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From Santa Monica Close Up:

"Venice Healer Daisy practices her healing on a homeless man and shows off her public garden at the Venice Beach Boardwalk on Thursday, December 15, 2022. "

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Santa Monica Close Up is a photo blog by Santa Monica based Photojournalist/Press photographer Fabian Lewkowicz. Fabian is the former staff photographer for the Santa Monica Daily Observer Press, Santa Monica Mirror, Santa Monica and the Santa Monica Corsair.

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Here's surfing photos from Tuesday, December 13th at the Venice Breakwater.

This set of surf photos was shot by Six12 Media and brought to you by XCEL Wetsuits.

These are just a few of the 200+ photos from this session. If you were out there, you probably got some surfing shots, probably multiple photos, they will be in the complete photo galleries for this day, check them out, the links to the complete galleries are down below.














You can find more photos from this session, all full size and in high-resolution, in these 2 photo galleries:

Venice Pier - Tuesday 12-13-2022 Gallery #1
Venice Pier - Tuesday 12-13-2022 Gallery #2


If you were out there, we probably got some cool surfing shots of you, go check them out!

Wanna see photos from previous days at this and other local surf spots from this photographer?
Click Surf Spot Galleries and look for the spot and then the date.





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From Santa Monica Close Up:

"Venice Healer Daisy argues with a man who ripped up her public garden on Ocean Front Walk in Venice on Friday, December 9, 2022. The man filled a police report."

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Santa Monica Close Up is a photo blog by Santa Monica based Photojournalist/Press photographer Fabian Lewkowicz. Fabian is the former staff photographer for the Santa Monica Daily Observer Press, Santa Monica Mirror, Santa Monica and the Santa Monica Corsair.

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From Santa Monica Close Up:

"City of Los Angeles Department of Public Works sanitation workers in white hazardous materials suits, with Action Cleanup Environmental Services Clean-up homeless encampments at Venice Beach on Friday, December 9, 2022. LAHSA (Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority) provided homeless outreach. Park Rangers were onsite during the cleanup. The Venice Beach clean-ups are conducted every Friday."

Santa Monica Close Up is a photo blog by Santa Monica based Photojournalist/Press photographer Fabian Lewkowicz. Fabian is the former staff photographer for the Santa Monica Daily Observer Press, Santa Monica Mirror, Santa Monica and the Santa Monica Corsair.

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