 | Urban Tomographies Subjects: Sociology Urban -- France -- Paris; Sociology Urban -- California -- Los Angeles; City and town life -- France -- Paris; City and town life -- California -- Los Angeles; Like a CAT scan of an organ, urban tomography documents metropolitan life by sampling and compiling multiple slices of a city. Using photography and audio recording, urban planning expert Martin H. Krieger scans contemporary Los Angeles to illuminate different aspects of a community, from work to worship. Martin H. Krieger is Professor of Planning at the University of Southern California's School of Policy, Planning, and Development. He is the author of several books, including What's Wrong with Plastic Trees? Artifice and Authenticity in Design. |
