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June 1 2010 “Mijo! Por que cuando estoy toda fea…” The reaction is the same each time I take a photo of my mom. Even though she’s adorable, she always thinks I’m taking a photo at the wrong time. Last night I arrived back home for the biggest wedding in our family in years. On the [...] April 18 2010 Yesterday I told him to pay more attention to his older sister. He nodded and smiled, which completely caught me off-guard. I expected a pout and maybe a frown. Then he asked why I take so many pictures. “So I can remember.” “Remember what?” April 15 2010 Eight years deep and he’s still one of my favorite faces to photograph…of all time. March 21 2010 I was scheduled to leave before my father’s birthday on March 23, 2010, so my mom decided to hold the De La Cruz bowling tournament – a tournament played five times a year for every De La Cruz patriarch – on the Sunday before my Monday departure. My dad, above, has won the [...] March 20 2010 My weekend involved lots of packing, family parties, relocating to Fresno and saying goodbye to Los Angeles, Ca. This photo is one of a series of duck shots I took the last day manning the booth. The peculiar thing about these ducks is their insistence on shitting near our booth every morning. The [...] March 19 2010 The building I’ve been living in while in Los Angeles looks like a spaceship. Our apartment is one of only a few with balcony access and it’s gone severely underused. Last night I finished watching a Joe Strummer documentary on IFC and walked out to get some fresh. I looked over the railings [...] March 18 2010 I reached into my pocket and pulled out a handful of coins. “I don’t have any bills. Will this do?” There was a smile. ” Of course man. Have a nice weekend. [music]“ He paused momentarily whenever someone stared, then stepped back into his scales when eyes darted elsewhere. I felt it was [...] March 17 2010 Los Angeles is experiencing a Winter heatwave and meteorologists are babbling about it as if glaciers are melting off the coast of Catalina. The sun felt nice today, but plastic grass is truly bizarre. You know what else is bizarre? Irish pubs around the corner from Little Ethiopia. Above, Osito soaking in the [...] March 15 2010 I can tell you now that this refrigerator will not be emptied until a few hours before I leave. Friends, we have a lot of drinking to do. March 14 2010 I haven’t posted a photo in the last three days because it’s my final week in Los Angeles before I head out to Fresno, and family time has taken over blogging time. Above, the aftermath of my cousin Brenda’s bridal shower. She marries in June and the ladies of the De La [...] March 12 2010 Sometimes we’re just so excited about the end of the evening that we have to shout out loud and let the world know. Other times, we have to step outside of the booth and photograph others shouting out loud and letting the world know we’re happy about heading home for the evening. March 11 2010 There’s usually a saying in my family that follows an intense hunger-rumble in the belly: my tripas are eating my tripas. Add an “ese” to that for good measure and you’ve just disclosed to someone that you’re really hungry. Above, “TRIPA” near the 4th St. bridge in Los Angeles, CA. March 9 2010 I walked toward the bungalow on the far left because that’s where Geometry class was being held. We had bungalows at our school, next to the last remaining orange groves in the San Fernando Valley, because our real high school location was still under construction after the 1994 earthquake. Yes. I had classes [...] March 8 2010 For some people, stage fright just doesn’t exist. March 7 2010 The memory is vague, but the last time I visited Sunset Junction to see Elliott Smith’s iconic “Figure 8” album cover location, I was with Manny. I do remember thinking how special it was that fan’s notes to the late songwriter were visible for everyone to read. The location, like many murals around [...] March 1 2010 I understand the vanity involved when carving your name into a concrete wall or spray-painting the side of a building, but I’ve really never understand what carving one’s name into a tree fulfills. Would you like it if I etched my name on your dog’s forehead? Above, a tree in Temescal Gateway Park. [...] Boyle Heights, CA is East of Downtown Los Angeles and is home to a large Mexican and Mexican-American community. The area has thrived recently with bars and arts events on almost any given night. My coworker and I drive down 6th Street on our way to work every morning, passing along numerous taco stands, street [...] Feb 24 2010 There’s no one else on the street that’s willing to celebrate the rain. Feb 23 2010 I have to tell you something. I love parking lots. I enjoy their expansiveness, absurdity, organization and variety. Los Angeles has giant lots and New York City stacks their vehicles like the Matrix robots stacked humans. Venice’s parking lots have a gorgeous view of the ocean and house vibrant red Volkswagen buses, mobile [...] Feb 22 2010 I can never manage to capture a landscape beautifully, but tonight I discovered a mountaintop in my beer glass. The peaks were mesmerizing. “How tall do you think it is?” There was a golden lake at its base and I wondered if the Aztecs had once drifted on this water with their trajineras. [...] |
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