Through the Lens

Jan-Patrick Schmitz

24-Hour Play : LA

When a group of game writers, directors, and actors get together to create a play from scratch in 24 hours, the results are entertaining–and enlightening. The accomplished participants in the 24 Hour Play talk about the process and bust some myths about writer’s block…

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A Day in a Los Angeles Middle School

A Day in a Los Angeles Middle School

While I was driving through South Central Los Angeles to the LAUSD Middle School #7, about to teach a class in photography, I was wondering what to expect. I had never been to the school before.

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San Gusme

Bella Toscana: La natura può più dell’arte

Renowned for its art, history, and evocative landscape, Tuscany is a region where the past and present merge in pleasant harmony. Hill-towns gaze across the countryside from on high, many encircled by Etruscan walls and slender cypress trees. Handsome palaces testify to…

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Mount Rushmore: Presidential Profiles

Mount Rushmore: Presidential Profiles

Mount Rushmore, located just north of Custer State Park in South Dakota’s Black Hills National Forest, was named for the New York lawyer Charles Rushmore, who traveled to the Black Hills in 1884 to inspect mining claims in the region.

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Man Made

Man Made

This collection captures the crossroad between nature and man-made creation. It covers what we created in the world: architecture, art, cities, and objects.

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Light & Shadow

Light & Shadow

The capturing of light and shadow is in its essence the visualization of your personal reality.

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Nature

Nature

Nature is the backdrop of our existence. As I traveled the world and had the opportunity to interact with people from very different walks of life, I looked at their surroundings and captured the beauty of the place.

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