Feb 2010
Salazar Park
February 28, 2010
Don Jones (above) holds 1990 print with the image of slain journalist Ruben Salazar at Salazar Park's Senior Center in Los Angeles on February 28, 2010.
Community activists held a panel discussion to recognize the 40th anniversary of a march through the rain in Los Angeles to protest the Vietnam War. Organizers say the ``March in the Rain'' was a turning point of the Chicano Movement.
Organizer Rosalio Muñoz (below) raises his fist to a cheering crowd of over 100 people.
Garcia Shoe Store & Repair
February 27, 2010
I got off the bus on Beverly near Gerhart and noticed that the sign for Garcia Shoe Store & Repair was whitewashed and the store gone.
It was one of my favorite signs around my neighborhood.
José Nuñez at Zamora Bros.
February 21, 2010
After posting the photo of the Denny's sign going up I started to think about José Nuñez.
In February of 2008 I met José after he played a set at Troy's Burgers on Avenida Cesar Chavez and Eastern Ave. A few days later I met him there and we took the bus to Zamora Bros so I could shoot him playing for tips. A couple days later I recorded him playing at the Jack in the Box on Avenida Cesar Chavez and Mott St.
I wondered if Denny's will allow him and others to play.
You can hear José play a bit here.
Avenida Cesar Chavez
February 20, 2010
A Denny's restaurant sign is installed on the corner of Avenida Cesar Chavez and Mednik Ave on Friday February 19, 2010 in East Los Angeles.
There used to be a Victory Outreach thrift store where the restaurant is now.
Hail to the Chief - LA City Hall
February 11, 2010
The Perfect Exposure Gallery, in commemoration of African American History Month, will exhibit at the Los Angeles City Hall a compilation of images entitled, "Hail to the Chief", documenting the historic day of the Inauguration January 20th, 2009 when Barack H. Obama was sworn in as the 44th President of the United States of America - the first African - American ever to hold the office of U.S. Commander-in-Chief.
Photo by Adrian Sanchez-Gonzalez
Also exhibiting: Paul Morse, Armando Arorizo, Heng Qi, Burt Harris and William Auth
Academy Awards - 1962
February 11, 2010
Actress Rita Moreno poses with her Oscar after she was named best supporting actress at the Academy Awards in Los Angeles on April 9, 1962. She won for her roll in "West Side Story".
Message on a Fence
February 10, 2010
This afternoon I was walking around Boyle Heights looking for a clear shot of the snow capped mountains but the telephone lines were everywhere. I found this message written on a fence. Yeah sometimes I feel the same way.
Avenida Cesar Chavez
February 01, 2010
On Sunday January 31, 2010 I shot a Flag Retirement Ceremony held at the American Legion Post 804 on Avenida Cesar Chavez in East LA.. Five LA County Fire Department Explorers folded over 30 flags that were dropped off by local residents. During the ceremony members of the post, other veterans and family members dropped flags into a pit to be properly disposed.
The Eastsider LA also used the photos.
