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People & Places

Street photography, portraits, architecture, and everyday discoveries around Los Angeles, Long Beach, and beyond. The human side of a place, and the details that give it character.

A pianist at Union Station.
Piano Man – Union Station
Belmont Pier pilings in coastal fog.
Belmont Pier ruins
A costumed traveler at Union Station.
Off to a Con @ Union Station
A prosthetic leg resting beside a sidewalk tent.
Rise and shine (shot with permission)
A domino game at Shoreline Park.
Bones at Shoreline Park
A pedestrian in hazy nighttime street light.
FIRE! at 1am
A cyclist riding a tall bicycle past a bus.
Tall bike
Pupusas cooking at a sidewalk food stall.
Pupusas
A street guitarist performing at Venice Beach.
Harry Perry, Venice
A guitarist checking a phone at Venice Beach.
Harry Perry, Venice
A pink-haired costumed visitor in Little Tokyo.
friendly face in Little Tokyo
A classic blue car on 14th Street in downtown Los Angeles.
14th Street, DTLA
A seated street portrait beside a collection of cans.
Daily hello
A police officer beside a sidewalk tent.
rude awakening
A palm-lined view along Hollywood Boulevard.
can’t park there
A street performer spreading colorful wings in Santa Monica.
Santa Monica
A portrait mural beneath the Hotel Cecil sign.
Hotel Cecil
A message written across a green park bench.
negative thinking
A pedestrian passing a colorful mural.
all eyes on him
Firefighters beside overturned construction equipment.
oops…
A visitor beneath the suspended boulder at LACMA.
levitated mass, La Brea Tar Pits/LACMA
A quiet waiting room with a seated visitor.
rest home
A black-and-white portrait mural against a blue wall.
Heyyyyyyy…..
A painted portrait surrounded by colorful graffiti.
basquiat
A dance studio mural at the edge of an alley.
Dance studio
The Los Angeles skyline from Dodger Stadium.
L.A. from Dodger Stadium
Parking signs outside El Coyote.
El Coyote
A motorcycle parked outside the Laurel Canyon market.
Laurel Canyon – HD XR1200
Movie vehicles parked at Sony Pictures.
Sony Pictures Stars
Ferris wheel gondolas beneath a cloud-filled sky.
merry
A wooden outhouse in the Joshua Tree desert.
Joshua Tree
A steep residential street in Elysian Heights.
Elysian Heights
A blue portrait bust in Santa Monica.
Andy in Santa Monica
Chateau Marmont beneath a clear blue sky.
Chateau Marmont
A brick Department of Water and Power building in Los Angeles.
Empty tables and chairs at the Hall of Records.
Neutra building, Hall of Records
Flames and smoke rising from a truck beside a freeway barrier.
covid vaccines onboard
Steps leading toward daylight at Crystal Cove.
Crystal Cove
Sun glare above the Los Angeles skyline.
L.A.
Traffic crossing the 101 freeway in Los Angeles.
looking down the 101
Patterned clouds above Los Angeles City Hall.
clouds over L.A. City Hall
Los Angeles City Hall reflected in a glass facade.
L.A. City Hall
An empty boulevard in downtown Los Angeles.
covid
Protest posters layered on a city wall.
free the children
A mannequin seated at an outdoor computer desk.
art
A space shuttle model in Little Tokyo.
Little Tokyo
A pair of painted legs beneath windows in Venice.
Venice Beach
A pale building corner beside a blue glass facade.
forgot
Coronado Bridge above the surrounding neighborhood.
coronado bridge
Los Angeles City Hall framed by bright clouds.
L.A. City Hall
A stripped car body outside a Porsche workshop.
Singer Porsche, early days
A quiet stretch of old Route 66 at sunset.
Old Route 66
A gas station beneath a red sunset in Fort Mojave.
Ft Mojave, AZ
A DeLorean time-machine replica traveling on a trailer.
Back to the car show
The illuminated clock tower at Union Station.
Union Station
A pink billboard above a painted city wall.
Mac Miller
Decorative stair rails at Helms Bakery.
Helm’s Bakery
A Craftsman house framed by garden foliage.
Greene and Greene
Satellite dishes along an apartment facade.
connected
Evening traffic beneath an orange Los Angeles sky.
heading home
A modified Volkswagen Beetle with yellow roof lights.
baja bug
A blue geometric facade with an atomic-era emblem.
atomic warehouse
An ornamented angel statue at Hollywood Forever.
Hollywood Forever
A weathered headstone at Hollywood Forever.
Hollywood Forever with Paramount Studios in the background
The CNN building beneath a vivid blue sky.
cnn
A construction site photographed with selective focus.
life-size
Weathered outdoor steps in Topanga Canyon.
