Thousand of cyclist grande departe en masse from the corner of Western Ave. and Wilshire Blvd. for the monthly Critical Mass bike ride.
Footage by Ted Soqui © 2011
Footage by Ted Soqui © 2011
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Friday, January 28, 2011
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
"America's Sheriff" Heads To Prison
Former Orange County Sheriff, Mike Carona, reported to federal prison in Colorado this morning.
Carona was convicted of trying to get his former assistant Sheriff, Don Haidl, to lie on the stand to a Federal Grand Jury that was looking in to corruption in his Sheriff's department.
Carona, once dubbed "America's Sheriff' by the news media, must serve 85 percent of his 66 month sentence.
Carona was convicted of trying to get his former assistant Sheriff, Don Haidl, to lie on the stand to a Federal Grand Jury that was looking in to corruption in his Sheriff's department.
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| Mike Carona as Sheriff of O.C. in 1999. |
Monday, January 24, 2011
Nevada Test Site
Nearly 1000 nuclear devices were detonated at the Nevada test-site between 1951-1992.
People in Las Vegas would often see and feel the detonations from the strip hotels.
The test-site is no longer used due to the Comprehensible Test Ban Treaty that was signed in 1992.
Most of the site is still highly radioactive, monthly tours are available.
Photo by Ted Soqui © 1998
Friday, January 21, 2011
Pouring of the Actor
American Fine Arts Foundry workers poured molten bronze in to several cast, finishing up the last of the Actor statuettes. The statuettes are to be handed out on January 30, 2011 at the annual SAG awards show.
Photos by Ted Soqui © 2011
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| Foundry worker waiting for the bronze to heat up. |
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| Pulling the bronze from the furnace. |
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| The pour. |
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| Freeing the Actor from the cast. |
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| The Actor |
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| Adding the patina. |
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| The Actors. |
Photos by Ted Soqui © 2011
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
10 Years Ago
Images from a very cold and rainy day in Washington, DC, along the parade route of the Presidential inaugural parade for G.W. Bush. 1/20/2001
Photos by Ted Soqui © 2001
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| A fenced off Capitol building. |
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| Upside down flag in front of the Supreme Court building. |
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| In front of the Supreme Court building. |
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| Along the parade route. |
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| Along the parade route. |
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| Along the parade route. |
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| Flag burning on the parade route. |
Thursday, January 13, 2011
20th Annual Photo LA
Photo LA celebrates it's 20th year and is now open at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium.
The show opens to the public this Friday and will run till Monday 1/17/11.
There will be several lectures, panels and book signings held at photo LA.
Visit www.photola.com for more information on tickets and lecture times.
Photos by Ted Soqui © 2011
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| "Youngblood" by RETNA. |
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| Photos at Rivera and Rivera's booth. |
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| Pamela vs. Courbet. |
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| "Pb18 Head" by Peter Combe. |
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| Detail of the household paint chips of "Pb18" by Peter Combe. |
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| Opening night. |
There will be several lectures, panels and book signings held at photo LA.
Visit www.photola.com for more information on tickets and lecture times.
Photos by Ted Soqui © 2011
Monday, January 10, 2011
25th Martin Luther King Jr. Day
My local DIY carwash minted these "I Have A Dream" tokens.
Photo by Ted Soqui © 2011
The Great Pacific Ocean
View of the Great Pacific Ocean from the Pacific Palisades on my Sunday bike ride.
Click on image to see larger.
Photo by Ted Soqui © 2011
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Saturday, January 8, 2011
Operation Pothole Begins, Just Not In Koreatown.
L.A. city road repair crews begin to fill up to 15,000 pothole this weekend in a effort dubbed "Operation Pothole." Over 8 tons of asphalt will be used to fill pot holes and other rain-related road damage.
One pothole on Western Ave. near 8th Street has grown so large it has surpassed pothole status, the damage has been growing for over two months. Western Ave. in L.A.'s Koreatown now has the largest and most numerous potholes, beginning at the I10 Frwy. to Beverly Blvd.
Photos by Ted Soqui © 2011
One pothole on Western Ave. near 8th Street has grown so large it has surpassed pothole status, the damage has been growing for over two months. Western Ave. in L.A.'s Koreatown now has the largest and most numerous potholes, beginning at the I10 Frwy. to Beverly Blvd.
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| A street barrier eating pothole on Western Ave. |
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| A future tourist attraction, the Grand Canyon of Koreatown on Western Ave. near 8th Street. |
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Pasadena Train Station
From my photo archives, the train station in Old Town Pasadena on s. Raymond Ave. and Del Mar Blvd.
Shot with Tri-X at 1600 ASA.
3/1984
Photo by Ted Soqui © 2011
Shot with Tri-X at 1600 ASA.
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| Amtrack train station in Old Town Pasadena, 3/1984. Ted Soqui © 2011 |
Photo by Ted Soqui © 2011
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