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| As a documentary photographer for over 20 years, my point of view has been to work slowly when it is possible. The domestic landscape of America has been my interest for the past two decades. Today I continue to work within the social documentary practice covering the struggles of everyday life. As Fred Ritchin, author and president of www.pixelpress.org wrote, "Photography too often confirms preconceptions and distances the reader from more nuanced realities. The people in the frame are often depicted as too foreign, too exotic, or simply too different to be easily understood." I continue to tell stories that have had an affect on my life so that we can diminish this distance and develop a better understanding. JOSEPH L. RODRIGUEZ E-mail rodrigj@earthlink.net Represented by Bill Charles, New York www.billcharles.com Affiliated with Silver Photo Agency, Stockholm, Sweden www.bildbyransilver.se EDUCATION 1985 Photojournalism/Documentary Diploma, International Center of Photography, New York 1980 Associate of Applied Science New York City Technical College, New York 1973 School of Visual Arts, New York SELECTED EXHIBITIONS 2007 Engulfed by Katrina: Photographs Before and After the Storm, African American Museum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 2006 Engulfed by Katrina:Photographs Before and After the Storm, New York University, Tisch School of the Arts, New York 2005 Juvenile Justice, Galleri Kontrast, Stockholm, Sweden 2003 Imagenes Havana, Fototeca, Havana, Cuba Beggars and Choosers, Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, Birmingham, Alabama Juvenile, Redux Pictures, New York, New York 2001 Barrio in NYC and Gang Life in East LA, Galleria Kari Kenetti, Helsinki, Finland Juvenile, Frieda and Roy Furman Gallery, Lincoln Center, New York 2000 East Side Stories Gang Life in East LA, Asbaek Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark Moving Walls:Youthful Offenders in Silicon Valley, Open Society Institute, New York Arte Latino: Treasures from the Smithsonian American Art Museum, El Paso Museum of Art, Texas The Way Home: Ending Homelessness in America, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC 1999 Spanish Harlem/East Los Angeles, Selby Gallery, Ringling School of Art and Design, Florida Biennial, Torino, Italy Under/Exposed, Subway Exhibition, Stockholm, Sweden 1998 Respekt, Stockholm Stadsmuseum, Sweden A Summer Wedding, Leica Gallery, New York 1997 The Chain, Noorderlicht Gallery, The Netherlands 1996 Gangs in Los Angeles, Subway Exhibition, Fotoseptiembre, Mexico East Side Stories: Gang Life in Los Angeles, Museo Nacional de Culturas Populares, Mexico City, Mexico 1995 Mother Jones International Fund for Documentary Photography, Award Winners Exhibition, Centro de la Imagen, Mexico City, Mexico We Look and See, University Art Museum, Berkeley, California The East Side Story: L.A. Gangs, International Center of Photography, New York (Solo Exhibition) The Art Directors Club 74th National /9th International Annual Exhibition, New York 1994 Revir (Territory), Kulturhuset, Stockholm, Sweden 1993 Romania's Institutions, New York University Tisch School of the Arts, New York Visual Relief, Tartt Gallery, Washington, D.C Romania's Institutions, Kulturhuset, Stockholm, Sweden 1992 The Kurds: The Forbidden People, Bibliotek, Uppsala, Sweden 1991 East Harlem, Three Rivers Arts Festival, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania The Kurds: The Forbidden People, Kulturhuset, Stockholm, Sweden 1990 Stockholm/New York, Fotograficentrum, Gothenburg and Stockholm, Sweden 1989 East Harlem, New Documentary USA, Images Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio 1988 Journey Through My Windows, Fotograficentrum, Gothenburg, Sweden (Solo Exhibition) El Barrio, International Center of Photography, New York (Solo Exhibition) 1987 El Dia de Los Muertos: Rural Traditions of the Day of the Dead, Mexican Museum, San Francisco, California and Fort Worth Museum of Art, Fort Worth, Texas East Harlem, An Audio/Visual Presentation, Festival Off, Le Forum Photo, Arles, France 1986 East Harlem: A Community Facing and Uncertain Future, Networks Gallery, School of Art and Design, Chicago, Illinois AWARDS AND GRANTS 2006 Open Society Katrina Media Fellowship 2003 Konstnarsnamden Stipendium, Swedish Arts Council, Sweden 2001 Pictures of the Year International, Missouri School of Journalism 1999 Open