
Hollywood
Photos and Stories from Foreverland
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March 1, 2018
Best known for his role on the TV show, Pretty Little Liars, Allen has been taking pictures all his life. He follows his photobook, life.love.beauty (2016), with this highly subjective look at Tinseltown. Allen juxtaposes, for instance, the Art Deco architecture of Hollywood High School (Judy Garland's alma mater) and a street vendor's cart piled high with produce, a picture of Madame Tussaud's wax bust of Simon Cowell and a portrait of one of Hollywood's homeless, to depict the city's gleaming fa�ade in contrast with its hidden life. Some pictures are paired with explanatory captions or poetic anecdotes. Others?a body sprawled in front of a Baptist church, a middle-aged man wearing khakis and a python around his neck?go without commentary. Though promising a view into the real Hollywood, Allen's vision of the city is still that of a romantic: dusk, splashing around in a fountain with a girl he's just met at the bus stop, and a view of the city's glowing skyline as seen from the vantage of its iconic sign.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2018, American Library Association.)
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