Los Angeles Archives

Sam Comen: The Longest Shift by Aline SmithsonMay 1st, 2022

©Sam Comen, Jennifer Alcantar, Cashier, Super A Foods grocery store, from The Longest Shift

Being here at the grocery store, we are front line.

Kristin Bedford: Cruise Night by Aline SmithsonSeptember 1st, 2021

©Kristin Bedford, Gypsy Rose

lowrider: a customized car modified to allow the vehicle to ride close to the ground; the driver of the car
Growing up in Los Angeles, I have always had a fa

Virginia Wilcox: Arboreal by Elizabeth WayneMay 29th, 2021

©Virginia Wilcox, From Arboreal

Under the harsh cover of the Los Angeles smog, photographic artist Virginia Wilcox finds softness in the city’s natural landscapes.

Kwasi Boyd-Bouldin, Erwin Recinos, and Luis Torres: 3X LA by Aline SmithsonMarch 25th, 2021

©Kwasi Boyd-Bouldin, 3rd Street

The past year in Los Angeles has been like no other in the city’s long history.

Covid Projects: Karen Constine: (un)real landscapes: Los Angeles plays itself by Aline SmithsonFebruary 19th, 2021

©Karen Constine, Covid LA, Day 57, 3:14pm

Los Angeles is a car culture, with land and cityscapes mostly seen through windshields, presenting as fleeting glimpses of place.

Alexa Cushing: Due West by Daniel GeorgeNovember 26th, 2020

©Alexa Cushing

Projects featured this week were selected from our most recent call-for-submissions.

Jaulas // Cages: Jaklin Romine by Erick GuzmanOctober 4th, 2020

In a show of solidarity for those who are being held captive against their will, oppressed, and colonized by this authorit

Kwasi Boyd-Bouldin: History Based Landscapes by Aline SmithsonJune 9th, 2020

©Kwasi Boyd-Bouldin, New Orleans

A couple of years ago, I heard Kwasi Boyd-Bouldin speak at PhotoLA. I was drawn to his way of seeing and his perspective on Los Angeles.

Leo Garcia: Now Pay by Aline SmithsonJune 26th, 2019

How do we consider place as an immigrant and keen observer? In the case of Guatemalan photographer Leo Garcia, he has photographed his life in Los Angeles–