Paramount

The famous front gates of Paramount

movie studio - the only major studio still

operating within the actual confines of

geographical Hollywood - which is, of course,

distinct from metaphorical Hollywood.

Hollywood is both real and

imagined, and here both meet,

at this intersection of

Melrose and Gower,

at these famous gates,

on this old backlot where so

many movies have been shot -

this lot that was built on the

unpopulated land that belonged

to the Hollywood cemetery which

is directly north of it - with not even a wall

or fence separating.

These gates were most famously

featured in the film "Sunset Boulevard,"

though as any Hollywood historian knows-

those gates were actually the back gates of

the studio-

which are identical - off of Marathon Street.

Since 9-11, access to those gates by the

public has been denied. So

I shot these ones - for a feature

on Hollywood in Campus Circle magazine

which features other Hollywood landmarks,

such as the Chinese Theater

and Amoeba Record store.

Done