Will Geer’s Theatricum Botanicum, Topanga Canyon
Illuminated street lamps at LACMA.
art
Sunset beneath the pier at Redondo Beach.
Redondo
Wildfire smoke rising beyond the Santa Monica pier.
Woolsey Fire from Santa Monica
A line of lights through the 3rd Street Tunnel.
3rd Street Tunnel
Beach cottages at dusk.
dusk
A late-night customer at Randy’s Donuts.
Randy’s Donuts at 3am
A gold classic car on an East Los Angeles street.
East Los
A bend in Mulholland Drive at dusk.
Mulholland Drive
The illuminated Theme Building at LAX.
LAX
Traffic approaching daylight in the 2nd Street Tunnel.
2nd Street Tunnel
Geometric planes of metal and glass architecture.
Footprints on a low beam above a parking garage.
A ceramic dog figurine among secondhand objects.
Thrifty
A pirate and parrot figurine among secondhand objects.
Thrifty 2
The Millennium Falcon at a theme park.
Millennium Falcon
A small doorway beneath a sign promising miracles.
take a number
A graffiti-covered alley in Boyle Heights.
Boyle Heights
A discarded rusted can in the Joshua Tree desert.
Joshua Tree
A weathered car beneath a large painted eye.
who’s bad
A colorful cartoon mural on a city wall.
Foos
The Chateau Marmont sign and tower in black and white.
Chateau Marmont
The Hotel Cecil facade beneath a blue sky.
Hotel Cecil
An alley reflected in a convex security mirror.
Richard Ramirez’s spot
Metallic mannequins in the Garment District.
Garment District
A weathered vertical hotel sign viewed from below.
Hotel
An encouraging roadside sign in West Hollywood.
West Hollywood
Graffiti reflected in water behind a chain-link fence in Boyle Heights.
Boyle Heights
A doll displayed in Santee Alley.
Santee Alley
A martial artist statue in Chinatown.
Bruce Lee in Chinatown
Graffiti beneath a parking payment sign.
pay machine
A wrapped statue beneath a cloudy sky.
pre-march at USC
Bold red lettering above a mural-covered storefront.
vehemently
Spray cans beside a mural in progress.
finishing touches
A sticker-covered stop sign on a Los Angeles street.
stickers
A silhouette mural of an adult and children holding hands.
Kobe/Gianna tribute
Parking signs and railings outside El Coyote, in black and white.
El Coyote
A cartoon mouse pasted onto a brick wall beside a chain-link fence.
wheat paste art
A wooden bank counter above a patch of worn flooring.
well worn
A desert highway sign pointing toward Needles and Barstow.
rock and a hard place
The red Chateau Marmont neon sign between illuminated billboards at night.
Chateau Marmont
A warning against flower theft at Hollywood Forever Cemetery.
Hollywood Forever
A stone angel beneath bare branches at Hollywood Forever Cemetery.
Hollywood Forever
A blue manual typewriter on a wooden counter.
Divine’s Furniture Store, Monterey Park
The Hollywood sign glimpsed through branches at Lake Hollywood Park.
Lake Hollywood Park
Pixel-style street art high on a white wall beneath a blue sky.
Invader
The downtown Los Angeles skyline beyond the freeway, in monochrome.
l.a.
A bee-shaped display outlined in warm light bulbs at night.
bzzz
The curved Capitol Records building beside a rooftop billboard.
a stack of 45’s
A bronze figure wearing a broad hat and sunglasses at Hollywood Forever Cemetery.
Hollywood Forever
Light and shadow across a religious statue against a marble wall.
Hollywood Forever
A winged cherub sculpture beneath leafy branches.
Hollywood Forever
The Hollywood sign above rooftops and a parking deck, in black and white.
Hollywood sign
Fabric, sunglasses, and a red catalog resting on dry ground.
we can dream
The Hotel Roosevelt rooftop sign against a deep blue sky.
Hotel Roosevelt
A small lettered tag on a chain-link fence beside a concrete channel.
wmd
A white rabbit mannequin wearing cat-eye glasses in a shop window.
Santa Monica
A vintage vehicle grille behind a folding security gate.
Santa Monica
The chrome bumper and twin headlights of an orange classic car.
Boyle Heights
A row of electric guitars at Guitar Center in Hollywood.
Guitar Center, Hollywood
An alley mural depicting children on a red all-terrain vehicle.
alley art
The Hotel California rooftop sign above a pale facade.
Hotel California
Downtown Los Angeles seen from Elysian Park, with softly blurred edges.
L.A. from Elysian Park
The weathered rear of a vintage Porsche with a blue California license plate.
Old Porsche 356
Small black flower patterns set into a white mosaic tile floor.
An oversized cigarette-pack sign on a stucco wall.

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