Society Justice Media Fellowship Fund for Investigative Journalism, Washington, D.C. 1998 The Rockefeller Foundation, USA/Mexico Fund for Culture New York Foundation for the Arts, Artists' Fellowship 1997 California Council for the Humanities 1996 Pictures of the Year, National Press Photographers Association, Missouri School of Journalism 1995 Konstnarsnamden Stipendium, Swedish Arts Council, Sweden 1994 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship 1993 Alicia Patterson Fellowship, Washington, D.C. Mother Jones International Fund for Documentary Photography Konstnarsnamden Stipendium, Swedish Arts Council, Sweden 1992 Fund for Investigative Journalism, Washington, D.C. Pictures of the Year, National Press Photographers Association, Missouri School of Journalism 1991 Konstnarsnamden Stipendium, Swedish Arts Council, Sweden 1990 Pictures of the Year, National Press Photographers Association, Missouri School of Journalism Swedish International Development Agency Stipendium, Sweden 1989 Konstnarsnamden Stipendium, Swedish Arts Council, Sweden Documentary Photography of the Year, Cincinnati, Ohio 1988 New York Foundation for the Arts, Artists' Fellowship CATALOGUES Noorderlicht, The Garden of Eden, The Chain V, The Netherlands, 1997 Centro de la Imagen, Fotoseptiembre, Mexico City, Mexico, 1996 Kulturhuset, Revir (Territory), Stockholm, Sweden, 1994 Images Gallery, New Documentary Photography USA, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1988 Fort Worth Art Museum , El Dia de Los Muertos; The Life of the Dead in Mexican Folk Art, Fort Worth, Texas, 1987 BOOKS Still Here: Stories After Katrina, Powerhouse Books, New York, 2008 Flesh Life Sex in Mexico City, Powerhouse Books, New York, 2006 The New Americans, New Press, New York, 2004 Juvenile, Powerhouse Books, New York, 2004 Crossing Over, Metropolitan Books, New York, 2001 The Way Home Ending Homelessness in America, Harry N. Abrams, New York, 2000 The Encyclopedia of Photography, Schirmer Books, New York, 1999 Black Star 60 Years of Photography, Konemann, Germany, 1997 East Side Stories: Gang Life in East Los Angeles, Powerhouse Books, New York, 1998 Respekt: A Reportage of Gangs and Their World in Los Angeles, DN Bokforlaget, Sweden, 1997 The Human Condition, Graphis, New York, 1995, 1997 Spanish Harlem, "American Scene" series, National Museum of American Art / D.A.P., 1995 MAJOR PUBLISHED PHOTO ESSAYS In Service to Family, Single Mother Soldiers On, New America Media, 2008 'Hurricane of Justice' Gathers in South Florida, New America Media, 2008 On the High Wire of Life, Love Sustains, New America Media, 2008 Even in 'Obamaland,' Change Starts at Home, New America Media, 2008 South Texans ‘On the Fence’ over Primaries, New America Media, 2008 Land of its Own Between Two ‘Walls,' New America Media, 2008 Poor Border Town Spells Out Top Priorities, New America Media, 2008 Straight Outta Boston, Mother Jones, 2006 Home for Good, The Children’s Beat, 2005 Juvenile , The Sun, 2004 Zambia AIDS, Richmond Times Dispatch, 2003 Afghanistan, ETC, 2002 (Sweden) Terror in New York 9.11, ETC, 2001 (Sweden) L.A. Gangs, Geo, 1998 (France) Harlem Renaissance, Der Spiegel, 1997 (Germany) What Immigration Problem?, New York Times Magazine, 1996 Los Angeles Police Department, New York Times Magazine, 1995 White Rage, Vibe, 1994 Romania, Culturefront, New York Council for the Humanities, 1994 Spanish Harlem, Culturefront, New York Council for the Humanities, 1994 Los Angeles Gangs, Mother Jones, 1994 Los Angeles Gang Life, Der Alltag, 1994 (Germany) Los Angeles Gangs, Arbetaren, 1992 (Sweden) Spanish Harlem, Bild Vi, 1992 (Sweden) Mauritius, National Geographic, 1992 Romania's Institutions, Upp och Ner, 1991 (Sweden) Mozambique's Children of War, Frihet, 1991 (Sweden) Mozambique's Refugees, Upp och Ner, 1991 (Sweden) Cambodia, Folket I Bild, 1990 (Sweden) Vietnam-Ho Chi Minh City, Upp och Ner, 1990 (Sweden) East Harlem, National Geographic, 1990 Brussels, Are Underground, 1989 (Sweden) Detroit, Arbetaren, 1988 (Sweden) Detroit-Motor City Breakdown, The Village Voice, 1987 TEACHING New York University, the International Center of Photography. Also taught at universities in Scandinavia, Europe and Mexico. VISITING ARTIST Columbia University, School of Journalism University of Texas, Austin, School of Journalism Ringling School of Art, Florida University of Helsinki, Finland Aarhus University, Denmark |
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