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LA TIMES highlights Mark Ellinger

Mark has been vital to our 5 Blocks Project story. Absolutely awesome to see him getting some well deserved recognition from the Los Angeles Times

Telling the story of the Tenderloin

It would be hard to find a better photographer for the work in progress that is San Francisco's Tenderloin than the work in progress that is Mark Ellinger. Where others see blight, the recording engineer turned homeless heroin addict turned self-taught historian and artist sees beauty.
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Mark Ellinger at work ( Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times / May 2, 2012 ) Leaning on a parking meter, Mark Ellinger adjusts his camera to photograph some of his favorite architecture in San Francisco's Tenderloin district.