Los Angeles

October 14, 2015

Shortly after enduring the chill of Chicago, I made a quick pitstop in Binghamton before flying from snowy Syracuse to sunny Los Angeles. From there I spent a week in Long Beach with friend and fellow photographer Steffanie Padilla, and another week in El Monte with my pal Joey.

Most of these photographs were made on a warm beach in San Pedro with a Hasselblad 500c and Kodak Ektar 100 pushed two stops. The photograph of Joey was at Villa Elaine on my Leica M2, and all the others were made with a Fuji x100s.

It was my first time in California, and while L.A. didn’t resonate with me as strongly as my next stop in San Francisco, it was a great place to kick back and spend a few days at the beach with new friends.

Black and white photo of a man sitting in a rocking chair in front of the large windows of the Syracuse International Airport. Rocks on a beach in San Pedro, CA, photographed with a Hasselblad 500c and Kodak Ektar A cliff by the ocean in San Pedro, CA San Pedro, CA The rocky coast of San Pedro, CA A lighthouse at sundown in Long Beach, CA Palm trees in Long Beach, CA Joey Marsh at Villa Elaine in Los Angeles, photographed with a Leica M2

Most of these were made with a Hasselblad 500c and Kodak Ektar pushed two stops. The airport and color 35mm frames were with a Fuji x100s, and Joey was photographed with my Leica M2 on either Tri-X or HP5+.