#Boardwalk #Bodybuilders #Hippies #Skaters #StreetPerformers #Surfers #Venice #Beach With its diverse cast of surfers, skaters, bodybuilders, aging hippies, and street performers, Los Angeles' Venice Beach retains some of the bohemian charms that once put it at the heart of American pop culture. The neighborhood's 50s and 60s heydays (when it spawned artists like The Doors and members of the Beat Generation) may have long since passed. But amid an influx of tech companies and tourists, who visit Venice in the millions each year, it is still a hub for the free-spirited, according to Israel-born photographer Dotan Saguy, who has spent the last three years documenting life on and around the beach. "There's a bit of a circus-like atmosphere," said Saguy, an LA resident, during a phone interview. "You'll walk along the boardwalk and see people playing racquetball, basketball or handball, and then you'll see surfers passing through, or ...