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# Photographic memory: Acclaimed artist returns home
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/photographic-memory-acclaimed-artist-returns-home/
- Published: 2004-05-15T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T04:18:43.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Events, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By Daily Press staff*

A world-renowned travel photographer and Southern California native will be hosting a worldly event in Santa Monica.

Glen Allison spent eight years traveling the globe to some of the world’s most remote and dangerous locations, including an active volcano in the South Pacific and a military coup in Thailand.

Allison has traveled to more than 137 countries and territories, with more than 50,000 of his photos in circulation. For the first time in nearly a decade, he is returning home. Allison will be hosting an event at the Santa Monica Barnes & Noble on May 16 at 2 p.m. For more information, call (858) 467-1978, or log onto www.glenallison.com.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on May 15, 2004.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/051504.pdf?ref=smdp.com)