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Before, During, and After Sunset ~~

Santa Monica sunsets are beautiful and attract both locals and visitors daily. Just about ten minutes before sunset people start taking their spots along Palisades Park to get the best view and snap memorable photos. And the show is never disappointing. It starts with that beautiful golden light hitting the water and the sky turning all shades of pink, orange, and red, and continues way after the sun disappears into the water of behind he mountains, depending on the time of the year. It’s a spectacle that never gets old.

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Angelenos~~

That’s what natives or inhabitants of Los Angeles are called. All very angelical, as you can see…

Parked. “OMG!”
Venice Beach couple.
West Side hipster.
Joaquin Phoenix look-alike sensed he was being watched.
A break to check emails.
Walking with intent!
What? Where? Huh?

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Frank Gehry Masterpieces~~

Frank Gehry, my favorite architect in the world, is a Canadian-born American architect who calls Los Angeles home. A number of his buildings, including his private residence in Santa Monica, and his most famous designs, the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Lost Angeles and the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain, have become world-renowned attractions. Gehry’s recent and ongoing projects include a new Guggenheim facility in Abu Dhabi, the new Facebook headquarters in California, and a memorial to Dwight D. Eisenhower in Washington, D.C., slated to be constructed at the foot of Capitol Hill. This month, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) has a special exhibit of Gehry’s body of work from the early 1960s—when he established his firm in Los Angeles—to the present, including his current work. I went to see it and, as always, was mesmerized by Gehry’s genius. He is more than an architect: he is an artist. His buildings are gigantic sculptures and, while not for everyone’s taste, they are at very least impressive. I am a huge fan and have photographed several of his buildings around L.A. and in other places. I’ll share some of them here along with their respective models, which are featured in the exhibit.

Gehry Residence Model
Gehry Residence Model
Gehry Residence, Sta Monica, CA – Photo A. Furtado
Gehry Residence, Sta. Monica, CA – Photo A. Furtado
Chiat/Day Building Model- Google Headquarters, Venice, CA
Chiat/Day Building Model- Google Headquarters, Venice, CA
Chiat/Day Building- Google Headquarters, Venice, CA- Photo A. Furtado
Chiat/Day Building- Google Headquarters, Venice, CA- Photo A. Furtado
Louis Vuitton Foundation Model
Louis Vuitton Foundation Model
Louis Vuitton Foundation, Paris – Photo A. Furtado
Louis Vuitton Foundation, Paris – Photo A. Furtado
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, Photo A. Furtado
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, Photo A. Furtado
The Spruce Building model, New York, NY
Spruce building, New York, NY. Photo by A. Furtado
Jay Pritzker Pavilion model.
Jay Pritzker Pavilion, Millennium Park, Chicago. Photo A. Furtado
Ray and Maria Stata Center for Computer, Information and Intelligence Sciences Model, MIT, Cam
Guggenheim Museum, model, Bilbao, Spain.
Guggenheim Museum Abu Dhabi model.
Biodiversity Museum model, Panama
Sunset Boulevard Buildings model, LA, CA
Facebook Headquarters model, CA
Eisenhower Memorial model, Washington, DC
Ocean Av. building complex, Sta. Monica, CA
King Street West Development, Toronto, Canada