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OCEAN FRONT WALK

Los Angeles!

The city of dreams. No other place in the world stands for opportunities like LA. The home of the stars. From Marilyn Monroe to Brad Pitt - Hollywood has always been a symbol of success. Despite this fame and glamour, the strong desire for freedom gave birth to a unique subculture.

Modern skateboarding emerged in the 1970s during a severe drought, when surfers began experimenting with riding skateboards in empty swimming pools. The “Zephyr Skateboarding Team” was formed by local teens and surf shop owners in the Venice Beach and Santa Monica areas. These two beach neighborhoods became known as Dogtown.

Since then, the sport of skateboarding developed into a global trend that became Olympic and inspires a whole generation. Nowadays, global players like “Louis Vuitton” and “Nike” include urban culture in their marketing and designs.

I accompanied the successors of the legendary “Dogtown” skaters for a few months and captured their everyday life in “Venice Beach Skatepark”.

Ocean Front Walk
Ocean Front Walk
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Film / Photo

Dir. DoP - Sebastian Th. Brune

Edit - Phillip Kellog / Sebastian Th. Brune

Sound / Composition - Christian Meyer

Color - Nadir Mansouri

Special thanks to:

Benjamin Yee

John Donell

Jonathan Bush

Mateo Liccardi

Miles Larry

Michael Perez

Michael Reed

Chris Scheiman

Image by HL X

EVERY DAY SYMPHONY

Exhibition

Everyday Symphony is a photographic exploration of the quiet rhythms embedded in the urban fabric of Los Angeles. The series focuses on façades and walls, observing the understated geometry that shapes the city’s residential landscape. Many of the buildings follow the modest bungalow typology that defines large parts of Los Angeles: one or two stories, repetitive structures, subtle symmetries, and simple architectural gestures. Within these ordinary surfaces, patterns begin to emerge. Windows align, staircases repeat, colors echo each other, and shadows carve temporary lines into otherwise static walls. The work searches for moments where structure and coincidence meet. Symmetry becomes a language through which everyday architecture reveals a quiet sense of order. These buildings are not monumental, yet they hold a visual harmony that often disappears within the speed of daily life. In a city known for its extremes and its social disparities, this quiet beauty persists everywhere. Los Angeles constantly offers images to those willing to notice them. Around nearly every corner, another composition appears. The city rarely feels visually exhausted. My relationship with Los Angeles is defined by a constant tension between attraction and resistance. It is a place that fascinates and frustrates at the same time. That contradiction creates a particular energy, one that keeps pulling me back to the streets with a camera, searching for the next unnoticed moment hidden in plain sight.

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