Ed Ruscha's 65,000 Sunset Boulevard Photos Digitized by Getty
The Getty Museum has digitized Ed Ruscha's monumental photographic archive 'Every Building on the Sunset Strip,' comprising 65,000 images taken from 1965 to 2010. The project documents every building, shop, gas station, and parking lot along Los Angeles's iconic Sunset Boulevard, creating a visual atlas of urban and cultural change over half a century. An interactive interface allows users to browse the archive and explore the process of its creation and preservation.
Key facts
- Ed Ruscha was born in Nebraska in 1937.
- Ruscha lived and worked in Los Angeles for 65 years.
- The series documents Sunset Boulevard from 1965 to 2010.
- The archive includes 65,000 photographs.
- Every building, shop, gas station, and parking lot is recorded.
- The Getty Museum began digitizing the work last year.
- The images are accessible on the project website.
- An interactive interface enables navigation of the archive.
Entities
Artists
- Ed Ruscha
Institutions
- Getty Museum
- Artribune
Locations
- Nebraska
- Los Angeles
- Sunset Boulevard