The LA River X Instagram account is currently featuring the photographs and mediations of Lars Bunch on this unique urban river. During this time of social isolation, we are encouraged to go outside (with proper precautions) for our physical, mental, and spiritual health. If you are physically able to go outside, consider these posts an inspiration to take a prayer walk and making your activity a meditation on Creation. If you are unable to go outside, consider taking a virtual prayer walk with these images.
Lars Jagatai Bunch has been a photographer for 40 years. He has shot eclectic portraits for magazines, interior designs for books and architectural shots for advertising. He shoots both film and digital, depending on the needs of the project. While most of the works you'll see this week were shot digitally, he has also been seen lugging large format cameras from 4x5 to 8x10 into the Los Angeles River.
Images and words here were contributed by @larsbunch as part of his @lariverx takeover. When reposting, please credit @larsbunch and @lariverx.
There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, The holy dwelling places of the Most High. -Psalm 46:4
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The king’s heart is like channels of water in the hand of the LORD; He turns it wherever He wishes. -Proverbs 21:1
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But let justice roll down like waters And righteousness like an ever-flowing stream. -Amos 5:24
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Let the rivers clap their hands, Let the mountains sing together for joy. -Psalm 98:8
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For I will pour out water on the thirsty land And streams on the dry ground; I will pour out My Spirit on your offspring And My blessing on your descendants. -Isaiah 44:3
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For he will be like a tree planted by the water, That extends its roots by a stream And will not fear when the heat comes; But its leaves will be green, And it will not be anxious in a year of drought Nor cease to yield fruit. -Jeremiah 17:8
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When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; And through the rivers, they will not overflow you. -Isaiah 43:2
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Behold, I will do something new, Now it will spring forth; Will you not be aware of it? I will even make a roadway in the wilderness, Rivers in the desert. -Isaiah 43:19
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Behold, I extend peace to her like a river, And the glory of the nations like an overflowing stream. -Isaiah 66:12
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Then he showed me a river of the water of life, clear as crystal, coming from the throne of God and of the Lamb. -Revelation 22:1
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It will come about that every living creature which swarms in every place where the river goes, will live. -Ezekiel 47:9
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Come, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and he who has no money, come, buy and eat! -Isaiah 55:1
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