Monday, October 22, 2007 – Iconography

The culture is defined by its signs and symbols.

The new woman on the side of the Roosevelt Hotel, Hollywood Boulevard – we get a new one every week or so.

Detail of door at Grauman's Chinese Theater, across the street –

Lion on abandoned apartment building, Palm Avenue, West Hollywood

Under glass – a Halloween dog in the window of the Disney Store at the El Capitan Theater, Hollywood Boulevard

The ghost of Robert Redford, haunting the Sunset Strip

Not so –

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Technical Note:

Most of these photographs were shot with a Nikon D70 - using lens (1) AF-S Nikkor 18-70 mm 1:35-4.5G ED, or (2) AF Nikkor 70-300mm telephoto, or after 5 June 2006, (3) AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor, 55-200 mm f/4-5.6G ED. They were modified for web posting using Adobe Photoshop 7.0.  Earlier photography was done with a Sony Mavica digital still camera (MVC-FD-88) with built-in digital zoom.

All text and photos, unless otherwise noted, Copyright © 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 - Alan M. Pavlik