THEN & NOW: L.A. Riots 20 Years Later.
Posted by ego trip on 04/27/2012. Leave a Comment
In the spring of 1992 LA Weekly photographer Ted Soqui spent more than two weeks documenting chaos on the streets of Los Angeles during the L.A. Riots, a/k/a the L.A. Uprising. With the 20-year anniversary of the riots upon us this weekend, LA Weekly had Soqui revisit several of the devastated locations he shot back in ’92 to contrast their visages then and now. In some instances things have changed quite a bit; in others sadly less so. Soqui also shares recollections of his experiences with writer Patrick Range McDonald. Take a look a few of the amazing images from his photo essay, after the jump…
Read the rest of the article at LA Weekly.
