‘Joseph Rodriguez’

Spanish Harlem: El Barrio in the 80’s.

in partnership with Galerie Bene Taschen

Joseph Rodriguez started taking pictures in the mid-1980’s.

© Joseph Rodriguez

© Joseph Rodriguez

© Joseph Rodriguez

Drawn to the social documentary style, he sought out photography in an attempt to break stereotypes and expose the world to the truthful portraits of American struggle.

© Joseph Rodriguez

© Joseph Rodriguez

© Joseph Rodriguez

People are at the heart of his work and his pictures are often the product of lengthy periods spent gaining the trust of his subjects.

© Joseph Rodriguez

© Joseph Rodriguez

© Joseph Rodriguez

The results are raw, gritty, and vivacious images, that reveal the resilience and the beauty of his subjects.

© Joseph Rodriguez

Joseph lives and works in New York.


photos by © Joseph Rodriguez
c/o Galerie Bene Taschen

excerpts: 
Spanish Harlem: 
El Barrio in the '80s

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