SELA Photo Walk building appreciation for southern LA's beauty one frame at a time

LOS ANGELES (KABC) (KABC) -- There's a new photo club focused on capturing the people, color and culture of southeast Los Angeles.

David Hernandez and Alan Arvizu started SELA Photo Walk a couple months ago, hoping to shine a positive light on southeast L.A., also known as SELA.

"It's Huntington Park, Bell, Cudahy, Maywood, Lynwood, and then Vernon, as well," said Arvizu.

They meet up once a month in a different city, taking pictures while walking the dedicated route.

"My purpose was to basically bring people not only from SELA, but outside to come, and come and meet SELA at the end of the day, you know, come and check out our own hometowns where we're from and what we're doing," Hernandez said.

"We kind of look like paparazzi, like tourists around the city. So it's kind of funny, but I think it's just as important because people are looking at us, you know? People are like, 'Oh, who are these people? Like, what are they doing?' It just draws more attention and that's what we want, you know, positive attention to the city," Arvizu said.

One photo at a time, they're hoping people start to see these areas with different perspectives.

"I think for us really, it's about focusing on the communities that have often been left out conversations" or have been underserved and underrepresented," said ,Diana Morales of the SELA Arts Foundation.

They've also had a historian on one of the photo walks, even a poet. The next photo walk in Sunday, Sept. 27.

For more info, check out the group's Instagram page, SELA Photo Walk.

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