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Urban Light

            This forest of city street lights, called Urban Light was created by artist Chris Burden. Despite initial appearances, the arrangement is not a perfect grid. Depending on where the viewer stands, the lamps arrange themselves in different angles and arrays. The 202 cast iron lamps once lit the streets of Los Angeles. Burden bought the first one at the Rose Bowl flea market, and soon collecting and restoring street lights became an obsession. He painted them all the same neutral gray, in order to draw the eye to all the different varieties of cast iron decoration. Burden says that street lamps like these were symbols of a civilized and sophisticated city—safe after dark and beautiful to behold. The lights all still work, and they are now powered by solar energy. They are switched on every night at dusk, and are lit until 10pm. At night, Burden says his sculpture becomes transformed into “a building with a roof of light.” Since it was installed along LACMA’s Wilshire Boulevard entrance in February 2008, artist Chris Burden’s "Urban Light" has become "an instant landmark" [New York Times]. 
   

Taken in: United States / California / Parklabrea (show map)

Taken on: March 22, 2020

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2020

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Urban Light

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Camera: Leica Camera AG LEICA M10, f/4.8, 1/8 sec, 35mm, ISO 400 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Leica Camera AG LEICA M10
Lens:	Summilux-M 1:1.4/35 ASPH.
Aperture:	f/4.8
Exposure Time:	0.125 sec (1/8)
Focal Length:	35mm
ISO:	400
Exposure Bias:	+1 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto bracket
Metering Mode:	Center-weighted average
White Balance:	Auto
Contrast:	High
Sharpness:	Hard
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 9.2 (Windows)
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