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Photos of 100-mile runners at the Western States 100 FInish Line June 27-28.

"Plan B" Photo Weekend: The Making of the WS100 Finisher Images

Contact Larry Gassan for further info regarding image availability

 

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>> Godzillas and the Macaroni Cheez-Pop. Photography based on a narrative fine-art and documentary aesthetic.
anita ortiz

The Finish Line Photo Project has been documenting 100-Mile runners immediately after they finish a 100-mile endurance run since 2004.

Shot primarily at the Angeles Crest 100 Mile Endurance Run, and the Western States 100-Mile Endurance Run, this is a continuing project documenting a unique subcultre.

The 2009 Western States 100 photos are visible here

Want to order prints from past races?

2004 Angeles Crest 100

2005 Angeles Crest 100

2006 Angeles Crest 100

2007 Angeles Crest 100

2007 Western States 100

2008 Angeles Crest 100

2009 Western States 100


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left: Anita Ortiz, first-place woman,
2009 Western States 100

100-Mile runners at the finish line. Fine-art and documentary aesthetics combined.
camera in office Large cameras glowering in crowded offices, shaggy wranglers on a parquet valley floor, Mao Zedong as the CMYK Incarnations. All in a days work here.
>> Illustration based on combinations of objects in environments
la1980 book cover

LA1980 is a look at a now-vanished Los Angeles; skaters, punks, rock-climbers, drummers, gay-pride, Hare Krishnas, muscle-cars, and Moderne landmarks.

In 1979 there were still vacant lots on Wilshire Blvd in the Miracle Mile, Beverly Hills had the Wonder-Bread Bakery on Little Santa Monica Blvd, and a noticeable number of buildings still had 1920’s signage intact.

If Melrose Ave was coming into a hip incarnation, Beverly Blvd was still where upholsterers worked in blank-front buildings. The Farmer’s Market on 3rd St. was somnolent, and the dinosaurs at the George Page Museum were surrounded only by seeping tar.

I shot the original color negatives between 1979 and 1982. They haven't seen daylight since then.

LA1980 was chosen as a Staff Favorite by the Blurb Bookstore on Friday, Feb 6 '09.

>> Design based on telling the story.
rhi catalog

Detail from the RHI Entertainment Catalog.

Swart Advertising

CD: Alex Swart

Assisted designers and creative director translating a designer's layout to a working book. This consisted of ormatting and most importantly, indexing the 931 titles in the 96pp book.

>> The art and science of print production. Designing it is one thing—making it produceable is a whole other story.
typewriter
writing prepress vv
>> Writing that will make you think, and then wonder why you're laughing.
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