Flick Junior protests against SOPA (the Stop Online Piracy Act) at  Main Street on Wednesday, January 18, 2012.

Activists argue that the bill would threaten prosperity, online security, and freedom of expression and give the government too much power to shut down Web sites accused of copyright violations even if they are later found to be innocent of the charges.

Pigeons perch on the Pelican Gazebo at the Santa Monica Pier on Tuesday, December 6, 2011.

A seagull roosts at the pier on Wednesday, November 9, 2011.

TEAM MARINE - Images by Fabian Lewkowicz

Members of Team Marine create a replica of the Santa Monica Pier using cigarettes and other trash they collected from the beach during their community outreach project at the Santa Monica Boardwalk on Saturday, January 14, 2012.

 Team Marine is a group of eco-minded students from Santa Monica High School who are advocates for the environment. They participate in various ocean stewardship/environmental science competitions, such as the QuikSCience Challenge, Edison Challenge, and the Solar Cup. Team Marine raise awareness about the global marine debris, energy and climate change crises through different service learning and community outreach projects.

Team Marine was started and is coached by our Marine Biology teacher Benjamin Kay.

Los Angeles County Lifeguard Captain Angus Alexander builds a signpost that will point and give mileage to various locations near and far at Santa Monica on Friday, January 13, 2012.

Attendees look at Bob Poe’s “eyePhoto” (captured with an iPhone) during the 21st Annual International Los Angeles Photographic Art Exposition (photo LA) opening night reception at the historic Santa Monica Civic Center on Thursday, January 12 2012. 

Over the past twenty-one years Photo L.A. has earned a reputation as one of the foremost art fairs and the leading photo-based events in the country representing the finest galleries from around the globe and has exhibited more than three hundred galleries, private dealers and publishers and has presented more than one hundred and fifty lectures and collecting seminars to the public.

Continuing the discourse on photography’s place in the fine arts, Photo L.A. provides galleries from around the globe a platform for the exhibition of vintage masterworks and contemporary photography, as well as video and multimedia installations. This exciting juxtaposition creates the unique environment that characterizes photo l.a.

Photo L.A. attracts over eleven thousand interested collectors, curators and dealers of photography each year.

The opening Gala Reception benefits the Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s Wallis Annenberg Department of Photography.

Photo L.A. runs through Sunday, January 16th.

Jeronimo Gaspar, 34, performs on his repurposed drum set with the help of three volunteers  at the Santa Monica Pier on Wednesday, January 11, 2012.

Street Performer Ronald Jones, wearing a Gorilla mask, catches a few Z's in between acts at the Santa Monica Boardwalk on Monday, January 9, 2012.