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Ivan Kashinsky

Based in Los Angeles, Ivan Kashinsky is a documentary photographer who has worked extensively in Latin America. He has worked with numerous publications and organizations including The New York Times, Smithsonian, National Geographic and the United Nations.

The frame of the house stands where former Australian child star Rory Sykes died in a neighboring cottage during the Palisades Fire on Rambla Pacifico Street. Sykes was 32 years old and had cerebral palsy. 

A Los Angeles Photographer Captures the Devastating Fires Threatening His Beloved Community

Ivan Kashinsky has traveled the world for Smithsonian magazine, but when disaster struck earlier this month, he rushed home to point his lens at his own neighborhood