• MAN GRIEVING

    MAN GRIEVING

    FAMILY MEMBERS GRIEVE DURING FUNERAL SERVICES AS AN INFANTS CASKET IS TAKEN FROM A CHURCH IN EAST LOS ANGELES WHERE SEVERAL INFANTS DIED IN AN AREA HOSPITAL OF MYSTERIOUS CAUSES

  • RING OF FIRE

    RING OF FIRE

    A FIREFIGHTER WATCHES FLAMES FROM A WILDFIRE THAT IS NEARLY A MILE AWAY AS THEY RACE DOWN A MALIBU HILLSIDE TOWARDS THE OCEAN

  • FIREFIGHTER

    FIREFIGHTER

    FIREFIGHTERS BATTLE THE 2003 CEDAR WILDFIRE NEAR THE TOWN OF JULIAN WHERE ONE FIREFIGHTER LOST HIS LIFE

  • EMBRACE

    EMBRACE

    RANCHO BERNARDO RESIDENTS, NEAR SAN DIEGO, EMBRACE NEAR ALL THAT REMAINS OF THEIR HOME WHICH WAS DESTROYED BY WILDFIRES

  • GOVERNMENT AID

    GOVERNMENT AID

    A VICTIM OF A MALIBU WILDFIRE, WHO LOST EVERYTHING, WAITS TO BE INTERVIEWED BY FEMA WORKERS

  • WOMAN AND FLAG

    WOMAN AND FLAG

    A WOMAN SHOWES HER SUPPORT FOR TROOPS AGAINST A BACKLIT FLAG DURING A RALLY IN WESTWOOD, CA.

  • WOMAN IN BLACK

    WOMAN IN BLACK

    WOMAN IN BLACK WALKS AMONG HEADSTONES AT THE LOS ANGELES NATIONAL CEMETARY ON MEMORIAL DAY

  • EYES AND KNIFE

    EYES AND KNIFE

    IF LOOKS COULD KILL...TO SAY NOTHING OF THE KNIFE.

  • STREET GIRLS

    STREET GIRLS

    TWO UNDER-AGE GIRLS WHO LIVE ON THE STREETS OF HOLLYWOOD

  • BOY AND MASK

    BOY AND MASK

    A YOUNG BOY WHO ACCOMPANYING HIS PARENTS TO AN ANTI-POLICE RALLY STARES DOWN THE PHOTOGRAPHER. THIS MUST HAVE LOOKED STRANGE AS I WAS WAITING FOR HIM TO LOOK OFF CAMERA. HE NEVER DID

  • FLU SHOT

    FLU SHOT

    A REACTION, USUALLY RESERVED FOR CHILDREN, TO A FLU SHOT

  • ACQUITED

    ACQUITED

    POP ICON, MICHAEL JACKSON, LEAVES A COURTHOUSE IN SANTA MARIA, CA. AFTER BEING ACQUITED ON SEVERAL COUNTS OF SEXUAL MISCONDUCT

  • BEANBALL

    BEANBALL

    THIS BASEBALL PLAYER WAS STRUCK IN THE HEAD LEAVING ALL THE TOOLS FOR FACING A 90 MPH FASTBALL SUSPENDED IN AIR, INCLUDING THE BALL THAT HIT HIM. HE WAS NOT SERIOUSLY INJURED

  • DANCER AND FEATHERS

    DANCER AND FEATHERS

    A TRADITIONAL AZTEC DANCER AND COLORFUL FEATHERS

  • SUNRISE

    SUNRISE

    MEMBERS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA'S NATIVE GABRIELINO TRIBE GATHER IN A PRAYER AT SUNRISE ON THE ISLAND OF SANTA CATLINA PRIOR TO A ROUND-UP OF BUFFALO. THE BUFFALO, DECENDENTS OF EARLY HOLLYWOOD FILMMAKING, ARE TAKEN OFF THE ISLAND FOR TRANSPORTATION TO THEIR MORE NATURAL HABITAT ON THE MIDWEST PLAINS

  • WOMAN AND BIRD

    WOMAN AND BIRD

    BIRD, WOMAN, AND STORMY WEATHER ON THE VENICE PIER

  • FALLEN OFFICER

    FALLEN OFFICER

    REMEMBERING A CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL OFFICER KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY

  • BASEBALL WALTZ

    BASEBALL WALTZ

    A WALTZ AT SECOND BASE

  • NIGHT PRACTICE

    NIGHT PRACTICE

    NOT EXACTLY A PEAK MOMENT DURING A TOURNAMENT...ACCESS LIKE THIS WOULD BE DIFFICULT. JUST A PRACTICE SESSION WITH A TALENTED YOUNG PLAYER

  • BARBED WIRE

    BARBED WIRE

    BARBED WIRE AND A SOLITARY FIGURE AT A MONUMENT FOR HOLOCAUST VICTIMS IN WEST LOS ANGELES

  • PALM SUNDAY

    PALM SUNDAY

    WOMAN CELEBRATES PALM SUNDAY

  • EVICTED

    EVICTED

    A YOUNG GIRL WALKS PAST HOUSEHOLD BELONGINGS PUT INTO A HALLWAY OUTSIDE THE APARTMENT WHERE SHE AND HER FAMILY WERE EVICTED NEAR DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES.

