In the words of writer David Thomson it is an iconographical road from which God and the Devil cast their eyes upon one of the most fascinating cities in the world: Los Angeles.
Mulholland Drive, not only home to stars and billionaires but also a place of love and adventure – 55 miles atop the hills between Hollywood and the ocean.
Its wild canyons a place where many girls fall victim to crime.
Eckhart Schmidt’s latest photo project is an "art photo novella“.
In eleven "Opening Scenes“ Schmidt describes the beginning of eleven girls’ destinies.
A photographic tale about girls stranded on Mulholland Drive.
How the stories end is up to every observer’s imagination.
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Opening Scene One
"We had a fight about absolutely nothing. The usual. He stopped the car. He got out and took the keys with him"***
Opening Scene Two:
"Never go with a stranger, my mother told me. He took me to Mulholland Drive to meet some friends. But out of the blue, he changed his mind"***
Opening Scene Three
"This is what Jack Nicholson calls a pool party?! He invites 20 girls, has them picked up by drivers, looks them over and decides who stays. I had to leave"***
Opening Scene Four
"Hell! No! Not me! I hate these cameras that catch every move you make. A John called. He has seen my ad in LA weekly. The one that says: I´m the one that will make you happy."***
Opening Scene Five
"What is wrong with a blind date? I´m 24 and I haven´t had a boyfriend in 5 years."
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Opening Scene Six
"Perhaps I should earn my money as a hooker."
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Opening Scene Seven
"I´m just coming out of rehab, but I don´t happen to be a star"
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Opening Scene 8
"They think I´m mad. And maybe I am, completely crazy. Read an ad in LA Weekly: Ophelia wanted. No pay."
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Opening Scene 9
"Go to the cops right now and tell them what I did? Nope!"
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Opening Scene Ten
"What can I say? I just love it out here. Only one thing irritated me lately, when Steve made like a funny remark about my boyfriend seeing other men."
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Opening Scene Eleven
"I´m going to tell the detectives what I did. In the media I´m going to be the bitch that betrayed her lover. I know I have to live with it."
The End/ Das Ende.
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