PATTERNS AND TONES

The Ambassador Hote l was located on Wilshire Boulevard and was an imposing  Mediterranean Revival  structure built in 1921. Before I even moved to Los Angeles I had heard of this amazing hotel. It was the place where Hollywood legends from the 20's through the 70's danced the night away and where sadly,  Robert F. Kennedy  was assassinated in 1968 after having given a victory speech. The history at the Ambassador is rich. Besides its 600 hotel rooms and 76 bungalows, the hotel had 37 shops, a private school, golf course, bowling alley, theater and the city's very first nightclub, the Zinnia Grill . With the impending demolition of one of LA's most historic buildings, I quickly put together a photo shoot so that I could tour the hotel since it had been closed to the pubic for many years and I had never been inside. It was 2004 and I was shooting fashion layouts for the LA Weekly at the time when I came up with the idea to rent the location. I enlisted a few s...

"Here Kitty, Kitty! No. 1" from The Mask Series Cats aren't known to love the water but this tiger in leopard print doesn't seem to mind once she dips her toe in. This lovely set of images was my ticket in to becoming a fashion and events photographer for the LA Weekly from 2000-2005. "Here Kitty, Kitty!"  is  the 11th set of images from  The Mask Series .  As always, two limited edition prints  are available to purchase through my  Etsy store .  In celebration of this being my 100th blog post , the first 5 people who email me their name and address will receive one 8 x10 print of any image they choose from The Mask Series. Meow! Julie Green March 14, 2015 Subscribe to our mailing list "Here Kitty, Kitty! No. 2" from  The Mask Series "Here Kitty, Kitty! No. 3"  from  The Mask Series "Here Kitty, Kitty! No. 4"  from  The Mask Series "Here Kitty, Kitty! No. 5"  fro...