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Wet (magazine)
Encyclopedia
Wet was an avant-garde
Los Angeles
-based magazine
that revolved around the idea of "gourmet bathing" and later evolved to "gourmet bathing and beyond." Its publisher and creator was Leonard Koren, an architecture school graduate. The magazine covered cultural issues and was known for its innovative use of graphic art.
Contributing photographers included Moshe Brakha, Brian Leatart, Claude Mougin, Matthew Rolston
, Guy Webster, and Penny Wolin
.
Over the years, Wet began to reflect a broader expanse of stories, capturing a kind of smart, artsy Los Angeles attitude that was emerging at the same time as punk
, but had its own distinct aesthetic.
Wet lasted 34 issues, spanning the years 1976 to 1981.
Avant-garde
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Los Angeles
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Magazine
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that revolved around the idea of "gourmet bathing" and later evolved to "gourmet bathing and beyond." Its publisher and creator was Leonard Koren, an architecture school graduate. The magazine covered cultural issues and was known for its innovative use of graphic art.
Contributing photographers included Moshe Brakha, Brian Leatart, Claude Mougin, Matthew Rolston
Matthew Rolston
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, Guy Webster, and Penny Wolin
Penny Wolin
Penny Wolin , also known as Penny Diane Wolin and Penny Wolin-Semple, is an American portrait photographer and a visual anthropologist. She has exhibited solo at the Smithsonian Institution and is the recipient of two grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities and one grant from the...
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Over the years, Wet began to reflect a broader expanse of stories, capturing a kind of smart, artsy Los Angeles attitude that was emerging at the same time as punk
Punk subculture
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, but had its own distinct aesthetic.
Wet lasted 34 issues, spanning the years 1976 to 1981.