Bicycles, skaters, and dumpsters
Venice Beach, California. It is a place of colors, of action, of what appears on the surface to be bizarre. It is a place of illusions where realities exist only on the walls on which they are painted. Yet, in spite of their surrealistic appearances, they are also mirrors of the real world - reflections of one of the many unique aspects of Los Angeles.
All the images below are "straight" photos -- none of them were staged, posed, or altered in any way (other than cropping).
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Bicycles, skaters, and dumpsters
Starry, starry night
Puddles reflect the writing on the wall
Voices of concern
Lots of clothes
and don't forget the sunglasses...
A shirt for every occasion
Rappel Venice Beach!
Who's what, and what's real?
[See variations/closeups of this wall]
L.A. style
...and everywhere, the ocean.
Fire engine
Sidewalk galleries
A whale of a time
Bugs
View from Santa Monica Pier
Lamp posts on Santa Monica Pier
More whales...
and lots of people walking
Countryside fantasy and reality collide
Eye of the beholder