LA Portraits

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Description

In LA Portraits, the across the world celebrated photographer, Estevan Oriol, explores the vibrant gang culture pervading the City of Angels. The book follows its immensely popular predecessor, LA Woman in its ability to capture an authentic view of the people of Los Angeles.
“They don’t seem to be all monsters,” says Oriol, “you were given cool guys, crazy guys, assholes. Most of the people are cool that’s why I hang out with them. It’s more a brotherhood, a circle of relatives. Got the barbecue, low riding, hanging out, school days, guns, drugs, a little bit of everything.”
The collection contains over one hundred iconic images sourced from Oriol’s fascinating and extensive archive that spans over 20 years. Each and every photograph is shot on film, presenting the viewer with a unique and insightful journey into the LA gangland.
L’Oiel De La Photographie recognises this journey, calling Oriol’s work “an unforgettable voyage to yet again and place where your boys just becoming men discuss with tattoo parlors and begin to get their bodies inked. Of men with guns and sunglasses and masks, of makeshift memorials on the sidewalk where something terrible happened. Of colors, certain colors, and a whole lot of plaid. Of bandanas, baseball caps, of low riders cruising up along, dudes posted up, uniform of the streets.” –Miss Rosen.


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