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CalMatters Visuals Team

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The CalMatters visuals team produces photos, illustrations and video for the organization. The team is composed of Miguel Gutierrez Jr., Adriana Heldiz, Larry Valenzuela and Gabriel Hongsdusit.

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Folklórico dancers in brightly colored traditional dresses prepare to perform on a grassy field beneath power lines. One dancer in a magenta dress lifts their skirt with both hands, mid-pose, while others in yellow, green, and orange outfits sit or stand nearby. A crowd watches in the background, many smiling
Politics
We’re 10 years old today. Check out a decade of compelling CalMatters visual journalism
CalMatters has been reporting essential information to Californians for a decade. Here are some of the most impressive photos and visuals our journalists captured.
By CalMatters Visuals Team • July 18, 2025
The silhouette of a protester as they hold up a U.S.-Mexico flag in front of a small fire burning in the middle of a street during an evening protest.
Justice
72 hours in LA: Immigration sweeps, protests and a historic National Guard deployment
CalMatters photographers captured immigration sweeps and protests that led up to President Trump's deployment of the National Guard to Los Angeles.
By CalMatters Visuals Team • June 10, 2025
A person stands on the side of a road, silhouetted against a fiery orange sky filled with thick smoke. Overhead, power lines stretch across utility poles, and vegetation lines the foreground. The scene evokes a sense of isolation and foreboding amidst a wildfire.
CalMatters en Español
Una semana infernal: vea cómo los incendios de Los Ángeles destruyeron vecindarios desde la costa hasta las colinas
Los fotógrafos de CalMatters capturaron la devastación mientras los fuertes vientos de Santa Ana y las condiciones extremadamente secas impulsaban múltiples incendios forestales en todo el condado de Los Ángeles.
By CalMatters Visuals Team • January 13, 2025
A person stands on the side of a road, silhouetted against a fiery orange sky filled with thick smoke. Overhead, power lines stretch across utility poles, and vegetation lines the foreground. The scene evokes a sense of isolation and foreboding amidst a wildfire.
California Wildfires
A week from hell: See how LA fires destroyed neighborhoods from coast to foothills
CalMatters photographers captured the devastation as fierce Santa Ana winds and bone-dry conditions propelled multiple wildfires across Los Angeles County.
By CalMatters Visuals Team • January 13, 2025
Politics
2024 in California photos: Campus protests, floods, election shifts and more
It's been a long year. Take a look back at 2024 with CalMatters visual journalists.
By CalMatters Visuals Team • December 27, 2024
Flooded fields in Corcoran on March 23, 2023. Photo by Martin do Nascimento, CalMatters
Politics
2023 in California photos: Record rain, epic super blooms and historic strikes
Looking back at 2023 in California is a lot to unpack. Devastating winter floods submerged entire towns. Another mass shooting took 11 lives in Monterey Park. Unions in a wide variety of industries flexed their muscles during “hot labor summer.” Gov. Gavin Newsom, in his second term, drew as much attention for his trips around […]
By CalMatters Visuals Team • December 25, 2023
Almarissa Segura, 14, a student at San Antonio Elementary School in Lockwood, looks up while seated on a school bus. She was part of a CatchLight and CalMatters photo project that captured student life during the pandemic in California. Photo by David Rodríguez Muñoz for The Californian, Catchlight and CalMatters
Politics
Looking back at California in 2022, in photos
How to remember 2022 in California? It was a big election year, but it was filled with so much more — old and new. The old: Homelessness continued to dominate public debate. The threat of wildfires stayed with us, as did the challenges of climate change. And, yes, COVID still hovered over daily life, including […]
By CalMatters Visuals Team • December 28, 2022
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