2020 IN LOS ANGELES
A year of loss, death, revolution, and community.
COMMUNITY
As the pandemic unfolded, I looked inward, at my own community and their resilience. I documented the ways local restaurant, mercados, barbershops, and street vendors adapted to ever evolving regulations and provided essential services.
MUTUAL AID
As mutual aid efforts sprung up in response nationwide, Los Angeles-based grassroots organization No Us Without You started feeding the families of undocumented restaurant workers.
UPRISING
In a matter of days, Los Angeles exploded with energy as people spilled onto the previously quiet, empty streets to defend Black life and protest against systemic racism. On May 30th, A multi-generational and diverse group of people showed up to express anger and grief and were in turn met with a militaristic show of force by the LAPD. On June 2nd, crowds showed up to protest in front of the Mayor’s house, after defying curfew dozens were detained and cited. Days later, in Boyle Heights and East LA, community members marched in solidarity with Black Lives Matter. Mothers of children killed by sheriff’s deputies bravely spoke of their pain, while law enforcement stood by.
ELECTION
This is what election day looked like in Latino neighborhoods across the city. After nearly a week of waiting for results, Angelenos took the streets in celebration of a Biden/Harris win.
EMPTY
As outdoor dining opened, restaurants quickly adapted building tents and patios. As cases rose to new heights they were forced to close once again leaving behind empty canopies and rooms full of chairs, tables and heat lamps.
INSIDE
Capturing the intimate moments of a pandemic and a year spent largely indoors.
