L.A. River School - Student Work
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Northeast Los Angeles Riverfront:
Architect Rick Cortez shares his appreciation for Elysian Valley and his role in the evolving nature of the neighborhood and the L.A. River.
Northeast Los Angeles Riverfront:
Youth Voices Student Producer Bryant Recinos takes us on a virtual tour of key places along the L.A. River into Elysian Valley, Atwater Village and Glassell Park.
Northeast Los Angeles Riverfront:
The best part of my mural is being able to show where I come from.
Northeast Los Angeles Riverfront:
I selected each spot because they are places I grew up around. Vince's market has been a part of the community of Atwater Village for decades. Foster freeze is relatively new compared to Vince's but a scene from Quentin Tarantino's "Pulp Fiction" was filmed there, which makes it important especially in movie history.
Northeast Los Angeles Riverfront:
Rudy shares with us his experiences and the hot spots in his neighborhood that are important to him, including one four legged beauty named Pancha.
Northeast Los Angeles Riverfront:
I featured 4 hotspots in my mural. My favorite part of the mural project was going around to the different locations and taking pictures.
Northeast Los Angeles Riverfront:
By becoming involved and exploring my community, what I thought was just a bland and boring place, now I see as blossoming with countless opportunities.
Northeast Los Angeles Riverfront:
I selected each of my hot spots because they have been near me my whole life and they have left a big impact on me. They have shaped who I am today and without them I would be a totally different person.
Northeast Los Angeles Riverfront:
All the places I included are places I go to often, where I've made memories, and places where I believe there is a long history that visitors to the neighborhood may know and appreciate.
Northeast Los Angeles Riverfront:
Student producers from the L.A. River School and ArtLAB took a walk around their neighborhood and captured the details that make up a community -- details often missed when simply walking or driving through.
Northeast Los Angeles Riverfront:
Student feel at ease recording their lives -- Youth Voices offers an opportunity to explore not just how to hit the record button but how to think creatively and critically as they build their neighborhood stories.
Northeast Los Angeles Riverfront:
Some pictures capture the essence of a location while others invite the viewer to experience the place in a deeper more emotional way that allows us to understand it's importance to the student photographer.
Northeast Los Angeles Riverfront:
Youth Voices student producers were given disposable film cameras to photograph the river.
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