NoHo in Yellow
Some yellow art in a parking lot in North Hollywood. For more of my photographs, follow me on Instagram.
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Books I Read in 2024: The Valley
The Valley by Larry Sultan is one of my favorite photography books. A gorgeous, evocative, moving chronicle of life in the San Fernando Valley's adult movie industry by the late great Larry Sultan. Includes a front of the book essay by Sultan that interweaves his youth in the Valley and being on the sets of adult movies.
Books I Read in 2024: Victory Parade, I Hate Men, My Friend Dahmer, The Crying of Lot 49, Machines in the Head, Big Magic, The Valley, End of Active Service, An Honest Woman, The Money Shot, Atomic Habits, Finding Your Own North Star, Crazy Cock, Sigrid Rides, Your Money Or Your Life
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Estate Sale (Green)
A shot from an estate sale in Encino, CA. Follow me on Instagram for more of my life in L.A. photographs.
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Canoga Park
Two porn stars shoot a scene in Canoga Park in the San Fernando Valley. Photographed by me in April 2009.
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Pink Fishnets
I took this photograph of a porn star on the set of an adult movie in Woodland Hills, CA, in the spring of 2009.
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Black and Clouds
Clouds over a black mirrored building in Encino. Follow me on Instagram for more of my photographs.
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Blue Mannequin
A blue backyard mannequin in Lake Balboa. Follow me on Instagram for more photos from my life in L.A.
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Retro
Vintage tech at a Valley Village estate sale. Follow me on Instagram for more photos from my life in L.A.
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Cold Drinks
A vintage furniture store in North Hollywood. Follow me on Instagram for more photos from my life in L.A.
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Porn Valley Dreams
In Porn Valley, the fantasy never ends.
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An excerpt:
Yesterday, I found myself driving around in North Hollywood and realized I was near a shooting location where I’d watched a certain kind of extreme adult movie getting made many years ago. It was a curious place at a curious time, and as I drove down the street, I remembered what it was like to come around the corner at dusk, to see the oversized security guard outlined from the light spilling out from the doorway, to stand on the sound stage and see what men did behind closed doors.
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Porn Valley Stories
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Several years ago, I started writing a series of short stories (fiction) set in Porn Valley. Some of those stories have been published over the years. One that I had a hard time placing was entitled “Spike” and featured a male porn star whose erection wouldn’t subside. After 14 rejections, that story was finally accepted for publication. I’ll follow up with details closer to the date of publication, which will be in early 2020.
Valley Girls
Star Garden sounds like a San Fernando Valley strip club worth checking out. It's a dive bar but with dancers. Time Out calls it "'the Jumbo’s hipsters haven’t ruined yet.'" Here's a fun YouTube review by a woman named Moonshine Bonanza.