Michael Light: LA Day, LA Night - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1934435309 ISBN 13: 9781934435304

Publisher: Radius Books, 2011

Synopsis

The greater Los Angeles area covers 4,850 square miles--the size of a small country--and holds almost 18 million people. Perhaps America's largest human creation, it has been vilified and celebrated in equal measure since its inception. Is L.A. the face of the apocalypse, or an ultimate paradise at continent's edge--or both? With LA Day/LA Night, photographer Michael Light continues his aerial examination of the arid American West by bringing together two opposing views of the city in a double-volume set. LA Day stares directly into the sun, which blasts the metropolis in a relentless and specific light. LA Night drifts over the city as it grows darker, and begins to resemble the starry sky vaulted above. Referencing Ed Ruscha, Peter Alexander, Julius Schulman and writers from Philip K. Dick to Raymond Chandler, LA Day/LA Night continues Los Angeles's rich cultural legacy of examining its favorite schizophrenic subject--itself.

About this edition

• Publisher: Radius Books
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1934435309
• ISBN 13: 9781934435304
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 72