photos of the Los Angeles you don't see in the movies
25 April 2009
A mural on Broadway.
24 April 2009
The Desmonds department store building on Wilshire Blvd. in the Miracle Mile.
23 April 2009
Concrete faces on the side of an apartment building in Miracle Mile. The concrete pieces above the windows are also little figures.
22 April 2009
The Sony Pictures Entertainment office building in Culver City, also known to Joss Whedon fans as the offices of evil lawyers Wolfram & Hart on Angel.
21 April 2009
The twisted-metal-wreckage design of Disney Concert Hall. This picture was taken on a grey day; on sunny days, light reflecting off of the walls makes it difficult to photograph.
20 April 2009
Looking up the beach in Santa Monica from Palisades Park.
19 April 2009
I found this gorgeous light fixture, with a multitude of curlicues and flowers and towers and other intricate designs, hanging in the gallery area of Royal-T, the "maid cafe"/gallery in Culver City.
We've all seen Los Angeles either playing itself or standing in for any number of other locations in TV and movies throughout the years... but what about the LA we don't see on screen? The details the cameras don't pick up, the less-popular or less-photogenic locations, the things even most residents miss as they zip from place to place on the freeways? Los Angeles, off screen presents the other LA, one photo at a time. (...okay, and maybe some of the famous places too. Because, let's face it, a lot of them are cool.)