Mae Ryan Photographer/ Videographer
Mae Ryan is a videographer and photographer for Southern California Public Radio, producing, shooting and editing for KPCC online and on air.
Before joining KPCC, Mae was a freelance photographer and videographer in New York. Her clients included The Wall Street Journal, TIME, CNN, MTV, Architectural Record and The FADER.
As a freelancer Mae was recognized as one of the top emerging photographers by Getty Reportage. In 2012 Mae won first place in The Pictures of the Year International for “Uprising,” a multimedia piece that she edited about the Egyptian revolution. As an undergraduate at Stanford University she received three grants to pursue documentaries.
Stories by Mae Ryan
Hollywood Heavyweight
By Mae Ryan | KPCC
A three-time world sumo champion brings his game face to Hollywood.
Montage: Fragments from the '92 Riots
By Shirley Jahad and Mae Ryan
Sounds and scenes from one of the most traumatic episodes in L.A.'s history: The Los Angeles Riots of 1992. They lasted a total of six days, cost an estimated billion dollars in property damage, took more than 50 lives, and changed the way L.A. imagined itself.
From lunch to landfill: What happens to your trash in LA
By Mae Ryan
Track your trash from start to finish as it moves through L.A.
Track your trash from start to finish as it moves through LA.
By Mae Ryan | KPCC
Track your trash from start to finish as it moves through LA.
Watch: LA Skid Row karaoke
By Hayley Fox and Mae Ryan
Skid Row karaoke is exactly what it sounds like, and it happens every week in Downtown L.A.
Skid Row Sings
By Mae Ryan | KPCC
If you're in the right place on Skid Row you'll hear Prince and Sinatra in the air every Wednesday night. Welcome to Karaoke night at the Church of the Nazarene.
Save the public radio species
By Mae Ryan and Grant Slater | KPCC
The most cerebral specimen of the modern journalist is in grave peril. The public radio journalist needs your support to continue its serene and bias-free existence.
Last Drag
By Mae Ryan | KPCC
Barona drag strip is one of the last places for street legal racing in Southern California.
The Ramona Gardens housing project and its patchwork library
By Mae Ryan with Paige Osburn
Boyle Heights' Ramona Gardens Housing project is more known for gang affiliations than written aspirations. But one library is looking to change that.
Trans artists perform as part of Pacific Standard Time
By Mae Ryan
On Thursday night, contemporary performance artists will appear at ONE, the gay and lesbian archives at USC, for an evening of performance art exploring gender and sexuality.
Transactivations
By Mae Ryan | KPCC
LA artists Heather Cassils and Zackary Drucker defy gender norms
Demonstrators protest SAG-AFTRA union merger
By Mae Ryan
Protesters showed up outside Museum Square to oppose the proposed merger of SAG and AFTRA, just one day after over a dozen SAG members filed a lawsuit against it.
Protesters demonstrate at LA Chinese consulate after UN veto
By Mae Ryan
A small group of Iranians gathered Tuesday outside China's consulate in Los Angeles in order to protest a recent veto of U.N. efforts to condemn Syria.
LA artist explores LA's sonic topography
By Mae Ryan
Southern California is a loud place. But one L.A. artist ha decided to stop muffling the noise – and start tuning in.
