alex Thompson

Photographer
   
The Wrath of El Niño for LA Weekly
Location: Stockton, CA
Biography: In the famous words of Walt Whitman, "I am large, I contain multitudes.: More definitively, I am the type of person that views the world from the corner of my eye. My reality is formed from the details; the small stories that add up to form this... MORE
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The Wrath of El Niño for LA Weekly
Copyright alex Thompson 2024
Updated Dec 2016
Location Los Angeles
Topics Climate Change, Documentary, Editorial, Environmental, Photography, Photojournalism
El Nino has changed the landscape of Los Angeles from sun kissed metropolis to a city reminiscent of the Pacific Northwest. With more than 2 billion gallons of water contained within the city, hopes of the drought-ending storm being successful are high. This landscape, that is seldom blessed with showers this intense, faces many challenges. From interrupted commutes, roadside flooding, 10ft swells, and sporadic mudslides; it's safe to say the city and it's inhabitants have their work cut out of for them if they hope to weather the storm.

On assignment for LA Weekly, I made these photographs during and after the El Niño storm made landfall in order to document the affect it had on the city.
http://www.laweekly.com/slideshow/the-wrath-of-el-ni-o-6461894/5
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