Reader photo: Downtown artist

On a regular day exploring the streets of downtown L.A., Parth Bhakta caught an artist painting for a special someone at the corner of 7th Street and Broadway. He took this photo on March 29 with a Nikon D5200 Tokina 11-16mm wide angle lens.

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