Category Archives: Tom Paiva Photography

LACMA’s Big Rock

One of the hottest stories here in Los Angeles lately has been the moving of a 340 ton granite boulder from a quarry in Riverside to the Mid-Wilshire Los Angeles County Museum of Art.  This boulder will become part of … Continue reading

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Cable Pulling on the Bay Bridge

Earlier this month, I was able to continue my shooting on the Bay Bridge reconstruction project, this time working on the bridge deck area during the process of pulling the suspension cables.  This is a potentially dangerous operation, but things … Continue reading

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Closed Auto Dealership Series

First, a happy new year to you all. Over the past year, I have been working on a major project photographing the state of closed auto dealerships in Los Angeles.  I started this series a year ago, after reading that … Continue reading

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Industrial Location in Long Beach

With business a bit slow this time of year, I decided to re-visit a location I shot at between 1995 and 2004 at the Port of Long Beach.  This facility loads bulk materials such as potash, sodium sulfite and petroleum … Continue reading

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Recent Bay Bridge Images

As many of you know, I have been shooting the San Francisco Bay Bridge reconstruction project for 3 years now.  My most recent shoot got me onto the new bridge sections and access to the new SAS (Self-Anchored Suspension) Tower, … Continue reading

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