All images © Liz Kuball   Untitled (Hollywood Hills), 2009

Liz Kuball’s California Vernacular project captures what life is like to someone who’s moved out west from the east coast and helps explain why so many of us stay. Kuball says “…we hang on—hang on to a world that, to us, is even more fantastic than the one we thought we’d find, because it’s real in its absurdity and because we have stories to tell.” Visit her website to purchase the zine or a print from the project, and to see more of her work. (more…)

Untitled (Santa Barbara) 2009 © Liz Kuball

Liz Kuball was born in Washington, D.C., in 1973 and raised in the same small town in Michigan where her parents grew up. She began photographing in 2006. Since then, her work has been exhibited around the country and editioned through 20×200. She was selected for inclusion in The Collector’s Guide to Emerging Art Photography, published by the Humble Arts Foundation in 2009. She lives and works in Los Angeles, California, where she writes a blog about her life, her work, and the things that keep her up at night.