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OVERVIEW
Internationally recognized documentary photographer Joseph Rodriguez was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. He is currently represented by Bill Charles, Inc. Joseph's work has appeared in such publications as The New York Times Magazine, National Geographic, Marie Claire, GQ, Los Angeles Magazine, Newsweek, Esquire, Stern and Der Spiegel.
He has received awards and grants from the Open Society Institute, National Endowment for the Arts, the Rockefeller Foundation, Mother Jones International Fund for Documentary Photography, Alicia Patterson Fellowship, Fund for Investigative Journalism, Konstnarsnamden Stipendium Swedish Arts Council and New York State Foundation for the Arts.
He has been awarded "Pictures of the Year" by the National Press Photographers Association and the University of Missouri, in 1990, 1992, 1996 and 2002.
His new, upcoming book Flesh Life: Sex in Mexico City is to be published in 2006 by PowerHouse Books. His book Juvenile, focusing on youthful offenders in Silicon Valley, was published by PowerHouse Books in 2004. East Side Stories: Gang Life in East L.A. was published by PowerHouse Books in 1998 to widespread critical acclaim; it was reprinted in 2000 and 2004. Spanish Harlem, a series of penetrating and intimate photographs of "el barrio," was published in 1995 by the National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. Other books of note include The New Americans, published by New Press in 2004, and Respekt: Gangs and their World in Los Angeles, published by DN Bokforlaget in 1997.
Recent exhibitions of his work have appeared at Galleri Kontrast, Stockholm, Sweden; The African American Museum, Philadelphia, PA; The Fototeca, Havana, Cuba; Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, Birmingham, Alabama, Open Society Institute’s Moving Walls, New York; Frieda and Roy Furman Gallery at the Walter Reade Theater; Lincoln Center; International Center of Photography, New York; and the Kari Kenneti Gallery Helsinki, Finland.
In 2001 his website "Juvenile Justice" appeared in cooperation with Human Rights Watch and Pixelpress.org, exploring the lives of five adolescents and their struggle with the California criminal justice system. See http://www.pixelpress.org/juvenilejustice.
Joseph teaches at New York University, the International Center of Photography, New York and has also taught at universities in Scandinavia, Europe and Mexico.
EDUCATION
| 1985 |
Photojournalism/Documentary Diploma, |
| 1980 | Associate of Applied Science New York City Technical College, New York |
| 1973 | School of Visual Arts, New York |
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
| 2001 | Moving Walls: Youthful Offenders in Silicon Valley, Frieda and Roy Furman Gallery, Lincoln Center New York |
| 2000 | 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 Cultural 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: LA 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
| 1999 | The Open Society Institute/Crime, Communities and Culture, Media Fellowship |
| 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 University of 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. Picture of the Year, National Press Photographers Association University of Missouri School of Journalism |
| 1991 | Konstnarsnamden Stipendium, Swedish Arts Council, Sweden |
| 1990 | Picture of the Year, National
Press Photographers Association University of 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, 1989
Fort Worth Art Museum, El Dia de Los Muertos; The Life of the Dead in Mexican
Folk Art, Fort Worth, Texas, 1987
BOOKS
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
LA 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
