Since 1996, Photo Friends has supported this Library progam by commissioning photographers to create a visual record of the neighborhoods of Los Angeles during the early part of the 21st century. These images will provide future researchers with a visual record of L.A.’s many neighborhoods. Initial funding of the project was provided by a grant from the Ralph M. Parsons Foundation through the Library Foundation of Los Angeles. Documentary photographs collected from this project are now part of the Library’s Photograph Collection.
Below is a list of the photographers who participated in the project and the neighborhoods they documented:
| Gary Leonard: | Echo Park and Encino/Tarzana/Woodland Hills |
| Virgil Mirano: | Boyle Heights |
| Slobodan Dimitrov: | San Pedro |
| Gerard Burkhart: | North Hollywood |
| Marissa Roth: | Downtown |
| Robert Pacheco: | Wilshire/Miracle Mile |
| James Jeffrey: | Watts |
| Cheryl Himmelstein: | Venice |
| Anthony Friedkin: | Beverly Hills/Bel Air and Greater Los Angeles |
| Doug McCulloh: | Hollywood |