Published on Sunday, February 07, 2010
By LA Daily News Staff Writer
Barry Shaffer's photography used to be limited to taking X-rays of teeth in his Encino dental office.
And while he still peers into his patients' mouths one day a week, he spends the rest of his time as a professional photographer - a career switch that began seven years ago and has taken him on shoots all over the world.
"I felt that I was at a point where I wanted to do something with the remaining parts of my life to contribute in a way that I couldn't in dentistry," said Shaffer, 61, whose latest photography project is an ambitious endeavor to tell a unique history of Los Angeles.
Photographing and interviewing elderly immigrants, Shaffer has been documenting the story of Los Angeles through the eyes and voices of people who came to the city decades ago from all corners of the globe.
"I am calling the project `Quiet Heroes Over 80' because I see how heroic they have been," said Shaffer
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