Wednesday, June 22nd, 2011
Tired. – November 11, 2010. Boyle Heights, CA – Even in a hi-tech world, some things still have to be done, “old school.”
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Wednesday, June 15th, 2011
Piernas. – June 04, 2011. Boyle Heights, CA – An interesting perspective is offered as a customer jumps on the bar for an impromptu dance at Eastside Luv.
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Tuesday, June 14th, 2011
Discount Religion. – December 11, 2010. Boyle Heights, CA – A paper mache Juan Diego is posted outside a local retailer.
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Sunday, June 12th, 2011
Short Cuts. – December 11, 2010. Boyle Heights, CA – In between the apartments and businesses an alley shortens the distance from point A to point B.
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Friday, May 27th, 2011
Entrada. Llamada. – May 20, 2011. Boyle Heights, CA – A public phone finds company at the car wash on Wabash and Soto.
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Friday, May 20th, 2011
Melodica. – April 28, 2011. Boyle Heights, CA – Fredo Ortiz making sense of breath, movement and melody.
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Wednesday, May 18th, 2011
Cocodrilo. – October 10, 2010. East Los Angeles, CA – One man’s dead crocodile is another mans pimpwear.
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Tuesday, May 17th, 2011
Flamenco! – April 19, 2011. Boyle Heights, CA – The dancer’s display of passion, urgency and the moment.
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Monday, May 16th, 2011
Sake Bomb Momma. – May 12, 2011. Boyle Heights, CA – A moment of zen before the sake bomb was dropped and the madness that ensued.
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Thursday, May 12th, 2011
Madre Santa – October 29, 2010. East Los Angeles, CA – During a performance-art procession across town. (Click here to see video slideshow.)
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Rafael Cardenas, was born in 1971 in Pihuamo, Jalisco: a small town in the central part of Mexico on the western coast. His parents migrated to the US in 1974. He grew up in, and still lives in, East Los Angeles. His writing and photography comes from his fascination with words and the creative process.