Welcome to “Sur” (South, So.Calif). These photographs are of Chicano “placos” (wall writing) painted mostly in the 1970s by gang members.
LA Placos, 1970s
Monthly Archives: February 2013
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Pregnancy and Poetry in High School
“Graduated 2009.” Powerful reading of a powerful poem.
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Billy the Kid
Billy the Kid, born William Henry McCarty Jr.
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Jerry Hall, Texas Teen
Above, sixteen year old Jerry Hall on a road trip in the early 70s.
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The World of Henry Orient (1964)
Henry Orient (Peter Sellers) is a concert pianist having an affair with a married woman.
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Young Women of Algiers
This photograph of a probably newly married, Ouled Naïl Algerian girl was taken (by Lehnert and Landrock) in 1905.
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Young Elvis
Elvis fans are aflutter over his thirteen year old boy signature.
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Cats and Dogs
A boy with his cat, a boy with his dog.
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Teens of Berkeley, Oakland and L.A.
Forest nap, Berkeley, 2003. Photographs by Lise Sarfati.
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Happy Campers
The Center for Jewish History‘s photostream is overflowing with camp pics of teenagers chilling at various summer camps—dancing the hora, shooting arrows, and floating downstream.