Sitting on the Pacific coast, Los Angeles was subject to blackouts and dimouts during WWII, so the city wasn’t lit up nearly as much as it had been before Pearl Harbor. But if you stood on the observation deck atop City Hall, and if you set your camera to a long exposure setting, and if you looked east toward Union Station (it’s the building with the tower) you could get a beautifully atmospheric image that glows with film-noir-ish intensity.
Nighttime view looking east toward Union Station from the top of Los Angeles City Hall, downtown L.A., 1943
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Wow, what a sight!! Most night shots are over exposed. This was a clever way to get a true shot of what it looked like. Thanks, Martin!!
It’s really quite striking, isn’t it?
Yes, it does have a noir feel to it. I’m a fan of TMC’s Noir Alley and this photo looks like it came straight out of a scene in a 40’s film noir. Good job, Martin!