2024 Q2 Photo Essay

September 22, 2024Khai Le

Judged by Tony Overman of the Olympian

First Place :First is an excellent edit of photos that tell so many angles of the border situation with both beautiful and story-telling images. Excellent!
Second Place: Second is a collection of fantastic images - portraits really - of those living on the streets. Great mix of sadness, happiness and despair.
Third Place: Third are a great selection of images from a pride festival. Energetic and fun.

First Place: Robert Gauthier, Los Angeles Times

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Jacumba Hot Springs, CA, Sunday, May 12, 2024 - Officials conceded that the president’s executive action, which is likely to face legal challenges, is essentially a stopgap. The lack of additional funding for resources at the border, along with potentially limited cooperation from Mexico and migrants’ home countries, could also hamper the administration’s efforts.Migrants and asylum sleep in a makeshift camp located near the I-8 freeway, hours after crossing the border through rocky, mountainous terrain. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times)

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Jacumba Hot Springs, CA, Sunday, May 12, 2024 - A Border Patrol agent photographs women who are lined up to be transported at a makeshift camp located near the I-8 freeway. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times)

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Jacumba Hot Springs, CA, Sunday, May 12, 2024 - “This action will help us gain control of our border, restore order into the process,” Biden said during a press conference Tuesday. “This ban will remain in place until a number of people trying to enter legally is reduced to a level that our system can effectively manage.”Migrants wait to be transported by Border Patrol after gathering in a makeshift camp after crossing the border through rocky, mountainous terrain. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times)

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Jacumba Hot Springs, CA, Monday, May 13, 2024 - Despite new rules restricting access to asylum for thousands of people crossing daily East of San Diego. People desperate to live in the U.S. continue to risk their lives, often walking miles in mountainous terrain at night, ready to surrender to border agents. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times)

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Tijuana, Mexico, Tuesday, June 4, 2024 - Rosario Delia, left, from Chiapas, Mexico, and spouse Gracia Maria from El Salvador, share a moment together outside Movimiento Juventud 2000 migrant shelter, where they are living while waiting to apply for asylum in the U.S.. They have waited two months for an appointment. They said they had faced discrimination as a gay couple, including in Tijuana, and fled gang extortion.Cortez said the new rule is fair. Hopefully, it means more appointments could open up through the app, she said.“It’s not fair that someone enters irregularly while others are following the rules,” she said. “We all need to be patient.” (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times)

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Barrett Junction, CA, Tuesday, June 4, 2024 - Shortly after President Biden’s executive order to restrict asylum access took effect late Tuesday, 50 migrants completed a nine-hour trek through the mountains just north of Tecate, Mexico.(Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times)

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Barrett Junction, CA, Tuesday, June 4, 2024 - They lined up single file against the brush, in a dusty clearing steps from Highway 94, and waited for Border Patrol agents to pick them up. The migrants, a group including men, women and children from Cuba, Ecuador, China and Brazil, were exhausted, nearly out of food and water. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times)

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San Diego, CA, Wednesday, June 5, 2024 - A large border patrol bus pulls up to transport dozens of people seeking asylum at the US/Mexico border. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times)

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San Diego, CA, Wednesday, June 5, 2024 - An asylum seeker receives food offered by the American Friends Service Committee as they wait to be detained by border patrol. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times)

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San Diego, CA, Wednesday, June 5, 2024 - Many hadn’t heard of the order, which raises the legal standard for asylum claims and blocks access for those crossing the border illegally when average arrests are higher than 2,500 a day.Pedro Rios of the American Friends Service Committee offers a cup of noodles to an asylum seeker. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times)

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San Diego, CA, Wednesday, June 5, 2024 - Pedro Rios of the American Friends Service Committee tidies up the area located near a tent containing food and supplies used to comfort and aid people crossing the US/Mexico border. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times)

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Campo, CA, Monday, June 3, 2024 - Men seeking asylum are detained by border patrol after crossing the US/Mexico border hours earlier. Under an nterim rule issued by the Biden administration, the president can put the border restrictions into effect when average border arrests surpass 2,500 migrants for seven days in a row — as was the case Tuesday. The rule also raises the legal bar for an asylum claim at the border from reasonable possibility the migrant will face torture at home to reasonable probability it will happen.(Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times)

Second Place: Cristina Klenz Salvador, Freelance

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Photo Essay_Intersections In time_ Long Beach From My Car is a photo essay of images I take during my travels driving through both Long Beach and Signal Hill California. All the images are taken from within my vehicle and depict the current plights of Long Beach residents especially the unhoused. The essay also documents unusual or interesting scenes that provoke emotion in the viewer. Although Long Beach has experienced a decrease in homelessness since 2023, there are 3,376 unhoused individuals living in the city; 49 percent of them are chronically homeless. Nationwide, drug and alcohol overdoses are the primary causes of death in the homeless population.Pulling numerous bags filled with bottles and cans, a man rides his bike toward the The EDC Recycling and Transfer center at 2755 California Avenue in Signal Hill.

