La Jolla Beach, San Diego California

California: amidst the glitz and the glamour of the bustling city at the height of its golden age, Los Angeles was a star in its own right, a beacon for the show business elite. The land where dreams where a dime a dozen, where a chance encounter at a soda shop could lead to fame and fortune. Out of towners and inbetweeners search for the good life, if only for a moment, and on every corner someone is looking towards the Hollywood hills hoping to be next. But not all is as it seems in the city of angels. Corruption! City hall is rampant with shake downs and payoffs, while the police department investigates its demons within. The town that began as nothing more than the dream of a desert oasis often takes more than it gives. This series of Infrared photographs show how the glamour of Los Angeles is often false.