Joseph Rodriguez
Gangs of East LA

Gangs of East LA
ArtistAmerican, born 1951
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Gangs of East LA
Datec. 1993
Place depictedLos Angeles, California, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 8 11/16 × 12 15/16 in. (22 × 32.8 cm)
 Sheet: 10 7/8 × 14 in. (27.7 × 35.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Charles Dee Mitchell
Object number2024.1311
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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist; purchased by Charles Dee Mitchell, Dallas; given to MFAH, 2024.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Stamped in black ink, verso, center: PHOTOGRAPH BY JOSEPH RODRIGUEZ // Copyright © 1993 [pencil] by Joseph Rodriguez // Not to be reproduced without written // permission of photographer
Inscribed in pencil, verso, center: [signature] // // Chivo at work as a truck dispatcher // EAST Los Angeles // // 1/15 // May 2004
Signed in pencil, verso, center.

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The morning after a rival gang tried to shoot Chivo for the fourth time. Chivo teaches his daughter how to hold a .32-caliber pistol. Her mother, Yvonne, looks on. Boyle Heights, Los Angeles, CA
Joseph Rodriguez
The morning after a rival gang tried to shoot Chivo for the fourth time. Chivo teaches his daughter how to hold a .32-caliber pistol. Her mother, Yvonne, looks on. Boyle Heights, Los Angeles, CA
1993
Gelatin silver print
2024.1312
Quiles family at home: Ramiro and Danny from Marianna, with their mother Aida, and sister Maria. East Los Angeles.
Joseph Rodriguez
Quiles family at home: Ramiro and Danny from Marianna, with their mother Aida, and sister Maria. East Los Angeles.
1993
Gelatin silver print
2024.1313
Chivo sits at the breakfast table with his mother (right) telling him he better get a job. His sister and friend, Boxer look on. His mother, a bus driver, then left for work.
Joseph Rodriguez
Chivo sits at the breakfast table with his mother (right) telling him he better get a job. His sister and friend, Boxer look on. His mother, a bus driver, then left for work.
1993
Gelatin silver print
2024.1309
Chivo at an Evergreen House Party, Boyle Heights, Los Angeles
Joseph Rodriguez
Chivo at an Evergreen House Party, Boyle Heights, Los Angeles
1993
Gelatin silver print
2024.1310
Officers at the Rampart Station restrain a man resisting arrest, LAPD
Joseph Rodriguez
Officers at the Rampart Station restrain a man resisting arrest, LAPD
1994
Silver dye bleach print
2024.1306
At an abandoned Westlake motel near Skid Row, de facto living quarters for dozens of people without homes, CRASH Unit officers search for a murder suspect, LAPD
Joseph Rodriguez
At an abandoned Westlake motel near Skid Row, de facto living quarters for dozens of people without homes, CRASH Unit officers search for a murder suspect, LAPD
1994
Silver dye bleach print
2024.1307
An officer's uniform hangs in the Rampart Division locker room, LAPD
Joseph Rodriguez
An officer's uniform hangs in the Rampart Division locker room, LAPD
1994
Silver dye bleach print
2024.1308
Pacific Division officers on patrol in Venice Beach inspect an abandoned house looking for squatter and drugs, LAPD
Joseph Rodriguez
Pacific Division officers on patrol in Venice Beach inspect an abandoned house looking for squatter and drugs, LAPD
1994
Silver dye bleach print
2024.1304
Officers search the apartment of the man shot in his living room, LAPD
Joseph Rodriguez
Officers search the apartment of the man shot in his living room, LAPD
1994
Silver dye bleach print
2024.1305
Untitled
Joseph Rodriguez
Untitled
on and after 11 September 2001
Inkjet print
2005.506
Untitled
Joseph Rodriguez
Untitled
on and after 11 September 2001
Inkjet print
2005.507
Untitled
Joseph Rodriguez
Untitled
on and after 11 September 2001
Inkjet print
2005.505