“Sites and Cycles of LA: Bike Messengers and the City” is a photo project centering the voices of bicycle messengers in Los Angeles. Messengers, couriers, and delivery riders are essential workers in today’s cities. Yet, they widely remain under-served and vulnerable: they work as independent contractors and at low rates, risking their personal safety. Messengers often remain unheard and invisible in the public sphere. Through a photography project, culminating in an exhibition and website, “Sites and Cycles of LA” offers a platform to share their stories and experiences in the city of Los Angeles.

This project was made possible with support from California Humanities, a non-profit partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Visit calhum.org.

Sponsored by the Institute for Diversity and Empowerment at Annenberg (IDEA). 

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