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VIDEO: Gary Leonard Celebrates His 60th Birthday

Several hundred people dropped by Leonard's Take My Picture gallery Friday to pay their respects and, maybe, buy a print.

They'd been planning photographer Gary Leonard's 60th birthday bash for weeks.

Organized by Leonard's son David, the event Friday attracted public officials, photographers and others from the arts and media community.

Punk music blared as friends and family scanned boxes of postcard-sized prints.

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Others picked through larger images stacked on tables.

Prints went for as low as $10, though a number were significantly more expensive.

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Echo Park Patch stopped by and shot the accompanying video and photographs.

For an alternate take from the Downtown News on Leonard and his 40-year career in Los Angeles, click  here.

Look for more of Echo Park resident Leonard's work soon on Echo Park Patch.


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