Melanie Pullen

10/17/2023

From the beautifully sold out and out of print book I published with Nazraeli a while back

Melanie Pullen

01/04/2022

Sadly, I just heard all of the old beautiful lights were stolen off the Hyperion Bridge. So a little story because these lights were very meaningful to me: I took this photo back in 2003 on the Hyperion Bridge. For nearly a decade, while I created High Fashion Crime Scenes, I lived in an old pink mansion, just above the bridge. You can see the mansion to this day when you drive over the bridge, it is still pink. Look up as you go into Silver Lake and you’ll see it. It’s one of the great old 1920’s mansions in Los Angeles. I was told the pink mansion once belonged to the original “IT Girl” the famous silent movie star: Clara Bow. I had a very unique place and had the upper portion of mansion. It was my oversized grand apartment. It always felt like it was filled with spirits which I loved, I felt like a welcome guest. It looked out over the city and the Hyperion Bridge. The land from the house actually went right up to the bridge itself. The mansion had beautiful ballrooms, and gardens, but what I loved most was the view. I had so many late nights, making art, or enjoying the silence of the city dreaming off into the distance, admiring the bridge, I loved the lights, and I’d stare off imagining the past and watch the city flicker. I often thought about one of the iconic scenes in the movie Sunset Boulevard which was shot on this bridge (Sunset Blvd is also one of my favorite movies).
Anyhow I’ll miss these lights. They represented a lot of history for me, an era. I have many more photos of The Hyperion Bridge, late at night, but this is the only one I’ll share. Seems fitting: one of my crime scenes from my series … now depicting (and I guess was once unwittingly predicting) another type of crime scene. I hope the lights come back but if not they will live in many of my photos and my fond memories and dreams.

08/19/2021

Honored to be one of the seven featured international artists in the Rem Koolhaus designed MOA Museum. Opening Sept 10th (my birthday) in Seoul, Korea. As part of the prestigious 2021 Daegu Photo Biennale. More details to follow!

08/14/2021

My photo The Red Shoes is featured in this months Interior Magazine in feature on the amazing home of designer Kimberly Denman and her husband Laurent Rebuffel and ❤️ . Thank you for capturing this so beautifully .alorda - Jose shot the feature wonderfully💕

08/04/2021

I got to be a special guest on The Ivy League Murders Podcast this week on the episode “Details are Unprintable: Cafe Society’s Noir Murder “which delves into the infamous
Patricia And Wayne Lonergan case.

Set in the 1940s the Lonergans seemed to have it all: beauty, fortune, fame… but also secrets…

With everything seemingly perfect what could possibly go wrong?

This is a wild true crime case set in the beautiful backdrop of the 1940’s.

*Recorded live in Los Angeles at my studio enjoy The Ivy Murders Podcast on all streaming services.

08/04/2021

I got to be a special guest on The Ivy League Murders Podcast this week on the episode “Details are Unprintable: Cafe Society’s Noir Murder “which delves into the infamous
Patricia And Wayne Lonergan case.

Set in the 1940s the Lonergans seemed to have it all: beauty, fortune, fame… but also secrets…

With everything seemingly perfect what could possibly go wrong?

This is a wild true crime case set in the beautiful backdrop of the 1940’s.

*Recorded live in Los Angeles at my studio enjoy The Ivy Murders Podcast on all streaming services.

06/17/2021

I'm excited my interview on ARTLAWS available NOW to listen on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can find it here: https://linktr.ee/artlaws (link in Bio).

ARTLAWS features conversations w/ cultural outlaws. I'm thrilled to be among some amazing artists appearing on this show, like Angela McCluskey Paul Cantelon Derek Ahonen and Narcissister , and some awesome upcoming guests like Casey Spooner and the legendary Karole Armitage

10/28/2020

I just donated this piece to benefit The Los Angeles Center of Photography. If you’re interested in my work I requested that they offer it with a very low reserve so it’s accessible. All proceeds go 100% to benefit The Los Angeles Center of Photography ❤️
Snag some art and help a good cause.

11/08/2019

My big museum show at MOAH (the Museum of Art and History) officially opens tomorrow! Saturday November 9th.
Please join me for the reception from 4-6pm. The MOAH Museum is in the beautiful desert about an hour drive from Los Angeles. Museum of Art and History 665 W Lancaster Blvd, Lancaster, CA