An unidentified, and unrecognizable, man poses for the camera at the Lotus Festival. He is taking a digital picture of the photographer who is taking HIS picture. He wears a tan cap, checkered short sleeved shirt, and tan pants. In his right hand, he holds the digital camera to his face, and in his left hand, a small newspaper or periodical. Several people can be seen standing in the background and apartment buildings are visible across the street. Each year, Echo Park hosts the Lotus Festival, a pan-Asian celebration, which showcases a different Asian ethnicity (such as Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Filipino, Bangladeshi, etc.); it has been held since the late 1970's. Given the large amount of lotus leaves in the Echo Park Lake, it is said to contain the largest planting of lotuses outside Asia. The giant pink flowers that emerge each summer from the Lotus bed have dazzled park goers for more than 70 years. Photograph dated July 14, 1996.
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;36 x 29 cm. Photographic prints
Lotus Festival (Echo Park, Los Angeles, Calif.) Ethnic festivals--California--Echo Park (Los Angeles) Festivals--California--Echo Park (Los Angeles) Cameras--California--Los Angeles Parks--California--Echo Park (Los Angeles) Echo Park (Los Angeles, Calif.) Los Angeles Neighborhoods Collection photographs
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