Francisco Arcaute

Francisco Arcaute is an LA-based street photographer.

His recent shows include exhibiting at Metro Gallery for Los Angeles
League of Photographers, "Everyday LA"; Mexican Mummy photos at Mike
Odd's Odditorium, the Circo de la Muerte show at La Luz de Jesus
Gallery and the LALOP Group Show at the I-5 Gallery. His photos have
appeared in the Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Tribune and the Chicago
Reader.

MacArthur Park Territorio Libre are photographs taken during 2005 in
and around MacArthur Park in Los Angeles. These images are part of a
larger project being shot in and around Koreatown, where the
photographer lives.

Although said photographer shoots with Leicas and Nikons and Holgas
that still consume film, the MacArthur Park Territorio Libre images
were shot with a Canon digital camera so as to reassure the artist
that he isn't a complete Luddite.

MacArthur Park Territorio Libre translates roughly as the

Free Territory of MacArthur Park, a site once known as West Lake

in the 1920's, a 1960's hippie haven that inspired the indestructible
song of the same name and lately for gang and criminal activity.

Now, MacArthur Park is host to a thriving Latino community, close to a
booming Korean community, and is struggling to incorporate the
invading Hipster community. The photographer suggests you visit the
place and draw your own conclusions.

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