Of course, Henri Cartier-Bresson is known for his rule of thirds in photographs (or art). But he didn’t mean like this, did he? That’s the Observatory way at one end, not at the third mark, and doesn’t it look fresh and new! This was also almost my exact view when I lived on Vermont Avenue.
The hillside looks bleak, but the photo wasn’t taken after the Griffith Park fire, but way way before. It’s from an old postcard, circa 1935, that Beatrice and Charles Soter, also on the committee, allowed me to use after I spied it atop their homeowner’s newsletter. It has dignity, doesn’t it?
Griffith Park and Observatory, from 1935 postcard
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Author, 2 hardcopy books, Barnes & Noble Calendar.
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