My Top 10 Photos of 2018

I put together this collection of 10 of images I took this year. Was going to do a list of 35, but paired it down to just 10. Probably should have done a list of 50, but thought 10 is a good number. Photographed hundreds of thousands of images this year, these 10 mean a lot to me even though they may not be my best photographs. Click on the images to see them larger.

Hope you like them. 

May 2019 be an even better year for all of us.

Ted Soqui

Blasey Ford supporter in downtown L.A. 9/28/2018

"March For Our Lives" rally and march in downtown L.A. 3/24/2018

                                     

Light bringer. Lombok, Indonesia. 6/20/2018

SpaceX rocket launch over L.A. 10/7/2018

World Series Game at Dodger Stadium. 10/26/2018 

T'-Oaks residents line up on a freeway overpass to say goodbye to a fallen officer. 11/8/2018

An Arabian horse at Zuma Beach during the Woolsey Fire. 11/9/2018

Broken figurine at the Woolsey Fire. Malibu. 12/7/2018 

A homeless man in Hollywood with a new "Fuck You" tattoo on his face. 12/14/2018

Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez speaking in L.A. 8/2/2018

Woolsey Fire

Images from tghe Woolsey Fire burning in the hills above Trancas and Zuma Beach.

Photos by Ted Soqui © 2018

An Arabian horse awaits evacuation at Zuma Beach

Fire burns in Trancas Canyon.

Evacuees at Zuma Beach.

Evacuations near Pepperdine University.

BTS footage

10 Years Ago

Ten years ago on this date, Americans elected Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States of America.
Vote.

Photo by Ted Soqui © 2006

Citizen Obama.

Baby Trump Flies @ LA City Hall

A "Baby Trump" balloon flies at Los Angeles City Hall during a Prop 10 rally. The balloon is a licenced replica of the original balloon that was created in the UK earlier this year,

Photos by Ted Soqui © 2018

On the steps of City Hall.

LAPD officer trying to shut the balloon down.

Selfie time.

"Baby Trump" full of air.

"Baby Trump."

Longest World Series Game

The Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Boston Red Sox, 3-2 in the longest World Series game last night.
The game lasted 18 inning tying the previous record, and took 7 hours and 20 minutes to play beating the old record of 7 hours and 5 minutes. Each team had 9 pitchers throwing 561 total pitches.
The Red Sox lead the series 2 games to 1.

Photos by Ted Soqui © 2018

The games begin

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Baby Trump In LA

The Baby Trump balloon flying over downtown Los Angeles for the Politicon Convention.

Photos by Ted Soqui © 2018

Launch.

Blue and orange morning.

New skyline.

Southern California Wildfires

Labor Slideshow

SpaceX West Coast Night Launch

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched from Vandenberg AFB near Ventura, CA. The early evening launched was made spectacular by high altitude sunlight reflecting the rocket's gases over Los Angeles. I used a Canon DSLR with a 100-400mm zoom lens.
ISO was 6400 and exposures were 1/80s @ f.4.5.
Camera was handheld.

Photos by Ted Soqui © 2018

Booster separation.

Falcon 9 before stage separation over downtown L.A.

Booster separation.

New Exhibit

“X” photo by Ted Soqui © 1992  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  Photojournalist Ted Soqui Added to The Lineup of "Out In The Street" -Exhibition at Muzeumm in West Adams District (September 10, 2018/ Los Angeles, California) The Venice Institute of Contemporary Art ViCA and Muzeumm present a unique fine art photography exhibition Out In The Street, which focuses on a nearly 200 year tradition in art, will feature a selection of work by Ted Soqui. He is known for his insightful and dedicated photographic coverage of Los Angeles in all it's aspects for the LA Weekly, TIME Magazine, Newsweek Magazine, and the New York Times Magazine to name a few - with special emphasis on cause-based events protests and demonstrations from the 1980's to the present. He became world renowned for a TIME Magazine cover image of an Occupy Movement protester by Shepard Fairey. The original “Protester” image and several protest images photographed over the last 30 years in Los Angeles, will be exhibited. Artists selected for the show include the renowned Edmund Teske, Ave Pildas, Diane Cockerill, Sunny Bak and Osceola Refetoff. Out In The Street presents mages created with a camera that address urban challenges and solutions in terms of social issues, justice, political protest, demonstrations, geographical, and/or philosophically creative ways of seeing what's out in the street or out of doors - from around the world. Curated by Director of ViCA Juri Koll, the exhibition opens with an artist’s reception on September 21 from 7:30 - 10pm, and continues through October 21, 2018 at Muzeumm in Los Angeles, a pre-eminent exhibition space located at 4817 W. Adams Blvd., Los Angeles, California 90016, in the burgeoning West Adams District. Following the exhibition, a catalog will be published, for purchase in soft cover for $20. Deadline for the Open Call approaches quickly - September 14, 2018 at 5pm.  Submissions: https://www.veniceica.org/exhibitions/2018/9/21/out-in-the-street For further information: ted@tedsoquiphoto.com  juri@veniceica.org or +1 310-957-7037, and www.veniceica.org. ***

Indonesian Independence Day Celebration

Indonesian Independence Day celebration at the Indonesian Consulate in Los Angeles.

