Michael Hyatt: Crossroads: The Music & Streets of Los Angeles 1969 – 1981

Hyatt’s street photography of L.A. and its environs focuses on photographs made in L.A.’s legendary Skid Row, and portraits of musicians in the punk, new wave, and roots rock scenes.

Michael Hyatt (b. Long Beach CA, 1946) has been a staple of the photography, radio, and music scenes in Tucson for nearly 40 years, particularly known for his long-running radio program Route 66 on KXCI and his recent photographic work of migrants and the border.

The Andrew Smith Gallery show will have Hyatt’s street photography of L.A. and its environs, focusing on photographs made in L.A.’s legendary Skid Row, and portraits of musicians in the burgeoning punk, new wave, and roots rock scenes happening in L.A. in the late ‘70s and early ‘80s.