A paletero pushes his cart along a sidewalk in downtown L.A.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Mehdi Bouqua

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A fly alights on a flower at the Flower Fields in Carlsbad

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Diane Trimble

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A frozen moment at Union Station.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Nancy Lehrer

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The Watts Towers rise above the photographer in this Holga photo.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Lucy Stewart

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A surfer rides a wave during the Western Surfing Assn. competition in Huntington Beach.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Jeric de Leon

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A man lies face-down on a sidewalk grate in downtown L.A.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Greg Keating

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"I was attracted by the street performer and a young girl listening to his music," Romeo Doneza said of this photo taken outside Metro station at Hollywood and Vine. "I immediately grabbed my camera and framed it."

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Romeo Doneza

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A man sits at a bus stop on Melrose in an image captured as the photographer waited outside a store for her daughter.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Jodie McGuire

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Marines at the Twentynine Palms base keep tabs on a puppy using a ribbon as a makeshift leash.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Jay G. Thornton

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