Karen Halverson: Mulholland

American photographer Karen Halverson fell in love with Mulholland Drive while visiting the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and later developed her own dynamic relationship with the 52-mile street that Hockney depicted as a colorful path to a fantastical world. Her panoramic photographs capture the allure of the street, which stretches from the Pacific Ocean to Hollywood, a unique juncture between the natural landscape and the manmade infrastructure that has come to define Los Angeles.

\n Format: Hardback
\n Length: 104 pages
\n Publication date: 01 September 2021
\n Publisher: MW Editions
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American photographer Karen Halverson (born 1949) first fell in love with Mulholland Drive while on the very opposite coast from the iconic California roadway—during a visit to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. There,Halverson encountered David Hockneys 20-foot painting Mullholland Drive: The Road to the Studio. A few years later,she moved to Los Angeles and found herself frequently driving along the 52-mile street that Hockney depicted as a colorful path to a fantastical world. Soon Halverson developed her own dynamic relationship with Mulholland Drive, likening the route along the crest of the Santa Monica Mountains to “watching a movie full of jump cuts” with its ever-changing scenery.Halversons panoramic photographs capture the allure of the street that stretches from the Pacific Ocean to Hollywood, a unique juncture between the areas natural landscape and the manmade infrastructure that has come to define Los Angeles. The images speak to the grandness of the environment and its Hollywood legacy, presented horizontally so as to emphasize their sweeping breadth. With a soft, sun-dried quality that is quintessentially Californian,Halversons photographs capture the magic that pulses through the City of Angels.

American photographer Karen Halverson (born 1949) first fell in love with Mulholland Drive while on the very opposite coast from the iconic California roadway—during a visit to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. There,Halverson encountered David Hockneys 20-foot painting Mullholland Drive: The Road to the Studio. A few years later,she moved to Los Angeles and found herself frequently driving along the 52-mile street that Hockney depicted as a colorful path to a fantastical world. Soon Halverson developed her own dynamic relationship with Mulholland Drive, likening the route along the crest of the Santa Monica Mountains to “watching a movie full of jump cuts” with its ever-changing scenery.Halversons panoramic photographs capture the allure of the street that stretches from the Pacific Ocean to Hollywood, a unique juncture between the areas natural landscape and the manmade infrastructure that has come to define Los Angeles. The images speak to the grandness of the environment and its Hollywood legacy, presented horizontally so as to emphasize their sweeping breadth. With a soft, sun-dried quality that is quintessentially Californian,Halversons photographs capture the magic that pulses through the City of Angels.

\n Weight: 907g\n
Dimension: 310 x 218 x 18 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9781735762906\n \n