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Gary Leonard

Published: March 28, 2020, 8 p.m.

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Anybody who has been to almost any political, civic, charitable, or fundraising event in Downtown Los Angeles has probably had their picture taken by Gary Leonard.\\xa0 He's Los Angeles' unofficial civic photographer. \\xa0

So, why interview a photographer - an artist of a fundamentally visual medium - on a podcast?\\xa0 Because I knew that Gary had a story - a story that hardly anybody knows.\\xa0 Because, before he was LA's unofficial civic photographer, he was LA's unofficial ... underground music scene photographer.\\xa0 And he has been collecting LA "ephemera", as he calls it: Concert tickets.\\xa0 Bobble heads.\\xa0 Photos.\\xa0 Convention passes.\\xa0 Almost anything you can think of.\\xa0 And he's been collecting it for decades. \\xa0

This interview goes around in circles and loops around and back again ... but it's quite a ride.\\xa0 If anybody has lived 2 or 3 or 4 lives, it's Gary.

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