CITY GRAIN LA

City Grain LA

Photographs + notes from DTLA

Patrick Barrera photographs the city at walking pace.

“The city reveals itself one block at a time.”

Reflections of Downtown Los Angeles and passengers layered in a city bus window
A pedestrian crossing a bright concrete wall divided by a deep diagonal shadow

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Selected work

Light, distance, and the small decisions that make a city feel inhabited.

Palm-tree shadows stretching across a pale Los Angeles wall

Palm study / South Broadway

A distant person in a red jacket walking beneath repeating freeway columns

Underpass / Late light

A wide Downtown Los Angeles intersection reflecting traffic lights after rain

After rain / Financial District

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Field notes

Short observations on attention, light, and making photographs in public.

After the rain Read → Waiting for the frame Read → Working the edge of noon Read →