Photos by Ted Soqui © 2018

Indonesian diversity.

LA Gold

Los Angeles landmarks turned gold last night to honor Jonathan Gold's 58th birthday. Jonathan was a longtime former colleague at the LA Weekly and passed away earlier last week from pancreatic cancer.

Photography by Ted Soqui © 2018

#LAGold

LA Fire Print

Just finished printing of one of my favorite photos, "LA Fire."

This image was featured on two hit television shows, "The Closer" and "Major Crimes." It was shot as I attempted to drive down Topanga Blvd during a Santa Ana wind driven brush fire back in October 2008.
I quickly realized that I wouldn't make it through due to heavy sideways blowing flame, so I reversed my car stopping for a brief moment to shoot this image through my front windshield.

The final image is printed at a giant 60"x40" inches, and was produced and printed by the print masters of A&I Photo in North Hollywood, CA. It's definitely a statement piece. Only 10 prints will be produced for sale.

Contact me via email or IM if interested in purchasing one of these impressive prints.

Ted 

ted@tedsoquiphoto.com

Have one on my wall.

"LA Fire."

4/29/1992

On this day, twenty-six years ago, the City of Los Angeles tore itself apart.
The wounds and scars have not fully healed and the memories still linger.

Photo illustration by Ted Soqui © 1992

LA '92 riots as graphic novel.

Happy 90th LA City Hall

Los Angeles City Hall turns 90 years old today. The iconic structure opened back in 1928 with a three day long celebration.
Made this montage proof-sheet image back in 1990, using one roll of bulk rolled 35mm Kodak Tri-X black and white film.
The bottom left frame is my favorite. It shows a homeless man asleep on the great lawn.
The homeless issue has still not been addressed by the politicians of this beautiful structure.

Photography by Ted Soqui © 2018

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Hot Spring Week in Los Angeles

Record breaking spring temperatures this week in the Los Angeles basin.

Photo by Ted Soqui © 2018

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March For Our Lives LA

The crowd outside L.A. City Hall during the March For Our Lives rally.
LA Weekly slide show.

Photo by Ted Soqui © 2018

No guns.

Spring Rain

Spring rain day in Los Angeles.

Photo by Ted Soqui © 2018

The eyes of March.

LA River Water Falls

Photographed some waterfalls in the LA River today caused by the latest rain storm.
Used my old Canon Mark 2 camera with a $50 dollar zoom lens, they are used mostly to cover wild fires. Leaning up against the fencing along the river, I was able to shoot long 1/2 second exposures of water falling in to the LA River. The long exposures accentuated the blue in the sky on the normally brownish river water. Some of the colors in the water came out supernatural and creamy looking.

Photographs by Ted Soqui © 2018

Colorful falls.

Spring.

Tree with falls.

Long falls.

Graffiti falls.

LA Fashion Week 2018

Los Angeles Fashion Week 2018 held at Neuehouse in Hollywood, CA.

Photos by Ted Soqui © 2018

LAFW 18.

Trump Protest in Beverly Hills

Hundreds of people came out to Beverly Hills to protest the arrival of Trump's visit to the area.

Photos by Ted Soqui © 2018

90210.

Special Event This Sunday March 11

If you are looking for something to do this Sunday, March 11, attend this special open house event at A&I Fine Art + Photo. I will be there along with A&I's master printers and staff.
There will be coffee and snacks along with great conversation about high quality printing and book making.
Stop by and say hello.

A&I Fine Art + Photography
Open House Event
6844 Vineland Ave, North Hollywood CA
(818) 848-9001
4-7pm
Parking onsite.

See you there.

Ted

4-7 pm 6844 Vineland Ave, NoHo.

Sanctuary City

Students at a pro-DACA rally at L.A.'s Olvera Street Plaza last year.

Los Angeles is a sanctuary city for immigration.

Photo by Ted Soqui © 2017

Viva.

Superbluebloodmoon Over Los Angeles

A super blue blood moon hangs in the sky over the City of Los Angeles early this morning.

Photo by Ted Soqui © 2018

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Slab City USA

Covered the art colony, and for many a rent free life that is off the grid, Slab City.
It's located in the desert next to the Salton Sea in Southern California.
Read about in this week's LA Weekly.

Clink here for a slideshow of images from Slab City.

Photo for the LA Weekly by Ted Soqui © 2018

East Jesus artist, Flip Cassidy and his sculpture "The Television Will Not Be Televised."

Women's March 2018

Images from this year's Women's March in downtown Los Angeles.

Photo by Ted Soqui © 2018

Los Angeles.