Obscura Partners with StandardVision and Vellum LA for Outdoor Exhibition Throughout Los Angeles
Clara Peh, photographed by Lenne Chai | 3rd Street Crossing, Los Angeles
Mia Van Rooy, photographed by Wim Van Cappellen | 901 W. Olympic Blvd
With the goal of creating the first-ever worldwide NFT community portrait project, Obscura’s Who We Are was created with a significant grant from PaisanoDAO in order to document the diverse faces and stories of creators, collectors, and members of the new web3 metaverse. Shot by a global group of photographers working in the NFT space, Who We Are seeks to show the real people behind the avatars, and each individual portrait tells its own unique story of how web3 is changing lives and creating new opportunities. The artists involved thrive creatively in their respective countries, share their creative visions, and collectively build a new, diverse, and truly global creative community. The project currently encompasses 6 continents, 33 countries, 93 cities, and over 220 portrait subjects so far, and will be an ongoing project with Obscura as it grows over time.
Rotimi Gbafe, photographed by Taesirat Yusuf | Melrose & Spaulding, Los Angeles
The outdoor exhibition with StandardVision and Vellum LA is the second iteration of Obscura Who We Are, and the first physical exhibition of 50 of the portraits minted as NFTs on an Obscura custom smart contract listed for sale on OpenSea.io. Photographers who participated in the grant have an opportunity to generate NFT sales from the work they’ve produced. Artists will receive 80% of the sales proceeds, with 20% going to the Obscura platform to continue to help photographers tell their stories.
Ellie Pritts, photographed by Brett Cody Rogers | 3rd Street Crossing, Los Angeles
Obscura is a new kind of funding collective that endeavors to build community and empower photographers to create their dream projects by bringing back the concept of the photographic commission. Obscura aims to provide grants, commissions, leadership, education, and partnerships by seasoned photographers to photographers in the NFT Photography space. PaisanoDAO is a decentralized autonomous organization with a mission to onboard members of the Spanish speaking community onto blockchain technology, crypto and NFTs, and the power of decentralization. The DAO provides and receives support from the NoTeDejes Media Foundation, a California registered 501(c)(3) non-profit charitable organization dedicated to the empowerment of the Latino immigrant communities in the Southern California region.
Tsion Haileselassie, photographed by Eman Ali | 3680 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles
Catch 50 portraits from Obscura’s Who We Are series on four of StandardVision’s large-scale LED facades throughout Los Angeles on view through February 10th, and learn more about the collaboration on Vellum LA’s website.
Myllena Dalla, photographed by Livia Elektra | Melrose & Spaulding, Los Angeles
