FACING THE MUSIC/ DOCUMENTING WALT DISNEY CONCERT HALL AND THE REDEVELOPMENT OF DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES

Facing the Music: Documenting ..., a book version of Sekulas last major documentary project. Sekula began Facing the Music in the l ate 1990s, when the concert hall was in its early developmental stages, and the project is in the tradition of his best work. Poigna nt in its careful attention to the specifics of place, Facing the Music is also profound in its treatment of larger economic and cul tural issues, relating the problems of urban development to those of the documentary genre itself.