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p.1 #1 · p.1 #1 · A shot from Griffith Observatory.. and a question. | |
For many years I've absolutely loved the photograph "Los Angeles" by Andreas Gursky. Unfortunately, if you google the image, you'll find 0 results that yield a version more than about 800px wide. I decided to take it into my own hands and reshoot the image for myself because I loved the scene so much.
On Saturday friends and I drove out to San Diego for vacation, and on Sunday I went up to Griffith Observatory on the most smog-free day possibly ever in Los Angeles. After the sun went down I got the panorama of shots, and after a bit of time in PS, I replicated the look of my favourite photograph.
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3440/13094611364_70cab8c671_h.jpg
So I guess the question is whether it is fair to do. I'm happy that I finally have a version of the photograph that has more than 800x400px, but I feel like it may have been a morally questionable thing to do? I guess it just feels awfully weird, since my photo is literally the only other photo that I've found of LA that is near to Gursky's. The rest either don't encompass the whole city or weren't taken in the dark of night.
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