Tag: America
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The Chinese Theatre
If you know anything about Hollywood history, you’ll have heard of Grauman’s Chinese Theatre. The theatre opened in 1927, showing Cecil B. DeMille’s The King of Kings. 50 years later, the premier of Star Wars happened here, in the summer of 1977.
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Motel on Route 66
So, the famous Route 66 road that ran across America from Chicago to Las Angeles was almost 2,500 miles long. It was one of the first routes established in 1926 as part of the U.S Highway System, but started to decline around 30 years later when the Interstate Highway Act was signed, and new roads…
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The Golden Gate Bridge
One of San Francisco’s (if not the whole of America’s) most famous sights, is the Golden Gate Bridge. What did these images teach me? The Golden Gate bridge was opened in 1937, having taken 4 years to build. There are about 1.2 million rivets holding everything in place.
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Red, White, and Blue
I’m trying something new this month – I’m going to dedicate every picture throughout November to a single theme: America. That’s right, all shots this month (newly edited, even if they were taken some time ago) come from the United States of America. What did this image teach me? I’m sure everyone over there in…
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Johnny Rockets
Despite looking for all the world like a 1950s American diner, this burger chain was actually founded in the mid-1980s. What did this image teach me? Iconography – the interpretation of images and meanings is a fascinating subject, not just when applied to works of traditional art. It’s good for signage as well, I mean…