A Ride to the Watts Towers: More than a Ride to the Watts Towers
Several years ago, I spent a week photographing a stretch of 37th St. as part of a neighborhood documentation project of the area around USC. Where other photographers had diligently snapped structures and streets, I had cajoled residents into participating in the project and later gave them copies of the photos so they could see the final product. The soul of a neighborhood is its people, I had argued in defending my approach at the time. Without them, the structures are just a shell.
February 7, 2012
Building Community One Story at a Time
A South LA Filmmaker Captures the Stories of African-American Cyclists on Film
February 1, 2012
Carving Out “Sacred” Space for Culture in the Streets
Although the pilgrimage route along Crenshaw Blvd. was short—0.8 miles, to be exact, it was rich in meaning.
January 24, 2012