Viva East L.A. street art!!!

So I was crusin' on my way home one day from work last week near USC, and I nearly flipped a bitch into oncoming traffic because this street art jumped out and said a special hello to my eyeballs.  It is off of Jefferson...near Slauson I think, in the "Arts District" that takes up several blocks of that particular 'hood.  The one on the very top had a web address tagged in the corner that you can go to www.digitalretna.com if you're interested in knowing more about the artist.  As for the rest of them, I wasn't clear...you know the deal by now, if you are/know the artist, holler at me so I can give credit where its due.  

LA street art: Lincoln Blvd and the 10 fwy

The title of this blog post says it all:  This selection of Los Angeles street art is located just before the entrance to the 10 East fwy, off of Lincoln blvd.  Ch-check it out if you're ever by there, its freakin' inspirational.  As always, I suck at reading the tag that tells you who the dang artist is, so, if you know, or are better at reading it than I am, shout it out!!

Self-Portraits for Thought

If I could tell the story in words, I wouldn't need to lug around a camera.  ~Lewis Hine

Photography deals exquisitely with appearances, but nothing is what it appears to be.  ~Duane Michals

Photographers deal in things which are continually vanishing and when they have vanished there is no contrivance on earth which can make them come back again.  ~Henri Cartier-Bresson

I just think it's important to be direct and honest with people about why you're photographing them and what you're doing.  After all, you are taking some of their soul.  ~Mary Ellen Mark

You don't take a photograph, you make it.  ~Ansel Adams

All photos are accurate.  None of them is the truth.  ~Richard Avedon

The goal is not to change your subjects, but for the subject to change the photographer.  ~Author Unknown

And my own:

Photography is heaven

There's no way for me to share anything I love without sharing this photograph by Minor White, a photographer whose work showcases mid-twentieth century America.

 Our hopes are that this blog will be in most ways a culture, arts, and fashionably inspirational blog so I'll leave you off with this quote by Minor White; give time for it to sink in:

"No matter how slow the film, Spirit always stands still long enough for the photographer It has chosen."

-Sofia