Picturing Los Angeles

by Jon Wilkman, Nancy Wilkman

Celebrating the exuberant, turbulent history of Los Angeles Picturing Los Angeles illustrates the creation, evolution, and ever-changing face of Los Angeles. Through stunning photography, the city’s intriguing, important, and unexpectedly influential past is revealed. These images function like frames from a movie, offering glimpses of an ever-evolving metropolis. Drawing upon more than two hundred years of images and human experience, the authors have gathered a telling array of newspaper photos, historical snapshots of the movie industry, and photos that offer a glimpse into the sports, politics, industry, social change, crime, disasters, arts, and everyday life of each decade. Jon and Nancy Wilkman are Emmy Award-winning documentary filmmakers and writers. Long-time Angelenos, Jon and Nancy share a passion for their city’s rich and underappreciated past as well as L.A.’s vibrant and multicultural present.

336 pages, Paperback

First published September 8, 2006

Reviews

[Elizabeth Sims · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a great reference for anybody needing visual details of greater L.A.

[Blake · Rating 3 out of 5]

After reading this book, I set it out on my coffee table, (where it gathered dust for years.) It had good pictures, and was a reasonably concise yet detailed account of the history of Los Angeles. It was a great way of putting down roots.

[Kelly · Rating 4 out of 5]

Decent amount of research, decent pictures. Could have been better.