Exhaust.

Photographs by Zach Callahan. Design by Bureau Kayser. Essay by Alexandra Martinez.

Self-Published, Los Angeles, 2024. 80 pp., 36 photographs, 8.25x9".

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"In 2014 I put my belongings in storage and moved to Los Angeles from New York with my camera and some clothes. I was new to the city and heartbroken. I had no car, little to no money and not many jobs coming in. And so, I spent the first year in Los Angeles with my camera around my neck, getting around the sprawling city using a combination of bicycle, bus and train, looking at this new place.

It was during this time that I quickly began to realize that there are often two different ways to experience Los Angeles — public versus private, street level versus overpass, air-conditioned car versus bus window. As I began to photograph, my initial impetus for making this work was to explore this disparity and describe what the social landscape looks like for people navigating the dusty streets, public transit hubs and desolate sidewalks in a city notoriously dominated by car.

While there are not many landmarks or recognizable buildings, these photographs are made in areas that are not out of the way for most people who live here. These are places people drive through every day, the in-between spaces and tucked away places on the street that are only visible on foot and require a willingness to look. The Los Angeles that reveals itself in these images is not the expected depiction of the LA we all know, but a world parallel to it made up of working-class outsiders and quiet everyday moments amidst the whir of traffic. The loneliness that informs this work is perhaps a result of both my own psychology and the types of people and things I am drawn to, people who seem to carry a burden but also call for stillness, contemplation and empathy."

— Zach Callahan, March 2024

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