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CJ CALICA artist & photographer

“It is important to express oneself…provided the feelings are real and are taken from you own experience.” – Berthe Morisot

forbidden flower is not fruit

being here with you should not be taken away...

"Two Girls" - Los Angeles, CA - 2022
"We" - Los Angeles, CA - 2022
"Orange Peel" - Winchester, CA - 2022
"My Favorite Color is Red" - Boyle Heights, CA - 2022

step by step of how to fall in love

Advice from three girls who have never been in love...

Step #1: First Meet
Step #2: Spend Time Together
Step #3: Build an Emotional Foundation
Step #4: Love One Another
"My Favorite Color is Red" - Boyle Heights, CA - 2022
"Green, Yellow, and Red" - Boyle Heights, CA - 2022
"Shine" - Los Angeles, CA - 2022

Support small businesses

Saturday morning spent at Las Fotos Project grew an appreciation in me for Boyle Heights. A home away from home. These small moments when I walk to the space always makes me feel safe.

Brooklyn Hair Styler - 2129 E Cesar E Chavez Ave Los Angeles, CA 90033 United States
Celia's Mkt - 2134 E Cesar E Chavez Ave Los Angeles, CA 90033 United States
El Precio Justo Discount Store - 2138 E Cesar E Chavez Ave Los Angeles, CA 90033 United States

This is...

girlhood, GIRL-hood, girlHOOD, g-irl-hood

"Girlhood" - Sliverlake, CA - 2022
"Girlhood" - Sliverlake, CA - 2022
"Girlhood" - Sliverlake, CA - 2022
"My Favorite Color is Red" - Boyle Heights, CA - 2022
"Housewife" - Sliverlake, CA - 2022
"Good Cook" - Sliverlake, CA - 2022
"Cat Mom" - Sliverlake, CA - 2022

we are on Native land

Today, both Native Peoples and non-Natives use land acknowledgments to honor Indigenous Peoples as the original caretakers of the lands on which we currently live.

"Yur-Ree" - Winchester, CA - 2022

"I would want to recognise that this photograph was shot on the traditional territories of the Payómkawichum People, and I would like to pay my respects to elders past and present."

"Sergio" - Los Angeles, CA - 2022
"Housewife" - Sliverlake, CA - 2022
"Housewife" - Sliverlake, CA - 2022
"Pray for/to Me" - Los Angeles, CA - 2022
"Fruits of my Labor" - Los Angeles, CA - 2022

LGBTQIA2S+ RIGHT TO HEALTHCARE

Take action to inform state and federal governments in the United States that Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Queer, Intersex, Asexual, Two-Spirit + People Deserve discrimination-free access to healthcare and health insurance.

"Maxine" - Los Angeles, CA - 2022

girlhood is a ticking clocK

"why do my days feel long, but my years feel short?"

"Emily" - Sliverlake, CA - 2022
"Glow" - Los Angeles, CA - 2022

condom collective

Encourage young people to get tested for HIV. Share this link to the CDC HIV Testing Locator Tool, which lists community organizations and clinics that will allow young people access to free testing, PrEP, and other sexual health resources.

"Condom Collective" - Glendale, CA - 2022

Let's Stop HIV Together is a part of the CDC's nationwide Ending the HIV Epidemic in the United States project. The campaign's messaging emphasizes HIV testing, treatment, prevention, and the abolition of HIV stigma. This messaging is intended for members of the community.

happy wife, happy life

I only exists to support the story of YOUR life.

“She had become accustomed to being lonely. She was used to walking alone and to being considered 'different.' She did not suffer too much.” ― Betty Smith, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

about me...

(CEE-jay) (CAH-lee-ca)

Caitlin Jane Calica, also known as CJ is a Mixed Media Photographer with a strong desire to be understood. Her crafty side and the digital world collaborate to create an image of the world around her. She expresses her emotions and ideas in works of collaging and overlay drawings within her photographs as a result of the never-ending changes in her life.

She began her photography journey with Las Fotos Project two years ago and has grown to appreciate the art of editorial photography and beauty marketing. She aims to capture the perfect moment, one that makes you stop and stare. Her main objectives for this semester are to do more beauty photography and to improve her retouching skills. This being her final year at Las Fotos Project, she is working hard to complete her final portfolio by the end of the Spring Semester, which will include all of the art she has created with LFP over the years.

Created By
Caitlin Jane Calica
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Credits:

CJ Calica - Las Fotos Project

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