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Culver City corner of Overland and Venice 1935

Culver City corner of Overland and Venice 1934

Corner of Overland and Venice 2009

California, and Los Angeles in particular, is one of the most diverse places in the world. Many people who come to the United States find themselves trying to carve a new life for themselves in Los Angeles. My Mother's side of the family came from Bangkok, Thailand in 1960. My Grandparents and their 8 children landed in Hollywood and assimilated the best they could. Below are pictures of their life in Thailand and their life here. I had not seen these until recently, and I have become rather fascinated by the actual photographic proof of their assimilation into American mainstream society. A future project I am thinking about doing now consists of gathering before and after pictures from a variety of families that have moved to Los Angeles from other countries to collectively document the experience of assimilation and change.

My Grandfather in Bangkok.

My Grandfather in an apartment building in Hollywood, the first place they lived.

My grandmother and the children outside their house in Bangkok.

They eventually could afford a house and moved to Culver City where this picture was taken.

House in BKK.

L.A. apt in Hollywood.

More to come later