LOS ANGELES, CA – Faces of Sunset Boulevard by photographer Patrick Ecclesine will exhibit at the Bridge Gallery of the Los Angeles City Hall (200 North Main Street, 3rd Floor) and run from April 10 – May 3, 2007. This event is completely free to the public and everyone is invited to come participate in this epic project which celebrates Los Angeles’ cultural diversity in pictures and words.
Reception for the Artist
Thursday, April 12th / 7-10pm
Faces of Sunset Boulevard is a bold and captivating portrait of Los Angeles that includes subjects from every walk of life. From Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and Hollywood Celebrities, to the street vendors and the homeless.
It showcases the diversity of people and beliefs found along Sunset Boulevard as it runs 24 miles from the barrio to the beach, paving through some of the poorest neighborhoods in the city to some of the richest in the world. The project creates a timeless record of the city in 2006 through breathtaking portraits and whimsical quotes from it’s subjects.
MICHAEL ROMEO, Elvis Impersonator, Hollywood
DOCTOR STEVE SVEHLAK, Plastic Surgeon, Beverly Hills
RC BATES, Poet, Silver Lake
CHIEF BRATTON, LAPD, Old Sunset Blvd
Stephen J Cannell, Producer, Hollywood
Los Angeles’ first Hispanic Mayor since 1872, Antonio Villaraigosa
George (and friend)
MONSTRO and MATT PARKER, Philosopy PHD, Silver Lake
RICK (lost) Wanderer, Hollywood
Mia Parlor and le petite chien
Arnold Rifkin and family, Hollywood Producer, Pacific Palisades
Thom Guillou, Producer, Snazzy French Corduroy Dude
“Get a shot of that Louie!” Huell Howser, California’s Gold host on PBS
MICHAEL RILEY, Aspiring Pro-Skateboarder, Hollywood