The casts of “CODA” and “Squid Game” captured the night with a historic win and touching speeches at the 28th Screen Actors Guild Awards held at Barker Hangar in Santa Monica.
Awards for best actor and actress in leading roles went to Will Smith for “King Richard” and Jessica Chastain for “The Eyes of Tammy Faye,” and the actors took the stage teary-eyed with amazement. Backstage, awardees let their emotions loose, kissing their trophies and hugging their fellow actors.
Los Angeles Times photographers Rob Gauthier and Allen J. Schaben were there to capture it all. Scroll through for the best photos.
Robert Gauthier has been with the Los Angeles Times since 1994. He was the photographer for a project detailing the failings of an L.A. public hospital that won the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for public service. Before The Times, Gauthier worked at the San Diego Union-Tribune, the Escondido Times-Advocate and the Bernardo News in San Diego County, his hometown.
Los Angeles Times staff photographer Allen J. Schaben is an award-winning journalist capturing a wide range of images over the past 34 years. Before joining The Times, he honed his craft at the Detroit Free Press, Dallas Morning News, Wichita Eagle and Connecticut Post. Schaben earned his bachelor’s degree in journalism at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 1993.