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Between beats: L.A. nightlife seen in its most tender moments

A photo of people at a party under a red light

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This story is part of Image’s December Revelry issue, honoring what music does so well: giving people a sense of permission to unapologetically be themselves.

Christopher Behroozian is a California-based photographer whose work explores intimacy, memory and existence through portraiture. Behroozian’s photographs serve as quiet records, proofs of relationships, moments of care and traces of presence. Photographing nightlife from this perspective was just a curiosity. When his friend Rob Aquino asked him to photograph his party called “Loose” in Chinatown with not much instruction, these were the images that came of it.

People hanging outside the club.
Party-goer having a smoke outside.
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Two people kissing in the corner.
Three party-goers talking.
Two people kissing in a crowd.
Party-goer dancing.
Party-goers standing inside and outside of the men's restroom.
Party-goers in a crowd.
Party-goer dancing in a bikini.
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Party-goer having a cigarette outside.
Two people having a conversation outside.
Two people talking at the party in Chinatown.
Two ladies laughing during a gathering.
Party-goers talking in the restroom.
Groups of party-goers at the event in Chinatown.
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