the extreme close up and blue tint

this legend is forged into a manhole cover on the corner of sunset blvd and fountain ave in los angeles. "city of los angeles made in mexico" is a whole critical essay in and of itself.... but i want to talk about extreme close ups and blue tint right now...

the manhole cover is a dull grey. its metal, but its been trod upon for years and lost whatever lustre it may have had. no problem. i mess around with chromatics all the time.

i stumbled upon this fantastic memento of all things LA in the winter of 2004 - december. it was both fantastically sunny and torrentially rainy in LA. which is normal.

i always like to photograph odd legends, signs, juxtapositions.

i also always like close ups.



the can of peanuts is from when i bought my first set of close-up lenses in 1973, and here are some tanks that i saw backstage at the mercury lounge in NYC, circa 2003.



they're all quite beautiful to me.


thirty years in between all those photos, yet...the sentiment and motivation for taking them is the same.... plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose