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Just outside of Griffith Observatory, there’s an amazing piece of WPA art (technically PWAP, actually, but sponsored by the New Deal). The sculpture features six astronomers: Hipparchus, Copernicus, Galileo, Kepler, Newton, and Herschel.
posted 30 July 2010 in Photos. no comments yet
Taken a few days ago, on a walk through Runyon Canyon. That’s part of an abandoned cement court, used years ago for both tennis and basketball.
posted 23 July 2010 in Photos. no comments yet
Taken two weeks ago, on a walk around the Silver Lake reservoir. As far as I can tell, that’s an annex to the reservoir–currently empty except for what appears to be a whole lot of black foam rubber.
posted 2 July 2010 in Photos. no comments yet
Found recently on the beach:
posted 18 June 2010 in Photos. no comments yet
Taken last month at the annual open house at Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Padadena: a closeup on a campus fire truck. (The name for this file on my computer, by the way, is jpl.jpg.)
posted 4 June 2010 in Photos. no comments yet
I was lucky enough to talk with Dennis Hopper once. I was writing a short piece for the short-lived Rolling Stone “Cool Issue” about his book of photographs, 1712 North Crescent Heights. (Now out of print, the book is available on Amazon for prices starting at $580. Damn, maybe I should sell my copy.) We [...]
posted 1 June 2010 in Articles. no comments yet
Spotted while walking to dinner last night. I suppose that a swing is basically just a bench with some rigging, but that case is rarely made so starkly.
posted 7 May 2010 in Photos. no comments yet
Spotted while walking around L.A.
posted 30 April 2010 in Photos. 2 comments
My best wishes to you for a joyful 2010. I’m going to take a short break for the holidays; posting will resume in the new year.
posted 25 December 2009 in Photos. no comments yet
