Hipsters rest

• Hipsters rest

First Frenchwoman Geraldine Freyesen, now living in Los Angeles, got a quarter Skid Row while working on a documentary project. This area is considered one of the poorest in the city, and then wanders a lot of anti-social elements that make this place very dangerous. However, it captures Geraldine so much that she decided to stay here after the shooting - to wander through the streets, mingle with the locals. Of course, the photographer always on the alert and know when to show my camera and when to wait. And among the homeless, many shelters for them and shabby one-bedroom apartment she met amazing people, demonstrating the most incredible combination of street fashion.

Geraldine wanted to plunge into the atmosphere of this place and feel its originality. Photo: Blade, named and dressed as a hero Wesley Snipes from the same movie.

She did not want to put Skid Row outsider or somehow denigrate its inhabitants. Photo: Ou Ji, a famous activist Gladys Park.

Geraldine always asks permission before making photos, but often its future models themselves first ask for permission to pose for her. Photo: Evet, urban princess ageless.

Willoughby - all a matter of the prints.

Dante. Yellow - a new classic.

Geraldine admits: sometimes the most stunning and unimaginable fashion trends come from those with the least financial capacity to dress fashionably. Photo: Andre, who walks the streets of Skid Row like a catwalk.

Andrew - black chic.

Andre - the image of a dandy.

Her "models" are very proud of their creative appearance. In the photo: General Dogon and "pumped" bike.

Tony on 7th Street, not far from a cheap motel, where he lives.

The photographer claims that, even though all of these outfits and characters are completely different, they share a certain mood, reflected in the confidence and sophistication. Photo: Tanya in camouflage suit.

SteytTuSteyt - Artist-mnogostanochnik.

Although the photographs are more men than women, Geraldine says that women in Skid Row, the same fashionable and stylish, but the cruelty of these streets forcing them to be more secretive and cautious. Photo: Roosevelt with his little dog at the fire station.