January 12, 2012 | 11:06 AM | By

American snapshot: East Los Angeles

FILED UNDER: American snapshot, East L.A., East Los Angeles, Gold Line, Metro

Photo courtesy of Steve Saldivar

Un caballero awaiting the D.F. Metro? No, those trains aren’t silver. It’s just the Gold Line in East Los, where a man waits for the train to stop at the East L.A. Civic Center station.

  • Anonymous

    Leslie, the tag line under the photo seems very racist.  We hope it was a staffer, not you, that wrote that.

  • Lberesteinrojas

    Hi, Cheongyei. 

    I appreciate your concern, and can see why it might be construed that way, though that’s not the intent. The photo is reminiscent of this one, literally taken in the D.F. Metro http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ce/Metro_Mexico_City.jpg, hence the tag. I liked how the two men in similar hats could be in either/or place, a testament to the mobility of people and culture. But of course, you wouldn’t know the inspiration not having seen the original photo – maybe I should have included it.