The Leslie is one of Ocean Drive's brightest Art Deco hotels and a luminous piece in Charlotte's Structural Series. For this artwork, the hotel itself is built from a black and white photograph, with the color layered back in. The real Leslie is the yellow hotel of Ocean Drive, so Charlotte added that yellow through other shots, an umbrella, a close view of the façade, the colors drifting through the windows and into the sky. The white building rises through the center of the frame, symmetrical, with Art Deco architecture stepping up to a peak at the center with an American flag on top. Palm leaves layered on both sides, blue-green underneath from the ocean and other umbrellas. The name LESLIE is discreet, where it lives on the building. Below, the lower third fills with the life of Ocean Drive. Rows of café tables under umbrellas, people sitting, standing, walking in, a strip of sand running along the bottom, and the reflection of ocean layered through it all, giving the whole scene light. Look longer and the artwork keeps giving. The crowd below is full of small moments, someone reading a menu, someone you did not notice the first time. There is always another person to find. The result is not a photograph of The Leslie. It is The Leslie with its yellow, ambiance, and feel remembered, not recorded. This work is part of The Structural Series, Charlotte Fonne's ongoing exploration of Miami Beach's iconic Art Deco hotels, also featured in Lumas galleries worldwide. Each image in the composition is personally photographed by Charlotte, ensuring a genuine and unique piece. Signed, numbered, and accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity. Limited edition. Only 5 to 20 prints per size exist in the world.
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