It took five years for Brooklyn-born photographer Joseph Rodriguez to complete the Spanish Harlem series, his most expansive, thorough, and personal body of work to date. A Puerto Rican New Yorker born in the 50s, Rodriguez grew up strongly aware of the stereotypical narratives attributed to his community across the mainstream media – a reductive, simplistic discourse he always felt the urge to defy. “As a Latino, I wanted to…
Vibrant photos tells true stories of life as a Latinx in 80s Harlem
By Irina Baconsky (info@dazedgroup.com)
May 1, 2018 at 01:42AM
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