Imaginary Movies

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    For this image, Gianluca Galtrucco spent six months building a set and hiring actors to play the folks working on an imaginary war movie set in the Middle East.
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    Galtrucco's photographs show the juxtaposition of Los Angeles' beauty and its reality.
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    Gianluca Galtrucco
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    This staged photo shows porn actors taking a break between scenes.
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    A giant disco ball rests uncomfortably outside of an abandoned building.
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    A bride and groom pose against a false Italianate backdrop.
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    In this photograph, Galtrucco shows the point where LA's more industrial areas meet the idyllic Pacific Ocean.
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    Gianluca Galtrucco
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    Actors play out a scene on a fake Oval Office set.
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    Gianluca Galtrucco
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    Another example of one of LA's more industrial scenes.
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    Gianluca Galtrucco
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    One of LA's palm tree-dotted open expanses.
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    Gianluca Galtrucco
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    In and around Hollywood people live their lives right next to the places where massive movies are made.
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