CHRISTOPHER THOMAS – LOST IN L.A.
2017-09-18With these atmospheric black and white photographs, Thomas brings his unique style of city portraiture to Los Angeles, originally established in Münchner Elegien (2001–2005), New York Sleeps (2009), Venice in Solitude (2010)and Paris: City of Light (2014). As with his previous series, he transports the viewer to a silent city, devoid of human presence and cars, particularly extraordinary in a portrait of L.A. The exhibition includes classic views and motifs associated with the city, such as the Hollywood Sign, Randy’s Donuts, Sleeping Beauty Castle in Disneyland and Santa Monica Beach, as well as more unexpected pictures of oil pumps, solitary piers stretching into the Pacific Ocean and the nucleus and centre of Los Angeles under the Spaniards. Prestel Publishers has released a new book, Christopher Thomas: Lost in L.A., with the full series of images and text by Ira Stehmann.
Opposite – McDonalds I, Downey, Los Angeles, 2017
Exhibition runs through to October 14th, 2018
Hamiltons Gallery
13 Carlos Place
London
W1K 2EU
