LOS ANGELES, CA.- The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (MOCA), announced a generous gift of $435,000 from the estate of renowned Los Angeles photographer Max Yavno, nearly 25 years after his death. Yavno, who died in 1985, was an accomplished fine art and commercial photographer known for his social documentation and sensitive depiction of urban realism. In 1989, MOCA received a substantial portion of Yavno’s estate, including 183 vintage and contemporary prints and a contribution of $500,000, which was made possible by the late Leonard Vernon, MOCA Board trustee (1989–96) and noted photography collector. In the same year, an exhibition of the photographs was presented at MOCA Grand Avenue. In 2007, upon Vernon’s passing, Stephen D. McAvoy succeeded Vernon as executor of Yavno’s estate. Through McAvoy’s efforts, and with the assistance from the staff of the