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Los Angeles. Portrait of a City

Autor Kevin Starr Editat de Jim Heimann
en Limba Engleză Hardback – sep 2013
Los Angeles, this is your life. This book tells how LA came to be what it is today. From the first known photograph taken in Los Angeles to its most recent sprawling vistas, this photographic tribute to the City of Angels is first of its kind to survey in depth the full range of the city's photographic history.

Exploring the cultural, political, industrial, and sociological history via the work of myriad photographers, the book examines the city's critical developments ranging from the real estate booms of the 1880s to the uncontrolled urban sprawl of the late 20th century. With over 600 images, the city is shown emerging from a desert wasteland to a horticultural Eden courtesy of imported water. Poignant events that captured the attention of the world, notably two Olympics, the assassination of Bobby Kennedy, and the Rodney King riots, reveal a city of many dimensions.

The entertainment capital of the world, Hollywood, and its celebrities are showcased along with notable Los Angeles personalities, architects, artists, and events. Many of the pop cultural movements which started in Los Angeles, such as surfing, health food fads, and hot rods, are included, as are the cities notorious crimes and criminals. Focusing on one of the most photographed and familiar cities of the world, this book unveils a new dimension of its visual history with hundreds of freshly discovered images including those of Julius Shulman, Henri Cartier-Bresson, William Claxton, Weegee, and many more.

Culled from major historical archives, museums, private collectors, and universities, the images are bolstered by insightful texts by renowned California historian Kevin Starr and Los Angeles literature expert David Ulin.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9783836502917
ISBN-10: 3836502917
Pagini: 571
Ilustrații: zahlreiche Farbfotos
Dimensiuni: 257 x 345 x 46 mm
Greutate: 4.32 kg
Ediția:Nachauflage.
Editura: Taschen Books

Descriere

From the first-known photograph taken in Los Angeles to its most recent sprawling vistas, this photographic tribute to the City of Angels explores the cultural, political, industrial, and sociological history via the work of myriad photographers.

Notă biografică

David L. Ulin ist Literaturredakteur der Los Angeles Times und Autor von The Myth of Solid Ground: Earthquakes, Prediction, and the Fault Line Between Reason and Faith, das 2004 vom San Francisco Chronicle und der Chicago Tribune zum ¿Besten Buch¿ gekürt wurde. Ulin ist Herausgeber der Bände Another City: Writing from Los Angeles sowie Writing Los Angeles: A Literary Anthology für die Library of America, welches 2002 mit dem California Book Award ausgezeichnet wurde. Er schreibt für The Atlantic Monthly, The Nation, The New York Times Book Review und die Radioshow All Things Considered des Senders National Public Radio. Sein Essay ¿The Half-Birthday of the Apocalypse¿ wurde 2004 für den Pushcart Prize nominiert. Im akademischen Jahr 2008-2009 lehrt Ulin als Gastprofessor im Masterstudiengang Creative Writing am California Institute of the Arts.