Yunice Kang & Chris Elrath, Sanso and Contact

Along a backwater bend in the Los Angeles River path, across the way from Elysian Valley Park, is a retail studio, Sanso, filled with Jurassic-like plants and ceramic vessels. Further down the river is a fine art photo lab, Contact, where maestros and neophytes alike come together to use the last community darkroom in Los Angeles. Both spaces are a home-from-home for husband and wife duo, Yunice Kang and Chris McElrath. Here, in the spaces they shaped, a community has formed over time. Together, the duo has collaborated with over 100 artists and institutions, including Ed Ruscha, Amanda Charchian, and LACMA.