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...Garcetti is used to being in front of the cameras. As a former district attorney for Los Angeles County, the suave prosecutor with silver hair and movie-star looks faced the media in practically every big homicide case of the 1990s, from O.J. Simpson to the Menendez brothers. But shortly after Garcetti lost a re-election bid five years ago, his career made a sharp turn. Today he can be found behind the lens, working as a professional photographer, with three acclaimed books to his credit as well as gallery exhibitions and a profitable side business selling prints...
...Garcetti's dramatic life change came unexpectedly. Driving near his old office in downtown L.A., he glimpsed a worker 110 ft. above the ground, doing construction on the Walt Disney Concert Hall. The sight inspired Garcetti--a longtime amateur photographer--to rush home and grab his cameras. "When I first saw that ironworker crawling up on that high arch beam, a rainbow shined down and showed me a use for my talents," he says, sounding more like a dreamy artist than a hardened attorney making opening arguments. "An opportunity fell from...
...epiphany led to a yearlong project in which Garcetti photographed workers joining and welding steel beams to assemble the curvy, complex framework of Frank Gehry's architecture. Stepping gingerly around the dangerously suspended girders with a 35-mm Nikon but no tether, Garcetti was literally and emotionally unharnessed...
Former District Attorney for Los Angeles County Gil Garcetti will be talking about the “interaction of the criminal justice system with race, politics and the media” in his study group. Garcetti also said he will discuss a few of the high profile cases that fell under his jurisdiction when he served as district attorney between...
...Garcetti said that he hopes to inspire young people to pursue “at least partial careers” in public service, and that he has been impressed with the “talent, energy, and commitment of everyone...