Domenico Foschi: Los Angeles, Mon Amour

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Domenico Foschi: Los Angeles, Mon Amour

Los Angeles is a hard city to define visually.  We all know the beautiful coastline, the star filled streets of Hollywood, the fabulous noir sensibilities of 1920’s and 30’s architecture, the mid century masterpieces by photographers like Julius Schulman,

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Photographer Domenico Foschi has a way of capturing the streets of Los Angeles where time stands still and small gestures and unremarkable events become cinematic.  Shot in grainy black and white, his photographs nod to their noir roots, looking at life in the shadows, away from the sunshine and avocados.  His work acknowledges that Los Angeles is a city, an urban stage for all the small dramas that take place on a daily basis.