Sunday, November 20, 2011

LAX - NIGHT & DAY - viDEO ARt


Very hi-def time-lapse photography of LAX by night ...

... and by day.
I liked it a lot.
Let me know if you know who the artist is.

Saturday, November 19, 2011

At Father's Office - Culver City, CA

Outside seating at Father's Office bar in Culver City (at the old Helms Bakery).

Friday, November 18, 2011

Lift Me Up - Los Angeles, CA

Elevator at the LACMA (LA County Museum of Art).
(The main lift is 21 feet wide, 16 feet high and 9 feet deep, with windows that also provide a city view. And, in the elevator, visitors are literally inside an artwork: A dramatic piece by Barbara Kruger lines the elevator shaft with red, white and black. - LA Times, 2-28-08)
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Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Facing me -- Culver City, CA

Encountered at a furniture store at the old Helms Bakery.

HELMS Olympic Bread - Culver City, CA

The old Helms Bakery now houses various stores. So nice that the space has been perserved.

Monday, November 14, 2011

At the Museum - MOLAA, Long Beach, CA

Studying art at the Museum of Latin American Art. (molaa.org).

An exhibit I found fascinating in the permanent collection was a set of movie clips from '30s, '40s, and '50s that used the same painting by Diego Rivera, Flower Carrier, 1935, as part of the set. Rivera is most known for his later works as a famous Mexican muralist, and more recently as the (two-time) husband of Freda Kahlo.
See the painting photo at http://gardenofpraise.com/art24.htm.
Of course, the movies were in black and white.

Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Saturday, November 5, 2011

A Place to Hang My Hat

Venice, CA -  21 October 2011

Friday, November 4, 2011

PUSH

In Venice, California.
21 October 2011

Thursday, November 3, 2011

Birds in VENICE

Venice just wouldn't do without the birds, even if it is Venice in California.
21 October 2011

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Thursday, October 27, 2011

Sunday, October 9, 2011

HOLLYWOOD is not so kind, Jimmy Dean

Bust of James Dean by the Hollywood-based artist Kenneth Kendall
At Griffith Park Observatory, 8 October 2011

Thursday, September 15, 2011

Sunday, August 28, 2011

Saturday, August 27, 2011

Sunday Flowers

 Bougainvillea Leaves & Flowers (20 August 2011)
PhotoShop altered with Dry-Brush Filter
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Pacifico at Entrada Dr. (Mural by Andy Anh Ha)

Advertisement for Pacifico Beer - PCH and Entrada in Santa Monica, CA

Sunday, August 21, 2011

Ladies Who Lounge (Then) & Ladies Who Shop (Now)

Shoppers at the DH Buttercup furniture store at the site of the original Helm's Bakery in Culver City, CA
Photograph in the photo: Poolside Gossip by Slim Aarons, 1970

Friday, July 29, 2011

TAKE OUT Mr. Lonely

Reflection on "Lonely" photograph (artist unknown) at
K2 restaurant, Silver Lake district of Los Angeles, CA
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Update (8-21-11) - photographer found:  Lonely by John Arsenault, 2003