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A documentary study of domestic architecture in Los Angeles that exposes the veins of a city, in conflict and coexistence, with a poetic obliviousness.

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L.A. Vedute by Thomas Locke Hobbs (US) is a documentary study of domestic architecture in the city of Los Angeles. Standing on the property line of two apartment buildings with adjacent driveways, the space in between reminded Hobbs of a painting: The Ideal City of Urbino, where the illusion of space is achieved when receding lines that establish spatial relationships converge at a central vanishing point. The work presents the way shared spaces recede to a common vanishing point, largely unpopulated and deserted, like movie sets where actors have disappeared. L.A. Vedute exposes the veins of a city, in conflict and coexistence, with a poetic obliviousness: metaphors of alienation.

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L.A. Vedute by Thomas Locke Hobbs (US) is a documentary study of domestic architecture in the city of Los Angeles. Standing on the property line of two apartment buildings with adjacent driveways, the space in between reminded Hobbs of a painting: The Ideal City of Urbino, where the illusion of space is achieved when receding lines that establish spatial relationships converge at a central vanishing point. The work presents the way shared spaces recede to a common vanishing point, largely unpopulated and deserted, like movie sets where actors have disappeared. L.A. Vedute exposes the veins of a city, in conflict and coexistence, with a poetic obliviousness: metaphors of alienation.

Biografie

Thomas Locke Hobbs (US) studied at the Talleres de Estética Fotográfica in Buenos Aires. He exhibited his work in Cuzco, Lima, London, Phoenix and online with Abrir Galeria. His book, Maravilla del Mundo, was shortlisted for the Tinta.pe award in Lima and selected for Festival ZUM in São Paulo. He taught photography at the New York Film Academy and gives workshops around the world.

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