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Friday, April 20, 2007 - The Vices Illustrated

A number of vices, in images, on or near Sunset Boulevard -

Billboard for Hustler Casino, Sunset Boulevard

In the shadows below -

Cold Beer
Morphine Generation

Not what you think, at Selma and Cahuenga - rather, what all the young celebrities wear -

    Started in a dingy garage in Hollywood, CA, over the Summer of '03. Morphine Generation was founded by LA rock musician/graphic artist Erik Hart and LA-based director/fashion photographer Elliot Hans. Erik combined the emotion of his aggressive, visceral and oversexed performances, with Elliot's keen eye for photographic beauty to create the inspiration for their Morphine Generation clothing. "Rock n Roll, Decadence and Luxury". With no formal fashion training and just 3 handmade samples, the boys got orders from some of the world's top high-end accounts, such as Fred Segal, Theodore, Lisa Kline, Atrium, Bloomingdales, and Ships Tokyo. The Morphine Generation line consists of a kind hand, distressed t-shirts and polos. All garments are made form the finest and most luxurious cottons. Which are designed to drape and complient the body. Each garment is silk screened, with original artwork, which screams and shouts to be seen.

Morphine Generation website (access restricted to authorized retailers only) -

 

On the side of a beat-up RV with surfboards on top, parked off Sunset, at Curson -

Weed man...

If you wish to use any of these photos for commercial purposes I assume you'll discuss that with me. And should you choose to download any of these images and use them invoking the 'fair use" provisions of the Copyright Act of 1976, please provide credit, and, on the web, a link back this site.

Technical Note:

Most of these photographs were shot with a Nikon D70 - using lens (1) AF-S Nikkor 18-70 mm 1:35-4.5G ED, or (2) AF Nikkor 70-300mm telephoto, or after 5 June 2006, (3) AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor, 55-200 mm f/4-5.6G ED. They were modified for web posting using Adobe Photoshop 7.0. Earlier photography was done with a Sony Mavica digital still camera (MVC-FD-88) with built-in digital zoom.

[The Vices Illustrated]

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