Luis Sinco

Staff Photographer

Luis Sinco has been a staff photojournalist at the Los Angeles Times since 1997. His career started at small, ethnic community newspapers in Seattle and Los Angeles. While at The Times, Sinco was part of three Pulitzer Prize-winning teams: for coverage of the 1994 Northridge earthquake, the 2004 California wildfires and the 2015 terrorist attack in San Bernardino, Calif. He was a Pulitzer Prize finalist for his photo coverage of the battle of Fallujah. Pictures of the Year International, the National Press Photographers Assn. Best of Photojournalism and the Sidney Hillman Foundation have also recognized his work. Sinco emigrated from the Philippines as a child and grew up in the Pacific Northwest. He has a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Washington.

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20 heartwarming photos show gratitude for healthcare workers

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20 heartwarming photos show gratitude for healthcare workers

Firefighters and law enforcement officers from L.A. to Laguna Beach express their gratitude to healthcare workers for their efforts in fighting COVID-19.
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Eerie, dark and empty: 10 photos of coronavirus after dark

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Eerie, dark and empty: 10 photos of coronavirus after dark

A once bustling and vibrant city has been replaced by closed buildings, lonely streets and sure emptiness. It’s eerie, it’s empty, it’s surreal.
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Here are 8 bizarre scenes from empty downtown Los Angeles

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Here are 8 bizarre scenes from empty downtown Los Angeles

As we all adjust to our new lives under the umbrella of the coronavirus, Los Angeles Times photographer Luis Sinco gives us a look at downtown Los Angeles with the spotlight on Broadway.
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Coronavirus spotlight: Long Beach

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Coronavirus spotlight: Long Beach

As we all adjust to our new lives under the umbrella of the coronavirus, Los Angeles Times photographer Luis Sinco gives us a look at Long Beach.
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Homeless people at almost every L.A. landmark illustrates the depth of the problem

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Homeless people at almost every L.A. landmark illustrates the depth of the problem
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‘Castaways’ in motor homes feel stranded on society’s fringe

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‘Castaways’ in motor homes feel stranded on society’s fringe
Capturing life in Los Angeles, one shutter click at a time

Capturing life in Los Angeles, one shutter click at a time
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‘Why would you shoot a child?’ No motive or suspects yet in deaths of mother, 4-year-old daughter

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‘Why would you shoot a child?’ No motive or suspects yet in deaths of mother, 4-year-old daughter

There was barely any time to react.
Rescue operation aims to save a wounded warrior

Rescue operation aims to save a wounded warrior

Despite concerns of overstepping, Times photographer Luis Sinco feels compelled to help the Iraq vet he made famous.
Two lives blurred together by a photo

Two lives blurred together by a photo

Times photographer Luis Sinco made James Blake Miller an emblem of the war. The image would change both of their lives and connect them in ways neither imagined.