Why?

“Before taking off on any long project, I always look at other works. What inspires me are photographers that are not even of today, they're photographers from before. And how I discovered Depara's work is through the publisher in Paris called Revue Noire. . . . That is something that goes back deep into Joseph Rodriguez' photography, going way back to my first project in Spanish Harlem. I want to own my own story. I want to tell it in a way that I think is more intimate and perhaps a little bit more subjective."

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- Joeseph Rodríguez, Photographer