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Thursday, October 29, 2009 – Empty Lot Art
Empty lots don't stay empty on the east end of Sunset Boulevard. This one, on Sunset Boulevard near Sanborn, had been enclosed by a chain link fence. Someone ripped that open and the homeless have been camping there. But any empty lot also gets murals. Consider it what the French architects of the Second Empire used to term horror Vacui – the fear of unadorned surfaces.
So, from Javier Nieves, we get an angel –
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This might be the Bluebird of Happiness –
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Nearby, on the east wall of Circus of Books, that hummingbird is still there –
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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 to this site.
Technical Note:
These photographs were taken with a Nikon D200 – the lenses used were AF-S Nikkor 18-70 mm 1:35-4.5G ED, or AF Nikkor 70-300 mm telephoto. The high-resolution photography here was modified for web posting using Adobe Photoshop 7.0 software.
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All text and photos unless otherwise noted, Copyright © 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 - Alan M. Pavlik
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