8 Years Ago

8 years ago I photographed former President Jimmy Carter for the Los Angeles City Beat newspaper.
He was on break from building house for the homeless in South Los Angeles.
He is now 90 years old and about to undergo treatment for brain cancer.
I wish him well.

Photo by Ted Soqui © 2007

Humility, humanity, style, and grace personified.

Coolest Editor Ever! Steve Appleford

LA City Beat fired LA's best and coolest editor ever last week. I have no word on why he was "replaced" yet. Steve had a high respect for photographers, because he is one. He also resisted following the trend of replacing professional photographers with amateurs and iphotographers, while still recognizing new and younger talented photographers. Steve would often be seen in the field taking photos as well, often shooting film instead of digital. He is the founding editor at City Beat. Steve, thanks for running my pictures.

Photograph courtesy of David Markland c 2008

The Cover Of LA City Beat Vol 6 Issue 5

Got the cover of this week's LA City Beat. It's a photo of our next US President, Barack Obama. 

Photo by Ted Soqui c 2008

This Week in Los Angeles City Beat 12-20-07

This week in LA City Beat. They ran a nice portrait of LA City Councilman Eric Garcetti of the 13th District taken by me back in 2004. I photographed him in the main hallway on the first floor of historic LA City Hall.

They wrote about how nice of a guy he is. He really is a nice guy and a pleasure to photograph.

Photograph by Ted Soqui c 2007

This Week in Los Angeles City Beat

The latest  issue of LA City Beat published a nice photo I shot of LA Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa.

Photo by Ted Soqui c 2007

President Jimmy Carter

Got an assignment to photograph President Jimmy Carter for the LA City Beat. It was very cool to meet him. Had to catch him between building houses for Habitat for Humanity. Yes, he does the hard stuff hammering sawing and he carries his own 2x4's.  

Photo by Ted Soqui c 2007