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Loss-The LA Auto Dealership series

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    Galleries

    • Loss-The LA Auto Dealership Series
    • Long Beach Warehouse
    • Transbay Terminal: The Last Days
    • Mare Island Shipyard
    • Interstate 5
    • Bay Bridge Project
    • Great Lakes Voyage
    • Industry at Night

About This Project:

This series started with an article in the LA Times discussing the state of the auto dealership trade during the 2008-2010 recession. It prompted me to go and see these facilities and the damage that was done to that industry and photograph it. Since I shot this project, many have become used car lots, and some were knocked down for new businesses. Many are still vacant. This series was done over a one year period, shot with 8x10 film.

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