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Photo Essay_Intersections In time_ Long Beach From My Car is a photo essay of images I take during my travels driving through both Long Beach and Signal Hill California. All the images are taken from within my vehicle and depict the current plights of Long Beach residents especially the unhoused. The essay also documents unusual or interesting scenes that provoke emotion in the viewer. Although Long Beach has experienced a decrease in homelessness since 2023, there are 3,376 unhoused individuals living in the city; 49 percent of them are chronically homeless. Nationwide, drug and alcohol overdoses are the primary causes of death in the homeless population.A woman named Laura protects herself with cardboard boxes on Magnolia Avenue in Long Beach near 15th Street. On one of the boxes, the was receptively writing, “Little Laura.” Numerous people walked past Laura who was leaning against a wall near the sidewalk. One of the passersby was carrying a bag with a phrase “Eat Well, Live Well.

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Photo Essay_Intersections In time_ Long Beach From My Car is a photo essay of images I take during my travels driving through both Long Beach and Signal Hill California. All the images are taken from within my vehicle and depict the current plights of Long Beach residents especially the unhoused. The essay also documents unusual or interesting scenes that provoke emotion in the viewer. Although Long Beach has experienced a decrease in homelessness since 2023, there are 3,376 unhoused individuals living in the city; 49 percent of them are chronically homeless. Nationwide, drug and alcohol overdoses are the primary causes of death in the homeless population.An unhoused woman walks shoeless along Del Amo Boulevard in North Long Beach.

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Photo Essay_Intersections In time_ Long Beach From My Car is a photo essay of images I take during my travels driving through both Long Beach and Signal Hill California. All the images are taken from within my vehicle and depict the current plights of Long Beach residents especially the unhoused. The essay also documents unusual or interesting scenes that provoke emotion in the viewer. Although Long Beach has experienced a decrease in homelessness since 2023, there are 3,376 unhoused individuals living in the city; 49 percent of them are chronically homeless. Nationwide, drug and alcohol overdoses are the primary causes of death in the homeless population.Ray takes shelter in the doorway of the Park Broadway building next to a window display of the building’s luxury rental units located at 245 W. Broadway in downtown Long Beach.

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Photo Essay_Intersections In time_ Long Beach From My Car is a photo essay of images I take during my travels driving through both Long Beach and Signal Hill California. All the images are taken from within my vehicle and depict the current plights of Long Beach residents especially the unhoused. The essay also documents unusual or interesting scenes that provoke emotion in the viewer. Although Long Beach has experienced a decrease in homelessness since 2023, there are 3,376 unhoused individuals living in the city; 49 percent of them are chronically homeless. Nationwide, drug and alcohol overdoses are the primary causes of death in the homeless population.Johnny Hayes, who has found a home on the sidewalk adjacent to the emergency entrance of St. Mary Medical Center in Long Beach, states that he has been unhoused for one month.

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Third place: Brandon Richardson, Long Beach Watchdog

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Thousands of prople turned out for the 41st annual Long Beach Pride parade and festival Sunday, May 19, 2024. The parade included dozens of entries and hundrends of participants, with Ocean Boulevard in Downtown Long Beach lined with viewers. The festival, including vendors and live musical performances took place directly after the parade at Marina Green Park.Tyler Walsh, 33, left, and Ginny Neyer, 39, kiss in front of religious protesters ahead of the 41st Long Beach Pride Parade Sunday, May 19, 2024.

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The Dykes on Bikes club rides in the 41st Long Beach Pride Parade Sunday, May 19, 2024.

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Skaters take turns shredding Pigeon's Roller Skate Shop's halfpipe on wheels during the 41st Long Beach Pride Parade Sunday, May 19, 2024.

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People gather on an apartment building patio to watch the 41st Long Beach Pride Parade Sunday, May 19, 2024.

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Paulina Perez, 40, rides in the Adelitas Revenge Gifts y Mas car during the 41st Long Beach Pride Parade Sunday, May 19, 2024.

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A performer gives a lap dance to a parade goer during the 41st Long Beach Pride Parade Sunday, May 19, 2024.

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Adelitas Revenge Gifts y Mas doles out shots of tequila during the 41st Long Beach Pride Parade Sunday, May 19, 2024.

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The SoCal Pride Color Guard twirl their banners during the 41st Long Beach Pride Parade Sunday, May 19, 2024.

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Rashawn Lamar, 38, of Romance and Dance shows off his pole dancing skills during the 41st Long Beach Pride Festival at Marina Green park Sunday, May 19, 2024.

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People dance during ReyChango's set at the 41st Long Beach Pride Festival at Marina Green park Sunday, May 19, 2024.

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Jônia Queen, director and choreographer of Raiz Brazil, dance in the crowd while she performs at the 41st Long Beach Pride Festival at Marina Green park Sunday, May 19, 2024.

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The Pride flag waves during the 41st Long Beach Pride Parade Sunday, May 19, 2024.

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