
290 E Simms Rd. Donald Wexler, 1962. 1963 Studebaker Avanti
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470 W Vista Chino I. Kaufmann Desert House. Richard Neutra, 1946
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470 W Vista Chino II. Kaufmann Desert House. Richard Neutra, 1946
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470 W Vista Chino III. Kaufmann Desert House. Richard Neutra, 1946
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888 Regal, Palmer & Krisel, 1954
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Abrigo Corner I, Hal Levitt, 1961. 1957 Ford Thunderbird
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Frey House II. Albert Frey, 1963
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1030 West Cielo Drive. Edris House. E Stewart Williams, 1954
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1030 West Cielo III. Edris House. E Stewart Williams, 1954
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2431 Yosemite. Architect unknown, 1967
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Frank Sinatra Twin Palms Estate. E Stewart Williams, 1947
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Ship of the Desert. Wilson & Webster, 1936
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There's something about the midnight glow of these shots of Palm Springs that makes you feel stuck in time, and it's not just the classic cars and outrageous mid-century architecture that once housed heroes like Sinatra, Dean Martin and, er, Barry Manilow: It's the mountains, the desert and the star-filled skies that provide the sublime backdrop to one of the coolest, quirkiest and most alien-looking places on Earth.
Taken on five trips to the Sonoran Desert by Aussie photographer, Tom Blachford, these cool shots add a neo-noir edge to the history of Californian desert modernism.
Midnight Modern by Tom Blachford is out now, published by powerHouse Books
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