  • SURFERS FEET

    SURFERS FEET

    A VERY LUCKY SHOT ON A DAY OF LOOKING FOR WILD-ART IN MANHATTAN BEACH

  • BOY AT RALLY

    BOY AT RALLY

    THIS YOUNG BOY IS AT A RALLY CALLING FOR NO CUTS IN EDUCATION FOR CALIFORNIA'S BUDGET

  • HELPING HAND

    HELPING HAND

    TWICE A YEAR A PRIEST, KNOWN AS FATHER "DOLLAR BILL," HANDS OUT MONEY TO THE HOMELESS ON SKID-ROW IN DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES

  • HOMELESS

    HOMELESS

    HOMELESS YOUNG MAN AND HIS MESSAGE IN DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES

  • SALUTE

    SALUTE

    FORMER MEXICAN PRESIDENT, VICENTE FOX, WITH NEWLY ELECTED MEMBERS OF HIS PAN POLITICAL PARTY. INTERESTING IN THIS DAY AND AGE THE HAND SALUTE

  • THE BLIND CLERIC

    THE BLIND CLERIC

    ONE OF MY LUCKIEST. THIS IS SHEIK OMAR ABDEL-RAHMAN A.K.A. THE "BLIND CLERIC" WHO IS STILL IN JAIL AFTER BEING CONVICTED FOR HIS ROLE IN THE FIRST WORLD TRADE CENTER BOMBING IN 1993. ABDEL-RAHMAN WAS IN LOS ANGELES BEING INTERVIEWED BY LARRY KING. HE IS BEING RUSHED INTO A VAN, WITH MIRRORED WINDOWS INCLUDING THE FRONT, TO AVOID PHOTOGRAPHERS. WITH FULL CANDLE-POWER ON THE STROB AND F-8 I MANAGED TO GET OFF ONE SHOT...THE ONLY SHOT ON A ROLL OF 36. THE LENS WAS NOT SQUARE ON THE WINDOW WHICH ACCOUNTS FOR THE REFLECTED BUILDING BEHIND ME

  • UNITY

    UNITY

    NEWLY ELECTED LOS ANGELES MAYOR, ANTONIO VILLARAIGOSA, DURING PRAYER AT A CHURCH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOS ANGELES

  • ANONYMOUS

    ANONYMOUS

    WOMAN WISHING TO REMAIN ANONYMOUS HOLDS A PHOTO OF HER SON WHO IS IN JAIL FOR HIS PART IN THE DEATHS OF THREE OTHERS DURING A STREET CAR-RACE

  • NIGHTCLUB

    NIGHTCLUB

    I CAN'T BELIEVE THE PAPER'S ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR SENT ME TO THIS BAR SOMEWHERE IN HOLLYWOOD. THIS IS NOT A WOMAN.

  • ANGER

    ANGER

    WHAT BEGAN AS A PEACEFUL RALLY IN SUPPORT FOR FAMILIES OF VICTIMS OF AIDS TURNS UGLY WHEN A RELIGIOUS COUNTER RALLY SHOWED UP...RIGHT BEHIND ME

  • MAN GRIEVING
  • RING OF FIRE
  • FIREFIGHTER
  • EMBRACE
  • GOVERNMENT AID
  • WOMAN AND FLAG
  • WOMAN IN BLACK
  • EYES AND KNIFE
  • STREET GIRLS
  • BOY AND MASK
  • FLU SHOT
  • ACQUITED
  • BEANBALL
  • DANCER AND FEATHERS
  • SUNRISE
  • WOMAN AND BIRD
  • FALLEN OFFICER
  • BASEBALL WALTZ
  • NIGHT PRACTICE
  • BARBED WIRE
  • PALM SUNDAY
  • EVICTED
  • SURFERS FEET
  • BOY AT RALLY
  • HELPING HAND
  • HOMELESS
  • SALUTE
  • THE BLIND CLERIC
  • UNITY
  • ANONYMOUS
  • NIGHTCLUB
  • ANGER