Both Sides of Sunset: Photographing Los Angeles
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.76 (777 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1938922735 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-10-04 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Three Stars" according to Vinyl Dan. Book looses its allure near the end. C.J. said Nicely arranged photographs, lots of variety. A very well presented and varied look at LA, with photographs from the 1950's (with "Nicely arranged photographs, lots of variety" according to C.J.. A very well presented and varied look at LA, with photographs from the 1950's (with 2 from the 19Nicely arranged photographs, lots of variety C.J. A very well presented and varied look at LA, with photographs from the 1950's (with 2 from the 1940's) up to recent years. Generous in it's length, each photo receives a full page or page and a half, along with name of artist, title (if any) and date. The dates are the only drawback I found, as some of them are defintely incorrect. Perhaps the editors had to go by the date that was given them. Many readers could probably care less, but to me the period of time that a photograph is taken is important. I found it sur. 0's) up to recent years. Generous in it's length, each photo receives a full page or page and a half, along with name of artist, title (if any) and date. The dates are the only drawback I found, as some of them are defintely incorrect. Perhaps the editors had to go by the date that was given them. Many readers could probably care less, but to me the period of time that a photograph is taken is important. I found it sur. from the 19Nicely arranged photographs, lots of variety C.J. A very well presented and varied look at LA, with photographs from the 1950's (with 2 from the 1940's) up to recent years. Generous in it's length, each photo receives a full page or page and a half, along with name of artist, title (if any) and date. The dates are the only drawback I found, as some of them are defintely incorrect. Perhaps the editors had to go by the date that was given them. Many readers could probably care less, but to me the period of time that a photograph is taken is important. I found it sur. 0's) up to recent years. Generous in it's length, each photo receives a full page or page and a half, along with name of artist, title (if any) and date. The dates are the only drawback I found, as some of them are defintely incorrect. Perhaps the editors had to go by the date that was given them. Many readers could probably care less, but to me the period of time that a photograph is taken is important. I found it sur. I can say without a doubt that this book is the perfect encapsulation of the Los Angeles I know and love Amazon Customer As a LA native, I can say without a doubt that this book is the perfect encapsulation of the Los Angeles I know and love and yet can’t really explain. Both Ed Ruscha and David Ulin’s essays that eloquently describe the indefinability and paradoxical nature of LA foreground the beautifully printed images. Every picture has something different to say and the editing and placement of the images gives interesting juxtapositions and relationships that enrich the photographs.As the other reviews stated, the r
This whole doesn't have a "The End" moment and it has another side of the street to look at. (The Editors Metropolis Magazine) . (Rebecca Bengal Vogue)Both Sides of Sunset: Photographing Los Angeles presents one of the more nuanced odes to L.Ae good, the bad, and the ugly freeways. (Josh Klinghoffer)I like the democracy of this book. (Mayer Rus Architectural Digest)This makes "Both Sides" all about the images which makes it a wonderful book with which to revel in the wild architecture, the burned-out rocker types, the overpowering roadways, the singular street life, the sublime ridiculosity. (Laura Eckstein Jones Modern Luxury)Affinities emerge: Josef Hoflehner's startling 2010 shot of a plane seemingly parked in the sky above an In-N-Out Burger closely follows Zoe Crosher's series of distant passenger jets photographed through dismal motel-room windows. Miranda Los Angeles Times)With nearly 300 images by some of the world's leading photographers, th
Both Sides of Sunset: Photographing Los Angeles reveals these dualities and more, in images captured by master photographers such as Bruce Davidson, Lee Friedlander, Daido Moriyama, Julius Shulman and Garry Winogrand, as well as many younger artists, among them Matthew Brandt, Katy Grannan, Alex Israel, Lise Sarfati and Ed Templeton, just to name a few. The extraordinary Getty Museum project Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A. Los Angeles is a city of dualitiessunshine and noir, coastline beaches and urban grit, natural beauty and suburban sprawl, the obvious and the hidden. Proceeds from the sale of the book will benefit Inner-City Artsan oasis of learning, achievement and creativity in the heart of Los Angeles' Skid Row that brings arts education to elementary, middle and high school students.. 1945–1980 focused global attention on the city's artistic heritage, and this interest has only continued to grow. Spinning off the highly acclaimed Looking at Los Angeles (Metropolis Books, 2005), Both Sides of Sunset presents an updated and equally unromantic vision of this beloved and scorned metropolis. Both Sides of Sunset showcases many of the artists featured in the original booksuch as Lewis Baltz, Catherine Opie, Stephen Shore and James Wellingbut al