Vegas Magazine - Niche Media - There is a place beyond the crowds, beyond the ropes, where dreams are realized and success is celebrated. You are invited.
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Surprising, off-kilter perspectives on Downtown Las Vegas, The Strip, and the mountains and desert around the Vegas valley have made John Carracedo a social media documentarian of sorts. A puffy cumulonimbus cloud dwarfs a Joshua tree in a dramatic desert landscape; the High Roller Ferris wheel bears down on a lone pedestrian. Carracedo's unique perspective is, well, having a unique perspective. "I just go out into the world and shoot what I love and don't worry about what others think," he says, a modus operandi that has helped him land professional work with Sony, Dos Equis, and JOHN CARRACEDO | PHOTOGRAPHER @johnnylace Jägermeister, and made him Time magazine's choice in Nevada for its "50 Instagram Photographers to Follow in All 50 States" project. As for inspiration? "I am open minded about everything, but what inspires me the most are sunrises and sunsets. You would never catch the same sunrise or sunset ever!" Memorable images: "A couple of my double-exposure shots in a project I dedicated to the cities of Los Angeles and Las Vegas." Most frequent comment: "I get a lot of cool emojis, but I always love the ones that say 'You're the reason I picked up a camera.'" Vegas love: "Downtown Las Vegas is where I enjoy shooting street photography, because there's always something interesting going on there." 20 minutes in Vegas: "A helicopter ride!" Date place: "Ohjah Sushi." Go here for inspiration: "Valley of Fire National Park." Ideal Vegas day: "Shoot all day and meet amazing people!" For more on Carracedo's best of Vegas, go to vegasmagazine.com. . clockwise from above: A nighttime view from Carracedo's "home base," #dtlv, #lvblvd; below pedestrians in a New York Apple store; sunrise over the desert gives an unusual, backlit view of Ugo Rondinone's Seven Magic Mountains in the Ivanpah Valley, just south of the Las Vegas Strip.