Home of the LA Phil

I was in Los Angeles last weekend teaching a street photography workshop. Street photography is definitely my first love, but I’ve never limited myself to just one genre. I love to see the world through my lens and architectural abstract photography is something I also love to do. I approach it very simply, just like I do with street: One camera, one lens. I had a little bit of time before catching my flight on Monday morning so I made my way up to the Walt Disney Concert Hall, another one of Frank Gehry’s amazing works of art. It is also the home of one of the most talented and passionate music directors in the world: Gustavo Dudamel.

I only had a few minutes and I made the best of the time and light I had to work with to give you these images of lines and curves. If you want to see the entire building, you’ll have to Google it. The clutter of the traffic and road signs doesn’t give justice to the amazing lines of Gehry’s work and I chose to leave them out of my frames.

©Valérie Jardin

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Tags: Frank Gehry, LA Phil, Walt Disney Concert Hall

13 thoughts on “Home of the LA Phil”

Nadim Baki on March 7, 2015 at 12:21 pm said:

Fantastic stuff, Valerie! I’ve shot Disney Concert Hall a couple of times (local to me), but have always struggled with adequately conveying the architecture and curves (it’s so unique) onto a photo medium. I really love how you were able to capture exactly that!

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irenadawn on March 5, 2015 at 6:01 am said:

Valerie – I have never seen any photo like these ! They take my breath away ; they are so sureal ! The angles , curves and various shapes are so perfefectly aligned and I cannot imagine where you were taking the photos . I am in awe . I will study these for some time – thank you .

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richartemurillo on March 5, 2015 at 5:38 am said:

Exquisite shots. Congratulations!

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rich barbara on March 4, 2015 at 4:00 pm said:

these are simply wonderful

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GeorgAnna Griffin on March 4, 2015 at 2:26 pm said:

Love your use of lines & framing in these shots! I love that building, too. Wish I could have attended your workshop.

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jazzpapervinyl on March 4, 2015 at 2:02 pm said:

It’s my dream about photography.

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XtinaD on March 4, 2015 at 9:04 am said:

Wow Valerie. So elegantly done. Amazing.

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Lynda on March 4, 2015 at 8:55 am said:

Love this building! Beautiful shots.

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Jane bedford on March 4, 2015 at 8:26 am said:

I love a shapes you have chosen to isolate.wish I had known u were doing a workshop in LA. I could have come to visit my son too. Next time.

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Ford J. Dieth on March 4, 2015 at 8:12 am said:

Valerie: it’s good you don’t limit yourself because these are beautiful and harken back to the days of B&W photographers seeing beauty in lines and shapes.

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Sheila B. on March 4, 2015 at 7:59 am said:

Superb, Valerie. Excellent use of those bonus minutes.

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mskgm1 on March 4, 2015 at 7:39 am said:

the lines, shadows, shapes . . . stunning

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Nancy Carney on March 4, 2015 at 7:34 am said:

Beautiful! Love the abstract design and values of these.

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