Jerry McMillan was born in Oklahoma in 1936 and moved to Los Angeles with his childhood friends Ed Ruscha and Joe Goode in 1958. The three of them lived together while attending the Chouinard Art Institute. McMillan established himself in the Los Angeles art scene creating advertisements for Artforum Magazine, posters for galleries, exhibition catalogues, and becoming a leading figure in photo-sculpture. In 1966 he became the first photographer to have a one-person exhibition at the Pasadena Art Museum. McMillanʼs photographs of artists are not simply portraits, but the creation of a persona. He often collaborated with Ed Ruscha, the results of which can be seen in the 2004 publication Picturing Ed. McMillanʼs keen eye for staging is demonstrated in his 1969 photograph of artist Judy Chicago, in which he chose to depict her as a tough boxer, framing her as a competitor in an all male art world. Craig Krull Galleryʼs exhibition, “The Artistʼs Image”, will include additional iconic McMillan works such as “War Babies” and “Ed Ruscha Says Goodbye to College Joys”. McMillanʼs photography is being used in promotional catalogues and advertisements for Pacific Standard Time, and from February 11 to March 31st, 2012 the California State University Northridge Gallery will host a survey exhibition titled "Jerry McMillan: Artist/ Photographer", curated by Steve Peckman

Los Angeles icon Dennis Hopper moved to Southern California at the age of 13. In the 1960s he began photographing artists and civil rights activities after his then wife Brooke Hayward gave him a camera. In 1961 he shot the iconic “Double Standard” at the intersections of Santa Monica Boulevard, Melrose Avenue and Doheny Drive. It is certainly a Beat Generation photograph, taken not only “on the road,” but on the legendary Route 66. It is also a quintessentially “L.A.” image made from a driverʼs perspective. The title of this image served as the name of his recent comprehensive survey at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles. Craig Krull Galleryʼs fourth exhibition of Hopperʼs work will include over 400 vintage photographs from the 60s which were originally shown in an exhibition curated by Henry Hopkins at the Fort Worth Art Museum in 1970. Pacific Standard Time exhibitions relating to Hopperʼs work include “Under the Big Black Sun: California Art 1974-1981” at MOCA and “In Focus: Los Angeles, 1945-1980” at the J. Paul Getty Museum.