Hollywood

The Hollywood Sign, the snow and the sea, all in a single frame.
Down at the water, the harbor and the breakwater. Then the rooftops climbing away from the coast, the Hollywood Sign on its hillside, and above everything the San Gabriel Mountains under fresh snow. It only lines up like this on a handful of winter evenings, when a storm has passed, left the peaks white and scrubbed the air clean enough to see all the way across the basin.
A long telephoto lens pulls the whole city together until the ocean, the sign and the mountains seem to stack on top of one another. The last light of the day turned every layer the same warm color, from the houses by the water to the summits. And right as it peaked, a jet on its way into LAX slid through the frame just beneath the sign.
For anyone who loves this city in all its layers. Printed and finished to gallery standard, made to anchor a living room, an office, or the wall you walk past every day. A piece of Hollywood to bring home, or to keep Los Angeles close long after you leave.