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Brandon Lattu
Miracle Mile

Brandon Lattu
Miracle Mile

Miracle Mile is the collective title for a group of images depicting internally illuminated signs on Wilshire Boulevard between Fairfax and LaBrea Avenues in Los Angeles. Only signs perpendicular to the flow of traffic on Wilshire are represented. The signs are depicted on a pure black field and no other detail of any form is shown. Every sign is presented in its accurate place and scale relative to the size of the section shown and the scheme as a whole. Since all sizes remain relative, nothing recedes in space as in a perspectival view. In cases where signs read backwards, they are facing the opposite direction from the vantage point of the image.

Artist: Brandon Lattu lives in Eagle Rock, California. Currently, he is a visiting assistant professor at the University of California at Riverside. His work is represented by Leo Koenig, Inc. New York.