Taking pictures is like tiptoeing into the kitchen late at night and stealing Oreo cookies.

—Diane Arbus

When I noticed that everyone was taking pictures I was inspired to explore the phenomenon which led to these portraits of portraits.

Entertainer Arial Trampway on the red carpet with friends. Palm Springs Fashion Week.

Tourists taking pictures on the Santa Monica Pier, Santa Monica, California, United States of America

Hollywood

Street Meet LA, a creative meetup, at Sepulveda Basin, Lake Balboa, Los Angeles, California, USA

Caricature portraits and Street art project by French artist JR in Times square, Manhattan, New York, United States of America

Los Angeles Fashion Week, Beverly Hilton, Los Angeles, California, USA

US OPEN OF SURFING HUNTINGTON BEACH

Space Shuttle Endeavor in a parking lot for public viewing.

Amoeba Music LA – on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywoo, Los Angeles, California, USA

Venice Beach

2015 West Hollywood Halloween Carnaval, West Hollywood, California, USA

party

3rd Street Promenade, Santa Monica,

Photography Show, Photo LA 2013, Santa Monica

Tourists pose for photos at a wall by Paul Smith store on Melrose Avenue, Los Angeles, California, USA

Hollywood Boulevard, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Street Art, West Hollywood.

A photo shoot.

Tourists on Hollywood Boulevard posing for photos and selfies. Hollywood, California, USA

Amber Rose Slut Walk, 10/1/2016, Pershing Square, Los Angeles, California, USA

An artist’s exhibit at 2014 Beverly Hills Art Show, Beverly Hills, Los Angeles County, California, United States of America

Woman taking pictures, Melrose Avenue