Carlin Stiehl

Staff Photographer

Carlin Stiehl is a second-generation Romanian-Israeli and American photojournalist from Los Angeles and a staff photographer at the Los Angeles Times. He has worked intimately in communities of different value systems across the United States, from metropolitan centers to the outreaches of rural society. He has covered issues on human-environmental relationships in the Chesapeake, youth gun violence and immigrant housing in New England, drug addiction in Appalachia and more. He received his bachelor’s degree in film and television with a concentration in marine sciences from Boston University, where he specialized in narrative documentary storytelling, and is currently completing his master’s at Ohio University’s School of Visual Communication. Previously, he worked in media production in Ethiopia, the Chesapeake Bay Program, MLive and the Boston Globe.

Latest From This Author

California

Vandalism in downtown Los Angeles

June 9, 2025
California

Chaos erupts as protesters confront immigration agents at Paramount Home Depot

June 7, 2025
California

Photos: A fierce pushback on ICE raids in L.A. from protesters, officials

Surprise U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement sweeps in downtown Los Angeles on Friday prompted fierce pushback from protesters and officials.
June 8, 2025
California

Pali High’s football stadium burned. Their Hollywood Bowl graduation is bittersweet

Pali High, whose campus was partially burned in the Palisades fire, held its graduation at the Hollywood Bowl, a historic venue that delighted attendees.
June 4, 2025
Lifestyle

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Walking all 15.5 miles of Pico Boulevard in a day revealed hidden parts of L.A.

A group of walkers made their way from the Coca-Cola building on Pico Boulevard to Santa Monica in a day, spotting hidden oil rigs, unique sidewalk engravings and an odd terminus at the beach.
May 27, 2025
California

Photos: Hundreds turn out for Fleet Week at Port of Los Angeles

The free Memorial Day weekend happening features tours of active-duty military ships as well as aircraft flyovers and military displays and demonstrations of equipment.
May 25, 2025
Climate & Environment

Weekend warriors yank out invasive plants to save L.A. River

Volunteers gathered to remove black mustard, a weed that crowds out native plants in the Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Reserve and increase fire risks.
May 25, 2025
Housing & Homelessness

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After disasters, FEMA leases apartments for survivors. But not after the L.A. fires

After disasters, the Federal Emergency Management Agency directly leases apartments for survivors. Despite the horrific housing market in L.A., officials say that isn’t needed here.
May 1, 2025