Archive for the 'Los Angeles' Category
Published January 17, 2013 Documentary Photography , Los Angeles , Shawn Nee 6 Comments
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It Was a Hipsta Kinda Year
Published December 21, 2012 Hollywood , Los Angeles , Photography , Street photography 6 CommentsTags: Hipstamatic, hollywood, iphone, iphoneography, Los Angeles, shawn nee
2012 was a slow year for me in regards to my usual picture-taking adventures. Yeah, there’s a decent sized bucket of unprocessed film with all kinds of thought-provoking images to uncover. But it’s nothing like in years past. I guess being jumped by 3 dudes on Halloween, harassed by many, and unlawfully detained by police for taking pictures in public is just too tiresome for this ol’ dog. Despite that, I did what everybody else is doing nowadays (privately, I was told I should follow the beaten path more often), so I tried my best at raising my digital photography street-cred by snapping a few pics with my Hipstamatic equipped iPhone.
It was fun and pretty deece for some picture-taking, but it’s nothing like shooting with meat and potatoes, B&W film.
Be warned though.
Los Angeles can be a gritty and gross place, and I tend to focus on that kind of stuff. Especially if it’s lying on the ground, which is where all the good stuff hangs out.
Merry Christmas.
Published December 19, 2012 Los Angeles , Photography , Street photography 1 Comment
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Published December 18, 2012 Documentary Photography , Hollywood , Los Angeles , Photography , Portrait , Shawn Nee Leave a Comment
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Published December 17, 2012 Documentary Photography , Los Angeles , Photography , Portrait , Shawn Nee Leave a Comment
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Published December 7, 2012 Hollywood , Los Angeles , Photography , Shawn Nee 3 Comments
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Published December 4, 2012 Documentary Photography , Hollywood , Los Angeles , Photography , Shawn Nee Leave a Comment
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I Should Have Shot That
Published November 26, 2012 Documentary , Hollywood , Los Angeles , Photography 2 CommentsTags: Animal, discarted, I Should Have Shot That, Los Angeles, Marina Galperina, shawn nee, Shawn Nee's Hollywood Brothel Date
Over at Animal, Marina Galperina has a recurring feature where she asks photographers to describe the great shot they didn’t get, called “I Should Have Shot That.” I have many, but went with a scenario that involved an invite with a hooker and her john and me not getting naked. The best part of the series are the illustrations made by James Noel Smith. You can read the whole story here.
Published November 10, 2012 Hollywood , Los Angeles , Street photography Leave a Comment
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Halloween 2012
Published November 9, 2012 Hollywood , LAPD , Los Angeles , Photography , Street photography 10 CommentsTags: discarted, Halloween, shawn nee
If I was capable of writing something profound and witty to introduce the following collection of Halloween photos I certainly would. But I can’t. So I will just share with you some images from one of the wildest nights that Hollywood has to offer each year (See last year’s essay here.).
I hope you enjoy the photos as much as I did taking them because one of the occupational hazards of doing street photography kicked in that night, and I was jumped by three dudes for documenting their assault on another man. I held my own, got my phone back and captured their faces and license plate in order to make them YouTube stars.
Enjoy the collection…









