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

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
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
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
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • 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
Date1993
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 number2024.1312
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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] // // 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 // looks on. Boyle Heights, Los Angeles. // // 1/15 // MAY 2004
Signed in pencil, verso, center.

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