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Los Angeles

“LA is my big studio,” says Anthony Hernandez. “One day I’m in one corner, the next in the middle. It’s always interesting.”

In this sprawling city, not known for a tradition of sidewalk-wandering image makers, Hernandez might be considered the resident street photographer of Los Angeles. For decades, he has surveyed the city’s streetscapes, including its growing crisis of homelessness, and the connections between social position and mobility. In

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