Ted Soqui is a freelance photojournalist based in Los Angeles specializing in politics and natural disasters. Ted has photographed in L.A. over the last 30 years for publications including LA Weekly, Los Angeles Magazine, and Newsweek. His latest photo essay on the Occupy L.A. movement provided the base image for the cover of Time magazine’s Person of the Year 2011, “The Protester.” Ted’s work can be also found at the Robert Berman Gallery in Santa Monica.

The Photographer

Ted Soqui faced down guns and to capture the Los Angeles. Now he’s going back and shooting the same spots.