Gregory Bojorquez
For over 30 years Los Angeles born and bred photographer Gregory Bojorquez has concentrated his lens on the communities and neighborhoods of East LA. Bojorquez has documented this specific area with the authenticity and understanding that only someone who has spent a lifetime on its streets could.
Bojorquez’s life and work, spent photographing everything from neighborhood beauty salons to local athletes to gang members to family celebrations, is marked by an acute sensitivity and awareness of the unique cultural aspects of his hometown.
View from Lorena Street Bridge, East L.A. 1997
Jasper & Star, Princeton Street Dead End, East L.A., '90s
Friday Night Party, 1997
Dead End Kids, 1999
Halloween in East L.A., 1999
Dodger Field Trip, 1999
Summer Time, 1999
Lincoln Heights Park, 2001
On the Payphone at 7-Eleven, 1996
Just Blaze It, 1999
Murder Crime Scene, 1998
Young Jack, 1992
Gabby, 2014
Beeper Days, East L.A., 1998
Bob’s Dog & Beto, East L.A., '90s
Mariachis Square,1st & Boyle, Boyle Heights, CA, 2002
Riviera Sun Rise, Boyle Heights, 2014
Nico's Market, 2002
Stomper & Mouse, East L.A., CA, 1999
Peter Q mural, Alley by El Sereno Liquors off Eastern Avenue, El Sereno, CA , 2002
Mission Road, Boyle Heights, CA, 2014
Girl in the Front Row, 2010
The Roxy, Sunset Strip, Hollywood, CA, 2010
Bronsonville Alley, Pomona, CA, 2010
Epstein's Muffler Shop, Montebello, CA, 2008
Yvonne at the Crossroads, 2004
Yvonne at the Crossroads, 2004
Pole Dancer, Hollywood, CA, 2008
Car Show Girls, National Orange Show, San Bernardino, CA, 1999
Hussey, Evergreen Cemetery, Los Angeles, 2014
A young woman with dark curly hair posing in front of a vintage black car with California license plate. She is wearing a black and white graphic T-shirt, jeans, and black and white sneakers. The background shows a house with a green trim and trees.
Marketa, Hart Street, North Hollywood, CA