Monthly Archives: May 2011

Beth Isreal Cemetery: [Part 2] Markers

Posted on May 31, 2011 by Benjamin Simpson

Beth Israel is a packed cemetery. Full of concrete and stones. There is no grass, no open green land, this is a cemetery of a city. Where rows of concrete rectangles sit line after line after line. Like neat row … Continue reading →

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Beth Israel Cemetery: [Part 1] Portraits

Posted on May 23, 2011 by Benjamin Simpson

Beth Israel is a tiny cemetery just east of Downtown Los Angeles. On the entrance gate was a small sign advertising headstone replacement photographs. There are a number of headstones that have photographs mounted near the top. They look like … Continue reading →

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Abstract Los Angeles: Faces

Posted on May 9, 2011 by Benjamin Simpson

-Abstract Los Angeles- is my randomly wandering project of the infinite streets of this Metropolis, clicking at my shutter button, noting the details hidden and the obvious available. Today’s installment is about faces. They are everywhere. Jesus looks out from … Continue reading →

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Eleven Photographs: Hood Ornaments at the Nethercutt Museum

Posted on May 2, 2011 by Benjamin Simpson

I thought that the Peterson was the only Los Angeles automotive museum. I was wrong. Hidden away in the San Fernando Valley, in a nondescript building, in a nondescript neighborhood, sits a free museum with some of the most beautiful … Continue reading →

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