Janette Beckman’s East Side Story

Janette Beckman revisits the summer she spent with the El Hoyo Maravilla’s community in Maravilla Park, on the East Side of Los Angeles, during the height of a bitter turf war.

While studying art in 1970s London, photographer Janette Beckman borrowed August Sander’s landmark book, People of the 20th Century, from the school library and promptly forgot to bring it back. 
Inspired by his groundbreaking portraits, Janette...

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