Abstract Los Angeles is an on-going collection of photographs taken as I wander about this sprawling metropolis. Today’s installment is all about created faces; in a frame, on a billboard, with tile or maybe even eating some brains. On Lake, in Pasadena, a women opens her mouth in invitation. The hollow invitation of advertising, with [...]

Abstract Los Angeles is an on-going collection of photographs taken as I wander about this sprawling metropolis. Today’s installment is all about created faces; sometimes with spray paint, sometimes with fur, or plaster, or maybe even metal. At the intersection of two small streets, somewhere on the south side of West Hollywood, or maybe the [...]

Abstract Los Angeles is an on-going collection of photographs taken as I wander about this sprawling metropolis. Today’s installment is all about the graffiti. On a coin operated newspaper rack, someone has displayed their personal opinion about what is inside with the word ‘Lies’, near Chinatown, Los Angeles. Standing beside the rail road tracks, looking [...]

Abstract Los Angeles is an on-going collection of photographs taken as I wander about this sprawling metropolis. Today’s installment is all about the murals, there are lots of murals in Los Angeles. Hidden under an overpass of the 101 freeway near Hollywood stands a mural of success, left over from the 1984 Olympics in Los [...]

Abstract Los Angeles is an on-going collection of photographs taken as I wander about this sprawling metropolis. Today’s installment is all about faces, where ever they are found. A gentleman standing at the corner of Fairfax and Sunset one evening, who was kind enough to let me take his picture. One evening in Hollywood, and [...]

Abstract Los Angeles is an on-going collection of photographs taken as I wander about this sprawling metropolis. Today’s installment is all about the personal touch, or the signs that people etch on the world, to leave their mark. A face hidden on the side of a train car, in The Travel Town Museum, a place [...]

Abstract Los Angeles is an on-going collection of photographs taken as I wander about this sprawling metropolis. Today’s installment is all about the murals scattered about Los Angeles. Famous, on the edge of Santa Monica Blvd. Mama, I’m Hungry! on Beverly Blvd. Monster hidden in a parking lot off Hollywood Blvd. In Memory of, in [...]

Abstract Los Angeles is an on-going collection of photographs taken as I wander about this sprawling metropolis. Today’s installment is all about pieces that do not fit. Window and sky, with wall in between, at the Getty Center. Barred and closed window near Main Street and the Los Angeles River. A little church, barred, near [...]

Abstract Los Angeles is an on-going collection of photographs taken as I wander about this sprawling metropolis. Today’s installment is about signs, signs, everywhere a sign. Advise on when to call the fire department, in Long Beach Harbor. I always wondered about this sign and this pumpkin. Is the head supposed to represent the future [...]

Abstract Los Angeles is an on-going collection of photographs taken as I wander about this sprawling metropolis. Today’s installment is all about the random interaction between Los Angeles and nature. North of the town of Azusa, up in the San Gabriel Mountains, is The East Fork of the San Gabriel River. On this river are [...]

Abstract Los Angeles is an on-going collection of photographs taken as I wander about this sprawling metropolis. Today’s installment is all about the storefront, or should I say advertising, to bring the customer, and their money, inside. Some sort of giant bobble head doll, stands outside a car wash, on Beverly Blvd. The Virgin Mary [...]

Abstract Los Angeles is an on-going collection of photographs taken as I wander about this sprawling metropolis. Today’s installment is all about the mural, celebrating the Hollywood legacy. Kermit the Frog and Jim Henson on a metal shutter protecting a glass storefront on Hollywood Blvd, near Hollywood and Highland. Detail of mural on Hollywood Theatre, [...]