WHAT THE CAMERA SAW: The Week and More

Caretakers

We all take care of our own little piece of the city. A workman scrapes old advertising off a billboard along Ventura Boulevard in Studio City. School district workers power-blast paint off a big red R on the football field at Redondo Union High School in Redondo Beach. The night before, pranksters supporting a cross-town rival reportedly painted the symbol green. And in Lomita, Robert Forsyth wipes down a 1902 Southern Pacific Mogul locomotive after overnight showers at the Lomita Railroad Museum.

Heading Out

Santa Ana College student Ricardo Cortez momentarily loses his head while decorating for a building’s dedication on campus. A passenger at Los Angeles International Airport’s Tom Bradley Terminal appears to have rushed off and left hers behind.

Let It Flow

There are so many hard surfaces and sharp edges in the big city. But there’s suppleness, too. Waves of fabric swirl around dancers at a Cinco de Mayo celebration. From underwater, lines soften and bend around Irvine Novaquatics Coach Eric Granlow as he watches over a morning session at the Irvine High School pool. And at downtown’s Museum of Contemporary Art, a visitor approaches an undulating wall that architect Arata Isozaki has said was inspired by Marilyn Monroe’s famous curves.

Doppelgangers

Shadows move through an echo world as a woman walks along Cambria Street in downtown Los Angeles and as a baseball fan walks past a colored fence cover in Mission Viejo.