Not Different

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	*Photography*

		*December 2008*




Wednesday, December 3, 2008 – Not Different Welcome to my neighborhood – this end of the Sunset Strip. I too thought California would be different. Maybe it is.

To explain:

The first of the 22 off-site projects at the 2008 California Biennial were installed last week on billboards around town, compliments of LAXART Public Art Initiatives and ForYourArt. The two are Raymond Pettibon’s iconic 1989 image that references the myth of a glamorized, idealized California with the scrawled caption "I thought California would be different" is in West Hollywood near the House of Blues. Karl Haendel’s 2008 "A year from now, what will I wish I had done?" can be found on La Cienega Boulevard between Venice and Washington Boulevards.

Across the street from the House of Blues they're working on the Hyatt – the famous Riot House – room 1015 is where Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards dropped a television out the window, and so on (more here). Now it's cute.

Building wrap, Hyatt on Sunset, West Hollywood

Damn that Tom Cruise!

Oh, there are the movie stars to consider, like Brad Pitt, here hovering over Radio Shack.

Billboard, Sunset Strip - Brad Pitt's left eye

His co-star –

Billboard, Sunset Strip - movie star's right eye

Billboard, Sunset Strip - Red Lips, Smoke - Smooth

Gucci billboard, Chateau Marmont, West Hollywood - Woman, Hoop

The rear of that Gucci billboard – it's at the Chateau Marmont, which is rather famous.

Across the street, the Body Shop – Nude Girls! Live! – but they have a nice fountain out front.

It seems you should pay attention to Elvis Costello.

Billboard, Sunset Strip - Elvis Costello

You get used to the place.

Raymond Pettibon's iconic 1989 image that references the myth of a glamorized, idealized California with the scrawled caption "I thought California would be different" - in West Hollywood near the House of Blues - negative print

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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. The high-resolution photography here was modified for web posting using Adobe Photoshop 7.0 software.

[December 2008] [Minding the Signs] [New Walls] [Duchamp Lives] [Not Different] [At the End] [Hollywood Power] [Winter Whites] [Forbidden City] [To the Sea] [Avian Elegance] [Everyday Gulls] [Extreme Advertising] [True Hollywood] [Christmas West] [Tree Peonies] [Tsutsuji Time] [Studio Entrance] [Disturbing Faces] [Only the Odd] [December Rain] [December Seascapes] [Santa Monica Angels] [Faces on Walls] [As Winter Begins] [Indulge] [Pico Star Power] [Surreal Soul Food] [Christmas Stars] [Lights and Sky] [For the Next Year] [The Last of Them] [Another Restaurant] [History Everywhere] [New Years Eve]