LAST SEACOAST
the photography and journalism blog of Ariel Swartley
Our Part of Town
July 07, 2015
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Our part of town: Whiskey Flats to Point Fermin, a mile-long stretch of San Pedro, at the southernmost edge of L.A. It's a neighborhood of hills and fog, bordered on three sides by ocean. Geologists say it used to be an island. Still feels like one. Many of the houses date to the early 1900s though there have been some modifications along the way....
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Story Line
December 05, 2014
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There are stories that you follow linearly like piece of music or a hiking trail. They keep you facing forward, though sometimes they look back, and may even end up where they started.
Then there are other stories that move differently. Not as a line but as a stack, Or a tilt-a-whirl. They emerge from the patterns made by Tarot cards, from a lands...
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What's Really Out There
October 20, 2014
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Things aren't always how they're seen.
In my book, SIGHTED_The Records, there are two versions of the same shot. In one, several moons--or maybe I mean discs-- are clearly visible. In the other--thanks to the digital magic of gradient maps (do not ask me to explain)--the moons disappear, subsumed in a bland expanse of blue.
So, exactly what truth...
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Dice in Your Face
September 26, 2014
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Last week we stopped in a casino near Hoover Dam to use the restroom. (Long road trip.) W ould have put a fiver in a slot game too, but the smoke got to us first.
Two nights ago, after an inspiring talk by a fellow photo group member on the uses of Boost posts, I came home, put 20 dollars on Facebook, and said "show me the cherries." Despite the a...
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SIGHTED_The Records. In Print!
September 23, 2014
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What really happens on the highways? What gets reported in the archives?
SIGHTED_The Records- -a story in photographs, paper, and typeface --now available
in print and as an e-book. http://www.arielswartley.com/sightedtherecords
Share stories on Facebook at www.facebook.com/pages/The-Sighted-Project/246195172225650
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