Faces of Sunset Boulevard, A Portrait of Los Angeles

As many of you know I’ve been working hard to finish my photo-documentary book, Faces of Sunset Boulevard, A Portrait of Los Angeles in time for the holidays. I’m excited to say the book (published by Santa Monica Press) just hit the shelves of Barnes & Noble, Amazon, and other bookstores yesterday!

Furthermore, Faces of Sunset Boulevard has been awarded the Top Photo Book of 2008 by Shutterbug magazine, beating out offerings from some of the most respected photographers in the world.

To coincide with the book release there is an exhibition from November 26 to January 8 at the ArcLight cinemas on Sunset Boulevard. This exhibit will focus on the outlandish and outrageous inhabitants of West Hollywood along the Sunset Strip at night. I’m particularly proud of the night-work in the West Hollywood section because after ten weeks of extensive testing, and 2 dozen trips to home depot (where we built our lights from raw materials), we perfected the look we set out to achieve. If you see the attached shots you’ll discover that this is going to be an interesting show.*


Also, on December 6th there will be a book signing at the Book Soup bookstore on Sunset Boulevard at 7pm. Feel free to drop by. It’ll be fun.


One last thing: the website has also been updated with a lot of new photos so please be sure to check out www.facesofsunset.com and spread the word to anyone else that you think might be interested, as I’d like to generate as much awareness and enthusiasm as possible.


Thanks so much for your support!

Patrick Ecclesine



* (NIGHT_WORK_SUNSET.jpg features: Krys Fox – DJ/Go-Go Boy, Laree Baker - Pageant queen, Vanessa & Brittney –Bartenders at Cabo Cantina, Glen Hansen & Lenora Claire -Artists, Marjorie Hamlin -Teacher).