Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Sin City Nights

One of my favorite places to vacation, and to photograph, is Las Vegas.

Las Vegas at night is exceptionally photogenic!

Here are a few I've taken over the years which I think are different than the typical postcard views ...

The Strip, looking south from Flamingo Road:






A few unusual angles, ultrawide rectilinear ...

ESPN Zone, nee' Motown Cafe.

Notice the Brooklyn Bridge!



Tropicana, one of the remaining "legacy" casino-hotels:



And now {pause - deep breath - sigh} the World's Largest Gift Shop:



Direct to your room! (yeah, right):


Sahara Hotel and Casino, another of the Old Vegas genre, to the left.




Excalibur (aka "Egg Salad Bar"):



New York, New York, a casino so nice they named it twice!



Smith And Wollensky. Las Vegas branch of the NYC steakhouse of the same name:


They tell me (the ubiquitous "they") that nobody actually named Wollensky was ever part of the business. :)

The casino formerly known as the Aladdin:


Just prior to the transition to the Planet Hollywood name.

Harley-Davidson Cafe:



Las Vegas Monorail station:



Room At The Wynn:


(... blow on fingernails, wipe on blouse) :)

Looking from the Room At The Wynn across to Treasure Island. (Mirage to the left, Rio in the background):



The Mirage:



Nobody knows what this is supposed to be, but it's right in front of the Fashion Show Mall, right across from the Wynn:



Slots-A-Fun, on the North Strip. Westward Ho and Stardust (both now demolished) in the background:



Penny Town, low-roller annex to the Riviera Casino:


Riviera is another of the surviving legacy "Old Vegas" casino-hotels.

The Luxor light illuminating the clouds:


(Taken from the balcony of the Stardust East Tower, now demolished.)

Imperial Palace tower. It's blue at night. :)



Las Vegas Hilton sign, from the Las Vegas Monorail:






Technical information:

Canon QL17 GIII
Mamiya SD rangefinder
Olympus Stylus Zoom
Pentax K1000, Sigma 18mm f3.5 ultrawide

Various Fuji C41 films, ISO 400-1600

1 comment:

Rick Waldroup said...

Fantastic set of images. I have not been to Vegas since 1984, well before all of the new construction began.