Cultural advocates chronicle LA’s Virgin of Guadalupe street art

A man walks next to a partially-covered Virgin of Guadalupe mural in Los Angeles. Photo: AP

There's nothing that Oscar Rodriguez Zapata enjoys more than going out for a drive to explore Los Angeles’ vast neighbourhoods in search of the Virgin of Guadalupe.

He packs his Nikon Z6 II and a Fujifilm X100V and photographs murals, landscapes, storefronts and people across the city’s Historic South Central and Eastside to South Bay. Street vendors, lowriders and the LA skyline are among his favourite subjects.