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Leica Gallery Los Angeles
Car Pictures by Adali Schell


Adali Schell is a photographer based in Los Angeles, California, whose work explores themes of identity, memory, and community drawing from his upbringing in Southern California and family roots in rural Ohio. Working within the documentary tradition, Schell captures personal narratives which examine the nuances of human connection and the environments that shape them.

In his series Car Pictures, Schell explores how his relationships are fostered within the intimate spaces of the automobile yet constrained by the isolating nature of the highway system. A dark-green, vegetable oil-powered Mercedes 300D plays a central role in his practice — it serves both as the setting and vessel which enable his navigation of Los Angeles’ car-dependent sprawl. Framed through windows, mirrors, and lights, Schell demonstrates the inextricable presence of cars in our everyday lives. 

Gallery
Leica Gallery Los Angeles

Exhibition Dates
April 3, 2025 – June 2, 2025

Address
8783 Beverly Blvd, West Hollywood, CA 90048

Photographer
Adali Schell