects a few years apart in this ongoing project focusing on the phases boys go through as they explore their identities. One example, "Simon," was initially shot in 2005 of a 10-year-old boy on a playground with wild blond hair in a Metallica shirt. She revisited him a year later; in "Simon One Year Later" he had clearly grown in size and was still into skating with a "Skate and Destroy" helmet but with less attitude. Boys seem to follow the Santa Monica-based photographer around. For a time Frank lived down the street from Lincoln Middle School and every day at 3 p.m. hoards of them would walk by her house. Then in 2001 she had a son of her own and would sit in parks watching him play, learn and interact.

"She connects with her subjects, and it's evident in the photos," said Jennifer Chrzanowski, director at DNJ Gallery in West Hollywood. "They are posed yet candid at the same time because they have that trust."

Her eye captures those last fleeting remnants of innocence, which is evident in Frank's previous projects; "High School" a photo book of teenagers from 18 suburban high schools across the country and "RIGHT: Portraits From the Evangelical Ivy League."

"There's a definite West Coast vibe in her photos," added Chrzanowski. "John Henry" was the result of Frank's driving one sunny day when she spotted the then 14-year-old on a skateboard with a surfboard under his arm. "Just the way the sun was in his hair was like this ultimate California moment," recalled Frank. Frank's California dreams stemmed from growing up in New Jersey sitting in her Hang Ten shorts leafing through Skateboarding magazine. "I had this iconic ideal about California as a child and wanted to capture that in this project."

Frank moved to the West Coast to attend USC where she studied English and earned a masters in film production. "I am not looking to define one moment in the lives of these boys, I'm looking for a blend, for the textures, the shifts in their interests and obsessions as they progress through childhood," she explained. "My hope is that through these images one reflects on their own experience of once being a young boy or girl."

Chris Verene Exhibition Mentioned on Superluminal Blog

Follow the link here to check it out, and be sure to stop by the gallery for a visit! Chris Verene and Jona Frank's exhibition is running now through November 7, 2009.


Chris Verene, My Cousin's Husband's Brother's
Cousin's Cousin, 2002, c-print, 24 x 20 inches


Jona Frank, In Quincy's Yard, Los Angeles 2009, c-print,
11 x 14 inches

Chris Verene and Jona Frank Spotlighted on Flavorpill

DNJ Gallery's current exhibition featuring the works of both Chris Verene and Jona Frank are currently featured on Flavorpill. To read the full article click the link here, and be sure to stop by the gallery to see the show in person!

Chris Verene and Jona Frank Opening Photos

Please stop by the gallery to see Family by Chris Verene and Boys: In Progress by Jona Frank. The show will run through November 7, 2009.

View photos from the opening below:

Liz Kuball Photography Blog Features Chris Verene and Jona Frank Exhibition

Please fallow the link to read Liz's review of DNJ Gallery's newest exhibition featuring the works of both Chris Verene and Jona Frank. The show is running now through November 7, 2009, so please drop by for a visit!

Richard Gilles and Jona Frank Are Part of SF Camerawork's Newest Exhibition

SF Camerawork will be including six pieces from Richard Gilles' Almost Home-Less series in their new show, An Autobiography of the Bay Area, part 1: San Francisco Plays Itself. The show opens September 10, and will run through October 31, 2009. 



Part one of this two-part exhibition, features work by: John Chiara, Mark Citret, Judy Dater, Kota Ezawa, Alex Fradkin, Jona Frank, Richard Gilles, Jim Goldberg, Katy Grannan, John Harding, Chauncey Hare, Christina Koci Hernandez, Zig Jackson, Michael Jang, Keba Konte, Annie Leibovitz, Ken Light, Ari Marcopoulos, Mary Ellen Mark, Ken Miller, Richard Misrach, Abelardo Morell, Dan Nicoletta, Catherine Opie, Michael Rauner, Alice Shaw, Shi Guorui, Larry Sultan, Sergio De La Torre, Tseng Kwong Chi, and Catherine Wagner.

Chris Verene and Jona Frank Artist Reception and the Miracle Mile Art Walk With Artist Talk by Chris Verene

DNJ Gallery is pleased to announce its upcoming exhibition, Family featuring the photographs of artist Chris Verene. Gallery II features the work of Los Angeles based artist, Jona Frank in the show entitled Boys: In Progress. This exhibition runs from September 5 - November 7, 2009, and the opening reception will be held on Saturday September 12 from 4:30-8pm.



In addition, be sure to join us for the Miracle Mile Art Walk also being held on September 12 from 4:30-9pm! Artist Chris Verene will be giving an artist talk at 4:30 pm here at DNJ Gallery, so don't miss out! Be sure to join the after party being held at The Loft at Liz above Liz's Antique Hardware from 8:30-10:30 pm. For more information on participating galleries and events, please go to the Mid City West link found here.

Jona Frank's Upcoming Exhibition and Book Review in THE Magazine

This September, DNJ Gallery will be showing images from Jona Frank's new series "Boys." A selection of images from this exhibition are on the DNJ website.



Frank's monograph Right: Portraits from the Evangelical Ivy League,
published by Chronicle Books in 2008, was recently reviewed by THE Magazine.

The book and series documents a group of students from Patrick Henry
College, known as "Harvard for Homeschoolers" which was created for young right-wing Evangelical Christians. As reviewer Julia Schlosser says about the book:

"Her insightful views allow the students to articulate their religious
values and aspirations, broadening our view of their lives."

To read the full review, click here for a downloadable version. If you are interested in purchasing a copy of this book, please contact the gallery.