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univisionnews: Ramiro Gomez’s L.A. street art gives us...

Thu, 10 May 2012 19:44:59 -0700

Ramiro Gomez’s L.A. street art gives us something to think about

By EBONY MONTENEGRO

It’s Banksy’s public “guerilla” art with a touch of Diego Rivera’s social realism on the streets of Beverly Hills. With that in mind you can begin to understand artist Ramiro Gomez’s vision.

In a recent interview with Jorge Rivas of Colorlines.com, the Los Angeles native spoke about his work.

Gomez creates cardboard cut-out paintings of labor workers and peppers them on the lawns and homes throughout affluent Beverly Hills. As a nanny, artist Gomez wants more than anything to spur conversation around “illegal immigrants,” and draw attention to the headlines about the Arizona and Alabama legislatures’ immigration rulings.

To see more from Gomez, check out his blog.

Saturdays with Abuelita Carmen and Libertad Lamarque

Sun, 06 May 2012 10:56:00 -0700

For years—from the time I was a kid with a 35mm point-and-shoot—my grandmother was the only one I could consistently persuade to get in front of my camera. And in the era in my life in which I thought Alexander McQueen was the most amazing man to ever to walk on earth and that I would be the next David Lachapelle, my abuelita would let me dress her up too.

But as her memory is slowly taken over with new anxious ideas it gets harder to get her in front of a camera to sit still. Until today. With the help of Libertad Lamarque.

univisionnews: 20 years later, children of the L.A. Riots...

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 15:28:52 -0700

univisionnews:

20 years later, children of the L.A. Riots remember the chaos

By JORGE RIVAS

Throughout the past month I’ve seen hundreds of news stories on the L.A. Riots and almost every single one of them was published by someone who experienced the events of 1992 as an adult. But we haven’t heard anything from the perspective of children who lived through the civil unrest and remember the chaos.

I was 9 years old and living just a mile away from the intersection of Normadie and Florence where Reginald Denny was pulled out of a trailer and brutally beaten. I was only a child, but to this day have vivid memories of the events that took place and know that there were thousands like me who had stories to share.

Throughout the past month I’ve been meeting with men and women my age — the children that experienced the L.A. Riots — and recording their stories. Above is one video that is part of the series I made for Colorlines.com. Edson was ten in 1992. He remembers his cousins and siblings clinging on to the men in the family as they left to protect their store from looting.

Visit Colorlines.com/1992 to see full series “Two Decades Later, Children of the L.A. Riots Share Memories.”

This article is cross-posted from Colorlines.com, where Jorge Rivas is Multimedia Editor / Pop Culture Blogger .

Cycling Underwater

Sun, 21 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Palm Trees in the Distance

Sat, 20 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0700

View from the Hollyhock House.

Pool on Baxter

Mon, 15 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0700

The Weather in Denmark

Sat, 11 Jun 2011 04:12:41 -0700

Most of the images I’ve shared so far mostly included beautiful blue skies with bright white clouds but the first three days of the ride actually included a lot of cold temperatures, wind and rain.

The image above was shot by Jonas Tana.

I made it!

Sun, 05 Jun 2011 13:18:00 -0700

120km on the last stretch to Berlin. Complete.

Updates soon!

30 km down 90 to go

Sun, 05 Jun 2011 02:25:18 -0700

Sun is heating up! But so far so good. Home stretch!

Too much sun and bug bites.

Sat, 04 Jun 2011 16:51:05 -0700

Too much sun and bug bites.

These nice gentleman welcomed us in to 120km away from Berlin! We got a nice welcome in to Fürstenberg

Sat, 04 Jun 2011 15:27:49 -0700

We're close to Berlin and there is magic in the air

Sat, 04 Jun 2011 15:25:34 -0700

130 km to Berlin!

Sat, 04 Jun 2011 12:41:50 -0700

Toughest day was definitely today. People are getting tired, going through areas with mosquitoes and ticks, can’t eat vegetables and so I’m left with lots of bread, and sun is heating things up.

Several people couldnt finish the ride and had to be picked up and shuttled to the hostel tonight. If there was ever a time when I needed a text message of support it’s now—text me all you want! Tomorrow will probably be a 12-14 hour day.

xoxo jorge

So close!

Fri, 03 Jun 2011 19:11:04 -0700

So close!

Hanging out with the French folk: Michel and Anne

Fri, 03 Jun 2011 14:35:11 -0700

Tomorrow will mark one week on the road! Two days to go!

Fri, 03 Jun 2011 14:31:55 -0700

Video from Day 4.

Front Page News!

Fri, 03 Jun 2011 13:23:05 -0700

Beautiful warm day with low winds

Fri, 03 Jun 2011 13:17:48 -0700

Had a pretty amazing day today—90km, lots of sun, warm enough to just be in a jersey and beautiful blue skies.

Philippe, Philippe, Philippe...

Wed, 01 Jun 2011 15:24:13 -0700

This morning before we set out on our ride we were told to be on our best behavior when we arrived in Germany because there would be lots of media there. Well, Phillipe, who only speaks French, took that message really serious.

So I’ve been really happy. Photo by Jonas Tana

Wed, 01 Jun 2011 15:10:00 -0700

So I’ve been really happy.

Photo by Jonas Tana