Corbin’s Monsters
Tucked away in a cramped garage in Calabasas, California, monsters are created. The smell of burnt fuel and melted metal stains the atmosphere. The monsters that leave this space are flame-spitting, ear-splitting, sensory-polarizing devil’s chariots.
Corbin Goodwin, a 25-year-old mechanical engineering major at CSUN, gained notoriety when his first mad creation was featured on the /Drive Channel on YouTube. His...
Warmth from a blue screen
Photo illustration by Benjamin HansonPhoto illustration by Benjamin HansonDr. Julie Kokesch poses for a portrait in her office in Los Angeles, Calif., on Nov. 11, 2020.
The blue light projecting from the computer screen pierces the pupil as it’s pried open. The cursor fiercely wanders over to Safari before clicking on the icon.
Farewell, Little Pine
Little pine, a vegan restaurant in Los Angeles, Calif. Currently closed to the public because of the "Covid-19" Pandemic. Photo by: Adam BaronThe inside of Little pine, a vegan restaurant in Los Angeles, Calif. Currently closed to the public because of the "Covid-19" Pandemic. Photo by: Adam BaronLeslie Charles, the former manager of Little Pine, sits with...
Hundo and Justbeatz
Rapper and Producer on their plans to take over an industry
Ryan “Hundo” Williams and Justin “JustBeatz” Garner pose in the photo studio at Pierce College in Woodland Hills, Calif., on Oct. 16, 2019.
At 18, during one of Ryan Williams’ shifts at Footlocker, a colleague grew sick...
The Fight is Female
Stationed at a table in the corner of a small bakery, ringlets of reddish curls spilled over a white ruffled blouse tucked under a crisp dark blue business jacket. Eyes glued to an iPhone, a slender finger scroll through pages of a digital report stopping every few lines, committing the information to memory in preparation for a speaking engagement.
The...
From Lost Boy to Homeboy
As a riverboat passes by on a quiet river in Tennessee, an ex-gang member from Pacoima, Calif. sits on a dock nearby. Just watching. Breathing. Living.
This serene setting is a world and life away from where a 12-year-old Neil Gutierrez was issued a seven-year sentence for beating up his mother’s boyfriend. He walked into her house to pick up clothes...
Earthcare in childcare
Supporting the next generation that inherits Earth
Professor Angela Glucksman's preschool students sketch a tree at a green space at Nestle Elementary in Tarzana, Calif., on Wednesday, March 23, 2022. Photo by Vincent Denoga.
The grass grows green and the trees stand tall at Nestle...
Saving the World One T-shirt At A Time
Hiding behind prison-like bars and faded paint that’s covering graffiti on a rundown Downtown Los Angeles warehouse sits a rack of dozens of high-end fabric creations, including a top-selling shirt called the Wearever T.
Like the warehouse, the best parts of Project Social T are not always in the looks, but in action — 10 percent of the proceeds from...
Dogs: More than just a pet?
A woman carefully puts a red American Apparel sweater around her black cocker spaniel poodle mix and grabs a Perrier bottle from her refrigerator for her dog before leaving for the park.
She secures a harness to ensure his safety and then lets him run around and adventure through the fresh cut green grass and large magnolia trees, sniffing the...
Coloring a concrete jungle
In Los Angeles, it’s difficult to walk a block without seeing it. On city walls, across the sides of buses, on billboards stories above—from quick scrawls to painstakingly crafted murals, graffiti is all around.
But, while some can stop to admire the artistry behind these pieces, others are far less appreciative. The City of...