Photo Essay 1 – David W. Gomez – May 13, 2013

I shadowed David Gomez for one day and interviewed him to make this photo essay. David is a man of very many talents. Thanks for being my guinea pig, Gomez.

I just placed an ad in the magazine Brooklyn and Boyle. So I decided to put all my video slideshows in one post.

If you are coming my site for the first time, WELCOME! Hope you enjoy and continue to visit my website.

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SO FAR: A Collection of Photographs by Rafael Cardenas from rafael cardenas on Vimeo.

Musicians – October CaminARTE from rafael cardenas on Vimeo.

Nueve Amor – September CaminARTE from rafael cardenas on Vimeo.

Occupy L.A. – November 29, 2011 (black and white) from rafael cardenas on Vimeo.

Tommy Nishiyama, Sr. playing handball in Downtown LA. (Photo: Courtesy of Tommy Nishiyama, Sr.)

On Mednik Avenue, between Avenida Cesar Chavez and Floral Drive, across from the Maravilla Housing Project, is an inconspicuous building that you might have passed many times but never noticed. There, stands a tall wall of brick and mortar that was laid in the 1920’s next to El Centro Grocery. If you look up high enough you will see a group of weathered letters hanging for dear life to a chain link fence that read: The Maravilla Handball Court. The MHC is the latest historic center that is now in jeopardy of being destroyed. But a group of organizers are fighting to preserve it. (more…)