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Rueda In The Park

Rueda In The Park's 15th Anniversary Beach Party at Crescent Bay Park, Saturday, July 20,2019.

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RAINBOW CROSSWALK

Pedestrians walk on the rainbow crosswalk at Abbot Kinney Blvd., Saturday, July 20, 2019. Abbot Kinney dedicated the rainbow crosswalk in recognition of the 50th anniversary of Stonewall uprising. “Now we’ve walked in the open and know how pleasant it is to have self-respect and to be treated as human beings. We want to be in the sunlight from now on,” Richard Leitsch, 1935-2018. The rainbow crosswalk is made possible with the support of L.A. City Councilmember Mike Bonin, L.A. County Supervisor Sheila Kuel, Abbot Kinney Merchants Association and Venice Pride.

Posted on Sunday, July 21, 2019 at 10:51PM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz | CommentsPost a Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint

Tyler Skaggs

Artist Jonas Never (@Never1959) paints a Tyler Skaggs tribute #mural on the Pico Youth & Family Center at Pico Blvd. and 7th Street on Wednesday, July 17, 2019. The mural waspresented by @art.without.boundaries

Posted on Wednesday, July 17, 2019 at 12:57PM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz | CommentsPost a Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint

JOHN FREE

Photographer John Free leads a photography workshop at Santa Monica Pier and Beach on Saturday, July 6, 2019.
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John Free is a social documentary/street photographer who lives in Los Angeles. His photographic  essays range from railroad tramps in California to automobile abstracts to London and Paris street life.

John has been inspiring to photographers of all ages and skill levels for many years through teaching sold-out classes and workshops in street photography in Los Angeles, New York, Paris and London. Part stand-up and part evangelist, he speaks from the heart to inspire new generations of photographers. He is also involved with several non-profit organizations teaching inner-city kids the excitement and power they can get from being dedicated photographers.

His “End of the line” project took place in the Los Angeles freight yards, where he photographed railroad “Tramps” daily for ten years. “I photographed these severely damaged and tragic men and women, who, because of a personal tragedy in their lives, the war, the woman, the bottle, were forced to the dangerous lifestyle of riding freight trains. Eventually they come to Los Angeles which is the farthest west one can travel on a train. 

John’s work has been featured in numerous publications from U.S. News and World Report to Photographic Magazine to Smithsonian and Life Force Magazine. He was among the international photojournalists selected to take part in the project that resulted in the book 24 Hours in the Life of Los Angeles. John's work has been featured in a wide range of exhibitions, including the California Museum of Science and Industry, Los Angeles, Laguna Festival of Art, Armory Center for the Arts in Pasadena and the Bagier Gallery in Ojai, California.

 

Posted on Saturday, July 6, 2019 at 07:02PM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz | CommentsPost a Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint

FOURTH OF JULY PARADE

FOURTH OF JULY! Highlights from the 13th Annual Fourth of July Parade on Main Street Santa Monica, Thursday, July 4, 2019. The parade was presented by the Ocean Park Association.

Posted on Thursday, July 4, 2019 at 06:15PM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz | CommentsPost a Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint

Fourth of July

Highlights from the 13th Annual Fourth of July Parade on Main Street  in Santa Monica on Thursday, July 4, 2019. Photo by FabianLewkowicz.com

Posted on Thursday, July 4, 2019 at 02:43PM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz | CommentsPost a Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint

Chris Mulkey

The Chris Mulkey Band perform during Santa Monica College's Celebrate America at Corsair Field on Saturday, June 29, 2019.

Posted on Sunday, June 30, 2019 at 04:44PM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz | CommentsPost a Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint

RAINBOW CROSSWALK

Abbot Kinney dedicates a rainbow crosswalk in recognition of the 50th anniversary of Stonewall uprising. “Now we’ve walked in the open and know how pleasant it is to have self-respect and to be treated as human beings. We want to be in the sunlight from now on,” Richard Leitsch, 1935-2018. The rainbow crosswalk is made possible with the support of L.A. City Councilmember Mike Bonin, L.A. County Supervisor Sheila Kuel, Abbot Kinney Merchants Association and Venice Pride.

Posted on Saturday, June 29, 2019 at 03:48PM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz | CommentsPost a Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint