Born during the development of Art Deco stylings in the 1920s-1940s, Los Angeles was eager to adopt the ostentatious flattery of the style and the solid trappings that accompanied it.

Robert Landau, who began photographing L.A. during the late 1960s, has a new Art Deco photo book out from Angel City Press, along with an exhibit at WeHo's Denenberg Fine Arts Gallery.

Tom Carroll spoke with Robert to understand why Art Deco in Los Angeles needed its own book and why L.A. doesn’t get the Art-Deco respect it deserves. Tom Carroll is a content creator for the ...