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Southern California Photography, September 2008

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Tuesday, September 16, 2008 – Above the Strip

Living just up the street from the Sunset Strip for almost twenty years now is not that odd. You watch the billboards change every few weeks and get a feel for what matters in popular culture.  Hollywood and the Sunset Strip are, after all, where what will be hot first starts.  So you get a preview of next month, or next year, in Peoria. And these images float above the strip at the moment.
Billboard advertizing perfume, Sunset Strip, West Hollywood
Billboard advertizing perfume, Sunset Strip, West Hollywood - reflected in glass
Billboard, male torso, above the Whisky a Go Go, West Hollywood

Yes, things are always changing. It's all about building an image, or pasting one on a tall building.

Workers applying building wrap, Sunset Strip, West Hollywood
Workers applying building wrap, Sunset Strip, West Hollywood
Workers applying building wrap, Sunset Strip, West Hollywood
Workers applying building wrap, Sunset Strip, West Hollywood
Workers applying building wrap, Sunset Strip, West Hollywood

And it's often all about the babes.

Billboard, three babes, Sunset Strip, West Hollywood
Target Stores building wrap, Sunset Towers, West Hollywood
Part of billboard on the Sunset Strip - "Gone" - advertizing the remake of The Day the Earth Stood Still

And here's the current lineup at the Whisky and the Viper Room.  Deal with it.

Marquee, Whisky a Go Go
Marquee, Viper Room

And…

"I, Chihuahua" - building wrap on the Sunset Strip for the Disney film, Beverly Hills Chihuahua

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Technical Note:

These photographs were taken with a Nikon D200 – the lenses used were AF-S Nikkor 18-70 mm 1:35-4.5G ED, or AF Nikkor 70-300 mm telephoto.  Photography here is modified for web posting using Adobe Photoshop 7.0 software.

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