WHAT THE CAMERA SAW / THE WEEK AND MORE : Roaming the Roads

A hundred years ago, a wandering man might have unfurled a blanket near a campfire, but today Tracy LaMar settles in on the corner of 4th and Los Angeles streets in downtown Los Angeles. “I enjoy living on the street. It’s the only frontier I got left at 65 years of age,” he says.

Superstars

Three moments of triumph. After two decades of screen stardom, Al Pacino is allowed to join that famous Hollywood clique that left its hand- and footprints at Mann’s Chinese theater. Newport Harbor High School student Amanda Arthur, recovering from a coma caused by a car accident, savors her reign as homecoming queen. Escorts are her father, Allan Arthur, left, and stepfather, Alex Maese. And girls rule, whether they win or lose, as the Pepperdine University women’s soccer team pumps up before the game.

Prominent Features

Some faces just have something to say. Pleasure from Heather Morales, 15, at the San Buenaventura State Beach in Ventura. Elegance from Mohinie Murti, 7, who traveled from Florida with her mother for a Krishna festival in Venice. Flourish from character actor Walter Bender during a dramatic break at Pershing Square in downtown Los Angeles. Power from blues star Koko Taylor at the Long Beach Blues Festival. And “Just kiss me” in dogspeak from an English bulldog hanging out with its owner at a cross-country meet at Santa Margarita High School.