“Moonrise Over Two Parking Meters” by Photographer Sean Ellingson

After dwelling overseas in Hong Kong for practically 5 years, Vietnam-based photographer Sean Ellingson relocated to Los Angeles, California in 2016, the place he started to doc his new environment. The ensuing collection, “Moonrise Over Two Parking Meters,” is the end result of a yr of exploration with no agenda. “My work is created in response to my setting, however I used to be present process a little bit of reverse tradition shock whereas additionally making an attempt to determine a way of place and familiarity with my new environment,” he explains. Drawn to the uncanny particulars of town, he selected to doc L.A. day by day for one yr, as a approach to assist ease the transition:

“Whereas strolling all through town, I encountered a wide range of topics that oftentimes revealed sculptural qualities, coupled with parts of sunshine and area inside the city setting. A set quickly started to take form, and with time, I found a collection of patterns all through the rising physique of labor that heightened mundane scenes into one thing extraordinary. By using an intuitive course of, the dynamics of the mission advanced right into a every day visible train, which compelled me to look in a different way at Los Angeles whereas exploring notions of place, notion, and expertise.”

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