Critique Welcomed The Getty Center, Los Angeles

[Brian Moore]

This is a view looking south toward a district called Brentwood.

Olympus OM-2n and Kodak Tri-X 400 film processed in Rodinal.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

I find the scale of the building to be misleading. It doesn't look so big, yet the people look tiny. Nice to see the context, with the city in the background.

 

[Brian Moore]

I find the scale of the building to be misleading. It doesn't look so big, yet the people look tiny. Nice to see the context, with the city in the background.

Thanks Rob. Its massive this place.

 

[Pete Askew]

I can see exactly what Rob means. Love the composition too. It has a look of a 60s illustration to me that I like very much.

 

[Brian Moore]

I can see exactly what Rob means. Love the composition too. It has a looks of a 60s illustration to me that I like very much.

Much appreciated, Pete. Thanks.

 

[Ivar Dahl-Larsen]

Are you sure he did not take it in the sixties? I can still see the smog Brian. A good picture no matter when. I envy you the temperature though.

 

[Brian Moore]

Are you sure he did not take it in the sixties? I can still see the smog Brian. A good picture no matter when. I envy you the temperature though.

Thanks Ivar. No smog visible in this pic really. It used to be real bad in LA, in particular during the era that you visited. But automobile and factory exhaust regulations have done much to clean the air. I read somewhere that the local Indian name for the Los Angeles basin translated into something like "land of smoke" or something like that. This suggests to me that haze is historically a feature in the Los Angeles air. And of course, wildfires are also a feature so perhaps this is what the Indians were referring to. Nevertheless, the smog situation is better now. (I remember when it used to nip your eyes and parents were advised to keep their kids indoors and limit exercise due to the smog laden atmosphere. Those days seem to be gone now thank goodness.)