BRANDON TAUSZIK

I’m proud to share 𝗔 𝗖𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗙𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗸, my new documentary released with @theintercept . The film follows Los Angeles schoolteacher Ron Gochez as he leads @uniondelbarrio ’s fight against ICE in LA. Swipe for more → Director, Producer, Camera: @be_dizzle Editor: @hoodablah Assistant Editor: @jason.parrrk Translator: @mawweea Colorist: @_derekhansen Audio Mixer: Matt Wood Production Company: @sprinklelab @theintercept team: Maia Hibbett, Fei Liu, Ben Muessig, Nara Shin, Jonah Valdez, Shawn Musgrave, David Bralow @documentaryplus team: @rockauteur @brynmooser @kennyjamez This story was supported by @economichardship with funding made possible by The Puffin Foundation. Link in bio for the full film.

The Bureau of Infrastructure Inspections would like to thank Brandon Tauszik (@be_dizzle ) and PAC LA (@photographicartscouncil_la ) for collaborating on the preparation of this audiovisual after-action report for Inspection 62-04182026 “POWER FLOWS”. 🎥 by @ginapollack

A short walkthrough of my solo exhibition Wᴀᴛᴇʀ & Pᴏᴡᴇʀ, currently on view at Photographic Arts Council Los Angeles. The exhibition runs through the end of May. For the closing event, I’ll be in conversation with author @rosecransbaldwin followed by a reception and drinks. 🗓 Saturday, May 30 ⏰ Conversation 1:30 PM / Reception 2:30 PM 📍 PAC LA @ The Reef Full video + closing event RSVP in bio. 🎥 by @ginapollack

PAC LA presents Brandon Tauszik at IPF 2026 Living Harriet Tubman Screening & Conversation with the Filmmakers We’re honored to welcome photographer and filmmaker Brandon Tauszik @be_dizzle to the Inglewood Photo Festival 2026 for a screening and conversation around Living Harriet Tubman, co-directed with Theo Schear. The film follows Nancy Whittle @living_harriet_tubman , a Fresno-based social worker who has spent more than thirty years portraying Harriet Tubman at Civil War reenactments across California. As she nears retirement, the film opens up larger questions around historical memory, Black visibility, performance, and the ongoing struggle against whitewashed versions of American history. A retiring Civil War reenactor stages a provocative final performance amid escalating attempts to obscure the realities of American history. Brandon Tauszik’s work moves across photography, film, and long-term documentary practice, focusing on the structures, contradictions, and subcultures that shape American life. His work has been featured in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Le Monde, and the British Journal of Photography. Sunday, May 17, 2026 Inglewood Photo Festival RSVP — link in bio #IPF2026 #InglewoodPhotoFestival #BrandonTauszik #LivingHarrietTubman #PACLA

What does a career in photography actually look like? 📸 Join us at Second Sight photo festival for our panel discussion: Bridging the Gap from School to Career — Pathways and Opportunities in Photography. Three professional photographers. Real insight into how they got here. 🗓 Saturday, May 9 | 12:30–2:15pm 📍 Westerbeck Hall, Pasadena City College Featuring: ↳ Arlene Mejorado @ari.mejorado ↳ Brandon Tauszik @be_dizzle ↳ Manjari Sharma @manjee Moderated by Arpad Kovacs @kov.arpi Free to attend with festival registration. Link in bio. #pacla #pasadenacitycollege #photographycareers #laphotography #photographycommunity

I’m hosting an artist talk and walkthrough of my Water & Power exhibition this Saturday at PAC LA. It’s followed by a bike tour organized by @infrastructure.la where we’ll roll up to a series of LADWP sites around Downtown LA. Come for the talk, join the ride if you want (it’s 19 miles). 🗓 Saturday, April 18 ⏰ Meet 12:30PM / Talk 1PM / Ride 1:30PM 📍 PAC LA @ The Reef

