Year 2020 Los Angeles (Contemporary Mexican Art Photography)

The year was 2020, a year defined in Los Angeles by the tragic deaths of George Floyd, Kobe & Gianna Bryant and Eddie Van Halen, leaving Los Angeles hollow, yet the world was transforming, and, for a moment, the gathering storm of anger towards the first trump administration was gaining strength during this election year that, ultimately, led to Joe Biden becoming the 46th President of the United States, captured by Mexican fine art documentary photographer Abraham Torres.
George Floyd West Hollywood, on La Cienega Blvd and Santa Monica Blvd. Raised Fists in the Air by a massive crowd of protestors with a Kylie Jenner (Skin) billboard in the background during city-wide demonstrations consuming Los Angeles in the summer of the 2020. Photograph captured by Mexican fine art documentary photographer Abraham Torres, with a Nikon D800E Digital SLR Camera.
Hollenbeck Station Police Brutality anger. The megaphone message was loud and clear: stop police brutality against east side residents by Los Angeles Police Officers. Social activism was inspired by the Los Angeles 2020 George Floyd Protests. Photograph captured by Mexican fine art documentary photographer Abraham Torres, with a Nikon D800E Digital SLR Camera.
Year 2020 Los Angeles, Mexican fine art documentary photographer Abraham Torres captured the Los Angeles explosion of unified (Rage), in a seminal photographic collection spanning several locations and events that rocked Los Angeles, which ultimately elected Joe Biden as the nation’s 46th president. In this feature image of the Year 2020 Los Angeles fine art collection, an exploding M80 firework near a bicyclist and protestors at dusk on the posh corner of Rodeo Drive and Santa Monica Blvd rages against local Beverly Hills Cops in riot gear. Throughout the City of LA, Angels took to the streets protesting the death of George Floyd. (George Floyd Explosion Protests)
Mexican Lesbians Rainbow Flag, Los Angeles Gothic homage to the photograph "American Gothic" by photographer Gordon Parks, by two Latinas, during a George Floyd protest, by raising a Mexican Rainbow Flag over their heads, as the demonstration flowed by them in West Hollywood. Photograph captured by Mexican fine art documentary photographer Abraham Torres, with a Leica D-LUX (type 109) digital camera.
LA Live Memorial Kobe, at an angelic basketball court, Los Angeles mourners are memorized by an arching basketball, shot by kid wearing a purple and gold "Bryant #24" jersey at night. Photograph captured by Mexican fine art documentary photographer Abraham Torres, with a Nikon D800E Digital SLR Camera.
Kobe Memorial Staples Center, a solemn candlelight remembrance by Angelenos for a "Philly Kid" and Gianna Bryant who impacted the City of Angeles like few ever have, at LA Live, in downtown Los Angeles. Photograph captured by Mexican fine art documentary photographer Abraham Torres, with a Nikon D800E Digital SLR Camera.
Van Halen's Memorial Billboard, Eddie’s Obelisk, as a setting sun spotlights "EVH" on a memorial Eddie Van Halen billboard, in a Frankenstein Frankie Fender guitar motif, erected on the Sunset Strip, next to the Rainbow Room and the Roxy, signifies the mourning period of his death. Photograph captured by Mexican fine art documentary photographer Abraham Torres, with a Nikon D800E Digital SLR Camera.
Explosion Protests George Floyd protest, on Rodeo and Santa Monica Blvd as hot embers fly into the dusk blue sky and shower protesters as the ear-popping remnants of countless M80s falling back on Beverly Hills Streets, with BHPD in the distance. Photograph captured by Mexican fine art documentary photographer Abraham Torres, with a Nikon D800E Digital SLR Camera.
West Hollywood Celebrates Biden election with a euphoria outburst throughout the city, as two females yelled and waved U.S flag from inside their red SUV, when the announcement was finally made, that Joe Biden became our 46th POTUS. Photograph captured by Mexican fine art documentary photographer Abraham Torres, with a Leica D-LUX (type 109) digital camera.
Kissing Lesbians Rainbow Flag, two Latinas kiss, during a George Floyd protest in West Hollywood, as they raised a Mexican Rainbow Flag behind them as demonstrators flowed by. Photograph captured by Mexican fine art documentary photographer Abraham Torres, with a Leica D-LUX (type 109) digital camera.
George Floyd Beverly Hills, M80 explosion, a battle at the corner of Rodeo Drive and Santa Monica Blvd, as hot embers fly into the dusk blue sky and shower the protesters as the ear-popping remnants of countless M80s fall back on Los Angeles streets. Non-lethal projectiles were used against the protestors, many hitting bare-leg girls, who had to be carried off and attended for blood and pain, induced by the Beverly Hills Police Department. Photograph captured by Mexican fine art documentary photographer Abraham Torres, with a Nikon D800E Digital SLR Camera.
Mexican Family Mourn Kobe, an angelic heart floats over candles, basketballs, banners, flowers, as a Lakers family (father and daughter) mourn the unthinkable passing of Kobe and Gianna Bryant at LA Live Memorial, across from Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles. Photograph captured by Mexican fine art documentary photographer Abraham Torres, with a Nikon D800E Digital SLR Camera.
George Floyd Raised Fist, by a Black Man, in front of the Chateau Marmont Hotel during massive day George Floyd protests on the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood, with protestors holding up "Black Lives Matter" signs and "Be the Change". Photograph captured by Mexican fine art documentary photographer Abraham Torres, with a Nikon D800E Digital SLR Camera.
Beverly Hills George Floyd, M80 explosion (flares) behind a protestor on a bicycle as they respond to Beverly Hills cops who fired rubber projectiles into the crowd. Photograph captured by Mexican fine art documentary photographer Abraham Torres, with a Nikon D800E Digital SLR Camera.
Kobe's Crash Coroner Truck at Bryant’s helicopter crash site, as the afternoon turned to night in Calabasas, everyone was waiting for a sign of totality as nothing had come down from the hill to Las Virgenes Road, street level, when suddenly a large Los Angeles County Coroner refrigerated box truck rumbled pass unceremoniously in front of the now crying gathered crowd. The image was finalized by using master-digital darkroom techniques in order to convert a color file to a monochrome file Photograph captured by Mexican fine art documentary photographer Abraham Torres, with a Leica D-LUX (type 109) digital camera.
The PEOPLE said Fuck Trump, a couple on a motorcycle, turning the corner on Robertson Blvd and Santa Monica Blvd in West Hollywood are flying a flag that reads: "Fuck Trump", as the streets are filled with revelers celebrating Joe Biden's election in 2020. Photograph captured by Mexican fine art documentary photographer Abraham Torres, with a Leica D-LUX (type 109) digital camera.
Lakers Fan Kobe's Crash site, a Lakers fan, wearing a purple & gold bathrobe with Bryant #24 imprinted on the back, along with #24 gym socks and Nike Lakers colored basketball shoes is staring in the direction of Bryant’s helicopter crash site on Las Virgenes Road in Calabasas, California. Photograph captured by Mexican fine art documentary photographer Abraham Torres, with a Leica D-LUX (type 109) digital camera.