These frames are from Southeast Drive, a series on Southeast Los Angeles (SELA) portraying daily life in and around the city I have lived in since 1992. The photographs respond to a comment I heard years ago, which characterized SELA as a “war zone”, presumably for the high rate of crime. In the whereabouts of […]
Author Archives: Leopoldo Peña
Leopoldo Peña was born in Michoacán, México and has lived in Los Angeles since 1992. His photographic work is centered on immigration and modern environment. He works on long-term documentary projects with an emphasis on Mexican indigenous cultural performance and daily life in working class communities in Los Angeles. His landscape work accentuates a human-intervened environment.
