It took me nine months to secure permission to photograph in the detention centres and across the naval base. And I thought it was good to get summer, beach, queuing and the island in the background, all in one photo. For my series Island, which I shot over the summer of 2016, I avoided any kind of landmark, though. I shot them by hanging out of a chopper 1,000 metres above Los Angeles international airport early one summer morning. I think that’s what summer by the sea means to me: people coming together and new communities forming, even if only for a day.

Source: The Guardian May 27, 2018 12:00 UTC