L.A. Weekly founder Jay Levin (left), and photographer Gary Leonard (right), attending a Chicano Art Party at Plaza de la Raza. Mr. Levin was the founder, former editor and President of the Los Angeles Weekly. Founded in 1978, the L.A. Weekly became the largest circulating and most advertising-rich free weekly newspaper in the country. The paper also won numerous journalism awards and was widely regarded as the most dynamic, if not "best", weekly newspaper in the country. The LA Weekly was sold in 1995 to the Village Voice Company. Gary Leonard has been a photojournalist for over thirty years, specializing in anything and everything in Southern California. His photographs are regularly featured in the L.A. Downtown News, as well as other numerous publications. Photo dated: June 23, 2005.
Levin, Jay Leonard, Gary Plaza de la Raza (Los Angeles, Calif.) Newspaper editors--California--Los Angeles Photojournalists--California--Los Angeles Photographers--California--Los Angeles Mayors--California--Los Angeles Gary Leonard Collection photographs
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