Kelci Hahn as character Makwa in the opera “Sweet Land.”
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With downtown Los Angeles in the distance, temporary tunnel structures designed by Tanya Orellana lead audiences along their diverging paths at Los Angeles State Historic Park in the opera “Sweet Land,” from the Industry.
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Kelci Hahn, as Makwa, stands over Scott Belluz (Jimmy Gin) in the Feast scene of the opera “Sweet Land” by Los Angeles-based, experimental opera company the Industry.
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Sharon Chohi Kim, company member of the Industry, is Wiindigo in the opera “Sweet Land.”
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A performer appears from behind the kinetic walls around the audience in a train scene, with lighting design by Jeanette Oi-Suk Yew and scenic design by Carlo Maghirang in the opera, “Sweet Land.”
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Projections designed by Hana S. Kim, from the first scene in the black box theater in the opera “Sweet Land.”
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Lindsay Patterson Abdou as Bow in the opera “Sweet Land.”
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The final scene of the opera “Sweet Land,” with scenic design by Carlo Maghirang and projection design by Hana S. Kim.
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Kelci Hahn as Makwa in the Feast scene of the opera “Sweet Land.”
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Scott Belluz as Jimmy Gin in the opera “Sweet Land.”
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Temporary tunnel structures, designed by Tanya Orellana, lead audiences along their diverging paths in the opera “Sweet Land” by the Industry.
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Maria Elena Altany in the opera “Sweet Land.”
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Cannupa Hanska Luger, who designed and co-directed the opera “Sweet Land,” recording at the Knobworld Recording Studio in L.A. on March 3.
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The Industry’s Yuval Sharon, who co-directed the opera “Sweet Land,” recording at the Knobworld Recording Studio on March 3.
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“Sweet Land” composer Du Yun records at the Knobworld Recording Studio.
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“Sweet Land” composer Raven Chacon at the Knobworld Recording Studio.
Jay L. Clendenin joined the Los Angeles Times as a staff photographer in October 2007. Clendenin primarily covers the entertainment industry, with a focus on portraiture.
Dania Maxwell is a staff photographer at the Los Angeles Times. Before joining the newsroom in 2018, she spent two years freelancing in Colombia, South America, where she produced a short documentary film about the Wayuu people and how they are affected by one of the world’s largest open coal mines in La Guajira. Previously, she spent three years as a staff photographer at the Naples Daily News in Florida. While there she was awarded an Emmy, POYi, Sigma Delta Chi and Edward R. Murrow award for her work photographing and filming an adolescent boy becoming a man while he was diagnosed with terminal cancer. Maxwell received a master’s degree in visual communication from Ohio University and completed internships at the Oregonian and the Sandusky Register. She has attended Eddie Adams and the Missouri Photo Workshop. A California native, she received her bachelor of arts from Sarah Lawrence College.
