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Title: Above Los Angeles by Robert Cameron, Jack Smith ISBN: 091868448X Publisher: Cameron & Co Pub. Date: November, 1990 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $29.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.88
Rating: 5
Summary: Eye Of The Beholder
Comment: Robert Cameron presents a place and its' character in this "above" book (as well as in the other ones). Some people fly over the Los Angeles area, gagging and shaking their heads. Mammoth highways, concrete, smog, track housing, and monster burbs. These qualities do exist. But Cameron's photos also allow you to see the different personalities and idiosyncrasies of the many communities that make up what we call Los Angeles, from the Southbay beaches to the hills. (Where LA begins and ends we're not always sure). The area of Los Angeles (like other places) is different from other major metropolitan American areas for a variety of reasons. For one, most of the topography is flat, and it's a coastal desert paved with transplants with ambition and liking for the sun. These pictures allow the City of Angels to be more intriguing and have more of its' personality exude itself, as the reader gets a closer look at it through these pictures.
Mental pictures.
Yes, there are those who state Los Angeles County is an area with few landmarks. First you've got have a good disposition to this place, and second you've got to get close. Cameron's shots provide plenty of pockets of beauty and character, and plenty of quintessential "LA" landmarks. One must close enough to observe and experience them. "Above Los Angeles" lets us. Photos that highlight the interesting and beautiful icons of this city's architecture and natural character.
Another book for LA-philes and those interested in its' history and growth is: "LA Lost & Found: An Architectural History of Los Angeles (California Architecture and Architects, No 21)." by Sam Hall Kaplan, and Julius Shulman (Photographer).
Rating: 5
Summary: 5 stars........what else would you expect?
Comment: Los Angeles is a wonderful city so full of interesting things. This book has it all. All the areas are greatly photographed and look clear. LA's smog problem seems to be subsiding as the photos show clear days (most of them) and LA is only getting better. Every part of the city is showned. If you like photos from the air, you'll like this book. Also, the Library tower is shown (this is the first building to get blown up in the movie "Independence Day") in several photos. The older printings of this book didn't have them in it. I highly recommend this book.
Rating: 4
Summary: Good but flawed
Comment: Good book, with great photos, as is to be expected. Generally does a good job of depicting LA's expanse, and its widely varying areas, with one exception; oddly, there is absolutely nothing about the beach towns: Manhattan Beach and Hermosa Beach. The book skips from Venice and LAX to Palos Verdes, omitting what arguably is the section of LA most representative of Soithern California. Very good nonetheless.
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Title: Above San Francisco: A New Collection of Historical and Original Aerial Photographs by Robert Cameron, Arthur Watterson Hoppe ISBN: 0918684730 Publisher: Cameron & Co Pub. Date: November, 1998 List Price(USD): $29.50 |
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Title: Above New York: A Collection of Historical and Original Aerial Photographs of New York City by Robert Cameron, Paul Goldberger, George Plimpton ISBN: 0918684420 Publisher: Cameron & Co Pub. Date: September, 1988 List Price(USD): $29.50 |
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Title: Above Chicago: A New Collection of Historical and Original Aerial Photographs of Chicago by Robert Cameron, Tim Samuelson, Cheryl Kent ISBN: 0918684277 Publisher: Cameron & Co Pub. Date: September, 1992 List Price(USD): $29.50 |
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Title: Photo Tour Los Angeles by Andrew Hudson ISBN: 1930495331 Publisher: PhotoSecrets Publishing Pub. Date: 15 August, 2001 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Above Washington by Robert Cameron, Alistair Cooke ISBN: 0918684080 Publisher: Cameron & Co Pub. Date: September, 1981 List Price(USD): $29.50 |
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