Stella Kalinina/High Country News
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Stella Kalinina/High Country News is a Russian-Ukrainian American photographer based in Los Angeles working on contemplative stories about human connections, personal and communal histories, and the places we inhabit. She brings empathy, curiosity, and a collaborative approach to portrait-based stories that are firmly rooted in a sense of place.
![The Chen Lin brothers at Los Angeles State Historic Park in Chinatown. The former Southern Pacific rail yard opened to the public as a park in 2017.](https://thecounter.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/StellaKalinina_ReclaimingLA_Chen_Lin_brothers072021.jpg)
07.08.2021