The Violet Hour

Specialties

Increased Readership, Page Hits and Emotional Response. Art Couture Photography Studio, Gallery & Soundstage. The Viewer does not forget what is seen. The image is etched into the Mind. We, on a flat two dimensional plane manifest the experience of 3-​dimensional space moving through Time like Wind across Face. Our ethereal, sensual and surreal style of photography fuses environment, set & costume with a post production process that is the fusion of film and pixel based photography. We facilitate the Viewing Experience and stimulate Afterthought. We specialize in Documentary, Travel, Stage & Motion Picture Still Photography. Open to the Public Thurs from 7−11pm.These public nights are sculpted events that we photograph, film & record. Musicians, Poets, Dancers and Artists of all ilk in a surreal atmosphere of an imaginary venue that doesn’t actually exist — and yet, for a moment in time, this place, the Violethour, it does exist. Come Join Us. 18+ Donations Gratefully Accepted

History

Established in 1995.

For many many years the street our Studio is on was zoned for Light Industry. We could operate an Artist’s Studio, but could not be open to the public on a regular basis. That worked just fine for us. The majority of our work has always been Fine Art Private Commissions, Travel, Avante Garde Fashion … quirky, playful, silly, ethereal, sensual, seductive and sexy. Our images inspire thought, introspection and fantasy. We’d do occasional shows and we rather liked the aura of ‘secrecy’ that surrounded us like an invisible force field from an old ’50’s sci-​fi movie. But then Heroes moved from Wilshire to Santa Fe. The City re-​zoned the street & our area was christened the SOCO district. We could be open to the public. This is our begining. And this is not your typical Art Gallery. The Art is not just on the walls; nor is the Art just that which you can See, Hear, Taste, Touch and Smell — it’s more than that. Art is that which lies deep inside of you. Art is Perception.

Meet the Business Owner

Michael and Candace Magoski M.

Business Owner

We are Artists, Candace and I (being Michael). She is a costumer, hat maker, weather girl, performance &make-​up artist and my Muse. She is couture. The real deal. I am the Poet, Philisopher, Photographer and Sage of the Scene. We both love to Sing, get Lost in Foreign Places and Fly First Class. We are facilitators. And Incubators. Our intent is to awaken the Prophet Inside of You.

I am a student of Al Divito, who was himself a student of Brett Weston and Ansel Adams. I am a direct Link to the LA Moderns. I understand what they were trying to do, in LA, in Mexico, in the Dunes, by the Sea, to the North, East and West.

Take us serious or not, we will change your perceptions of Life. No One does travel, culture, studio and environmental portraiture like us. This is not say that we are ‘the best’; no, rather this is to say that we are Unique. Our Vision is ‘our vision’. And it is so very beautiful. It is the Vision of Truth. And we enjoy sharing that vision.