The subjects of the Playground series are deconsecrated stretches of forgotten and unkempt land shrouded by neglect and considered a refuge for rebellious teenagers who wreak havoc on its soil. The landscape is characterized by uneven patches of mud curling and hardening over the sides of destroyed automobiles and decayed garages long overdue for a […]

“I’m sure that I prolong my life through these things.” – Chris Engman Work by Chris Engman, photos courtesy of Luis De Jesus Los Angeles Imagine glancing quickly past photographer Chris Engman’s work, Transplant—where the entire image of a tree is constructed using panels of images—while in development.  Is it any less real when you […]

On a crisp spring morning the early fog lifts like a fine vapor, ascending to the clouds, so that the city below the Griffith Park Observatory gains definition.  Through the clunky and rusted metal binoculars perched along the perimeter, Los Angeles lays below with each neighborhood, area, and zip code appearing as one giant artery […]