Joseph Rodriguez

Photographer
    
East Side Stories
Public Project
East Side Stories
Copyright Joseph Rodriguez 2024
Date of Work Jan 1992 - Jul 2003
Updated Jul 2018
Topics Arrests and Prosecutions, Civil Rights, Community, Crime, Gangs, Hope, Human Rights, Incarceration, Oppression, Parenting & Family, Photography, Prison, Violence
Gang Life in East L.A.

My interest in going to Los Angeles began in 1992. I was strongly influenced by the music coming out of the streets and other inner cities across the country.  I felt these youth had something very important to say in their music. It was good research. Coming out of the streets of New York myself, I felt connected in some sense. I wanted to speak about things in my work I was familiar with. I was not going to L.A. as a journalist, but as a photographer needing to make connections, and taking the time to get to know people.  



A long term project from 1992-2017"East Side Stories puts a human face to gang members in Los Angeles while in their homes and with their families.
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