Framework

Capturing the world through photography, video and multimedia

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Welcome to Framework

Posted On: 2:00 a.m. | August 10, 2010

Framework, the photography and video blog of the Los Angeles Times, celebrates the power and explores the craft of visual storytelling. The blog highlights the work of Times photojournalists who, frame by frame, document the drama, the emotion and sometimes the humor of life. Framework also aims to serve as a resource hub for photography, multimedia and video enthusiasts who share our passion.... View Post»

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In Maywood, a quiet changing of the guard

In Maywood, a quiet changing of the guard

Posted On: 3:03 p.m. | August 8, 2010

The 86-year-old Maywood Police Department ceased operations and handed off duties to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. The disbanding of the department left 45 officers without jobs. View Post»

Jay L. Clendenin with Cut Chemist

Jay L. Clendenin with Cut Chemist

Posted On: 12:35 p.m. | August 6, 2010

Take a peek at Cut Chemist at home with staff photographer Jay L. Clendenin at work. View Post»

Proposition 8 overruled

Proposition 8 declared unconstitutional

Posted On: 12:13 p.m. | August 6, 2010

A federal judge declared California's ban on same-sex marriage unconstitutional Wednesday, saying that no legitimate state interest justified treating gay and lesbian couples differently from others and that "moral disapproval" was not enough to save the voter-passed Proposition 8. These are images of the reaction to the decision, captured by Times photographers in San Francisco and West... View Post»

Project 50: four walls and a bed

Project 50: Four walls and a bed

Posted On: 5:12 p.m. | August 4, 2010

With 643,000 homeless on any given day in the United States,  Project 50 took a bold approach to the problem on Los Angeles’ infamous skid row. Project 50 took the 50 people deemed the most at risk of dying on the streets and put them into housing.  The idea: House them first, and offer them health and social services if they choose to accept it. This controversial method of housing... View Post»

Population

Population – Stories from the sidewalk

Posted On: 8:21 p.m. | August 2, 2010

Population - Stories from the sidewalk View Post»

Kayaking down the Los Angeles River

Kayaking down the Los Angeles River

Posted On: 9:59 a.m. | August 2, 2010

Environmentalists kayak down the L.A. River on the heels of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency designating it a "navigable waterway." View Post»

Alabama's Homeboys

Alabama’s Homeboys

Posted On: 9:41 p.m. | July 30, 2010

Two members of Homeboy Industries, a Los Angeles gang-intervention group, go on a pilgrimage to work with impoverished children in a rural, largely segregated Alabama community. View Post»

X Games Vert ramp

X Games Vert ramp panorama

Posted On: 6:23 p.m. | July 29, 2010

Sandro Dias practices for the Skateboard Men's Vert competition at the X Games View Post»

Haiti: Living in Limbo - Marise George

Haiti: Living in Limbo – Days of remembrance

Posted On: 12:23 p.m. | July 28, 2010

On Jan. 12, Marise George arrived by bus in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Hours later, she lay buried under rubble from the devastating earthquake. Times photographer Carolyn Cole, who was there for George's rescue days later, returned to the island last month and tracked her down. View Post»

Haiti: Living in Limbo - Clinging to dreams

Haiti: Living in limbo – Clinging to dreams

Posted On: 12:22 p.m. | July 28, 2010

In the days after the Haiti earthquake, Rony Guervil spent long hours cradling his son in the park where the family had fled. Months later, Times photographer Carolyn Cole found them again — home now, at a house perched incongruously on a ruined hillside. View Post»

Haiti: Living in Limbo - Rose Marguie Normil

Haiti: Living in limbo – Small steps forward

Posted On: 12:20 p.m. | July 28, 2010

After the Haiti earthquake, Rose Marguie Normil sat helpless outside a hospital and waited in vain for help. Times photographer Carolyn Cole caught up with her months later and found her still in pain. But she has peace now, because at last she knows why. View Post»

Haiti: Living in limbo - Penny candy prayers

Haiti: Living in limbo – Penny candy prayers

Posted On: 12:19 p.m. | July 28, 2010

In the days after the Haiti earthquake, Alescandra Simin found strength by singing with a group huddled around a single candle in a Port-au-Prince park. Months later, Times photographer Carolyn Cole found Simin and her daughters living in the same park, hungry and with little hope left. View Post»

Scenes from the newly remodeled Bradley International Terminal at Los Angeles International Airport

Scenes from the Tom Bradley International Terminal at LAX

Posted On: 11:41 a.m. | July 28, 2010

Scenes from the Tom Bradley International Terminal at LAX View Post»

View of Los Angeles from the Goodyear Blimp
  • John W. Adkisson / Los Angeles Times

View from the Goodyear blimp

Posted On: 11:08 a.m. | July 28, 2010

Los Angeles Times photographer John W. Adkisson rode in the Goodyear blimp with pilot Matthew St. John over downtown Los Angeles. View Post»

Panorama: Vera Farmiga on the red carpet at the Academy Awards

82nd Academy Awards panoramas

Posted On: 12:29 p.m. | July 21, 2010

Panoramas on the red carpet at the 82nd Academy Awards at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles View Post»

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Framework

Framework, the photography and video blog of the Los Angeles Times, celebrates the power and explores the craft of visual storytelling. The blog highlights the work of Times photojournalists who frame by frame, document the drama, the emotion and sometimes the humor of life. Framework also aims to serve as a resource hub for photography, multimedia and video enthusiasts who share our passion. We will trade insights and discuss the tools and techniques of telling stories through images. Have a look and let us know what you think.

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