Fascinating Street Shots of Rodeo Drive Shoppers in the ’80s

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You might know Anthony Hernandez for his beautiful landscape photography, but back in the ’80s the artist turned his lens on a rarefied subject: the shoppers of Beverly Hills. The resulting images — which mark the first time he had worked in color — provide a brilliant visual time capsule, full of big hair, cinched waists, and a few outfits that wouldn’t look too out of place in modern-day Bushwick. “I was trying to be invisible,” he has said. “I didn’t want the confrontations that come with taking more considered photographs.” Click through to check out a selection of photos, which can all be found in the recently published book Rodeo Drive, 1984 .

© Anthony Hernandez, courtesy MACK / http://www.mackbooks.co.uk

© Anthony Hernandez, courtesy MACK / http://www.mackbooks.co.uk

© Anthony Hernandez, courtesy MACK / http://www.mackbooks.co.uk

© Anthony Hernandez, courtesy MACK / http://www.mackbooks.co.uk

© Anthony Hernandez, courtesy MACK / http://www.mackbooks.co.uk

© Anthony Hernandez, courtesy MACK / http://www.mackbooks.co.uk

© Anthony Hernandez, courtesy MACK / http://www.mackbooks.co.uk

© Anthony Hernandez, courtesy MACK / http://www.mackbooks.co.uk

© Anthony Hernandez, courtesy MACK / http://www.mackbooks.co.uk