Downtown #9

“[K]ind of obsessed…”

Photo by Michael Farquhar, used with permission

“I am a recent transplant to LA, and have been kind of obsessed with all of the graffiti and alleys since I got out here.” – Michael Farquhar

Downtown #8

“[T]he scene of the alley was suitable…”

Photo by Balbir Bassan, used with permission

“I took it because I hadn’t done any real photography for a month and I figured the scene of the alley was suitable, so I just waited for people and snapped.” – Balbir Bassan

Olvera Street, Downtown

Photo by Gary Cohen via Flickr and used with permission.

[Ed note: We’ll admit we had never heard of Naud Junction before, but have since learned it’s a tiny stretch of real estate in Downtown, near Phillippe’s. Map]

Central Industrial District, Downtown

“For us, just another night…”

“It was the day after Christmas. For us, just another night underground. We arrived in a huddle and left no footprints.” —Solomon Wolfson

Used with permission.

Downtown #7

Photo by Nitsa

– Used with permission, from Flickr

Downtown #6

Photo by Jesse Childers

I was just exploring downtown LA one day with my camera, and for some reason this alley caught my eye. I wanted to test out my new tripod to do an HDR photo – Jesse Childers.

Downtown #5

Photo by Loren

Why I took it is pretty straightforward. I was staying with friends in downtown LA and we went for a walk. The alley, behind converted loft buildings, had been made into a seating and promenade area for the residents. It reminded me of Italy–my 2nd most favorite physical environment after Japan. I took the shot. –Loren, of the photo that is via Flickr.

Downtown #4

Photo by Mark Peacock

Mark Peacock, via Flickr:

Alleys are the back door to the places where we live and work, the façade and mask of the front can’t hide the bowels of where things are discarded and where the least among us in society search for sustenance ………….

Downtown #3

By Jorge Vismara

“Walking around in down, very down downtown Los Angeles.” — Jorge Vismara

Downtown #2

Photo by Doug McClintock

I used to live in a loft facing this alley. [It was] 5 a.m. on a Sunday morning, prepping for a commercial. I stumbled upon these set up by a cracked out homeless guy during the night. He found them in a dumpster. — Doug McClintock via Flickr.