A Tentacle at the Last Bookstore

Every once in awhile I stop by my neighborhood bookstore (The Last Bookstore) and stroll around the aisles. It's always an interesting place, which not only seems to have more and more used and new books every time I go, but art as well. This intriguing item was mounted on the second floor balcony. I have no idea what it's about.

The Last Bookstore, interior (C) 2014

Mural "Lady of DTLA" finally finished

Los Angeles artist Robert Vargas has been working on a mural for the Gallery Row district of downtown L.A. for the last two weeks, and yours truly has been documenting the whole thing.

We'll be publishing a book detailing the whole soup-to-nuts shortly. In the meantime, there are a bunch of images of the process on my Facebook page.

Also, too, a big shout-out to Isabel Rojas-Williams of the Mural Conservancy of Los Angeles for her invaluable assistance.

Keep your eyes on this space.

J. Paul Getty Center

Main building, looking northeast

 

Plaza restaurant and cafe, looking northwest 

 

Plaza restaurant buttress, looking southeast

Corner of main building, looking northeast

Took in the Getty last week and thought I'd play architectural photographer for a minute or two, so I snapped a few pictures. 

Other than applying lens correction in Adobe Camera Raw 7.0 to reduce distortion (and a tiny amount of chromatic aberration) these images are printed straight, using the camera's setting of neutral calibration and Adobe RGB (1998).

 Image info: Nikon D300 w/ Nikkor AF f/3.5-4.5 18-70mm, ISO 200