Sophie Tianxin Chen
Wary cartographies comprise Los Angeles. The city’s relentless sprawl—spreading itself thin over five hundred square miles—evades any attempt to cultivate a singular identity. The area we consider LA is cut into eighty-eight little cities (Culver City, Inglewood) often patched together to approximate), portraitists (Larry Sultan’s series, shot on location a few blocks from where he grew up), and hustlers of every stripe.