What does it mean to rehearse a history that never really ended? 🇺🇸 This week, our #AIAArtistFeature is Brandon Tauszik (@be_dizzle ), whose long-term project “Pale Blue Dress” explores Civil War reenactment communities in California. Across fields far removed from the original sites of conflict, Tauszik documents gatherings where participants restage the war through carefully constructed environments, uniforms, and rituals. Weekends unfold as immersive worlds with their own internal logic, where history is not only remembered but actively performed. Rather than disrupting the illusion, Tauszik allows it to hold. His images observe how certain narratives are preserved while others fall away, revealing a visual culture shaped as much by omission as by attention. In these spaces, the war persists as a shared language, one that continues to shape ideas of identity, memory, and belonging. As Tauszik reflects, “Apparently in America, the story outlives the outcome.” “Pale Blue Dress” offers a quiet, unsettling look at how histories are carried forward, not as fixed truths, but as living performances that continue to evolve. 🪖 #ApparentlyInAmerica was founded by curator Francesca Hummler (@fransangle ). 🇺🇸 #AmericanHistory #DocumentaryPhotography #CivilWar

“When the country gets a cold, Vegas gets pneumonia.” I spent a few days on the ground in Las Vegas for @nytimes , documenting a city at an economic breaking point. From the prosperous rooftop of Circa Casino to the empty floors of Circus Circus, here is what City of Sin looks like in 2026. Link in bio for the full report by Reis Thebault. 🎰📸

Notice of Inspection 62-04182026 DATE: Saturday, April 18, 2026 TIME: Meet 12:30 PM, Artist Talk 1:00 PM, Roll 1:30 PM START AND END LOCATION: PAC LA at The REEF (1933 S Broadway, 4th Floor) POWER FLOWS This is a formal notification of a 19-mile long, 300-foot high hydroelectric biking inspection of selected Los Angeles Department of Water & Power facilities in and around Downtown Los Angeles as part of the public programming for “WATER & POWER,” a solo exhibition by Brandon Tauszik (@be_dizzle ) on view at Photographic Arts Council Los Angeles (@photographicartscouncil_la ). There will be an accompanying artist talk in PAC LA’s gallery space inside The REEF at the beginning going over the sites and the exhibition with printed material containing information about the inspection stops for those not able to join the ride portion of the inspection. The purpose of this inspection is to analyze how the elemental forces of water and electricity have shaped the development of Los Angeles and its ruling power structures. Functional bike, repair tools, and water rights all highly recommended.

Opening weekend for Wᴀᴛᴇʀ & Pᴏᴡᴇʀ 💧⚡️ Grateful for everyone who came out to celebrate, talk infrastructure, have a drink, and spend time with the work. The show is up through May 30th ~ so if you missed the opening, come see it in person. Also, stay tuned for an exhibition walkthrough and DWP bicycle tour with @infrastructure.la on Saturday 4/18. 🗓 On view now 📍 PAC LA at The REEF @photographicartscouncil_la

Come see it in person! Wᴀᴛᴇʀ & Pᴏᴡᴇʀ opens this weekend at PAC LA’s space at The REEF, coinciding with SHOW LA. Take a rare look inside the century-old aqueduct and hydroelectric system that made Los Angeles possible. 🗓 Exhibition: Feb 26 – May 30 🥂 Reception: Sat, Feb 28 · 2–5 PM 📍 PAC LA at The REEF Free and open to the public — no SHOW LA ticket required. @photographicartscouncil_la @weldoncolorlab @the_reef_la @show.l.a

Opening at PAC LA: Brandon Tauszik — Water & Power On February 28, we’re welcoming photographer and filmmaker Brandon Tauszik @be_dizzle to PAC LA’s space at The REEF for the opening of Water & Power, presented during SHOW LA. The reception is free and open to the public—no fair ticket needed. Tauszik’s photographs turn our attention to the massive, often overlooked infrastructure that makes life in Los Angeles possible. From the Owens River Valley to aging hydroelectric plants still in use today, Water & Power looks at how water was moved, controlled, and transformed into the foundation of a city. Shot in color and echoing the visual language of early industrial photography, the work reveals a tension between ingenuity and extraction, permanence and precarity. What once felt inevitable is shown as the result of extraordinary—and ongoing—human intervention. 📍 PAC LA at The REEF @the_reef_la 🗓 February 28 🎟 Free to attend Join us for the opening and spend time with a project that reframes how we see the systems sustaining Los Angeles. Production support generously provided by @weldoncolorlab #PhotographyExhibition #ArtistSpotlight #ContemporaryPhotography #PhotoExhibition #LosAngelesArt Images: 1. Tauszik - Trainee, Power Plant 2 2. Tauszik - Power Plant 2 3. Tauszik - Replacement Piping 4. Tauszik - Haiwee Power Plant