“Hey Man, Give Me That Camera or I’ll Shoot You”
I was standing on the First Street Bridge making photographs, waiting for a train to roll into the sun-blasted skyline ahead. At the other end of the bridge, a man pushed a bicycle in my direction, struggling in the heat against the rise of the road. He stopped in front of me, wiped the sweat from his face with a rag, and leaned forward on his handlebars.
Out of breath, and looking me in the eye, he said: “Hey man. Give me that camera or I’ll shoot you.”
I squared up a bit and took a step towards him.
“Nah, man.”
He stoop up straight over the bike, cocked his head back and turned his chin up. Then, he let out a roar of laughter.
“Damn! Was I convincing at least?”
Apparently everyone in L.A. really is an actor.
Photographs made in Los Angeles at the end of a trip out west in the Spring of 2023:
Reminded me of “Yum-Yum” (RIP).
I checked, they didn’t work anymore.
Pershing Square Station.
Pershing Square Station.
Daglas Drive-In of Canoga Park.
It was outstanding.
101 Coffee Shop.
101 Coffee Shop.
The Original Farmer’s Market.
The Original Farmer’s Market.
Dodger shots.
Note the UPN logo.
Little Tokyo.
The best city.
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