LAST WEEK TO SEE “GEORGE RODRIGUEZ: DOUBLE VISION” AT THE VINCENT PRICE ART MUSEUM IN LOS ANGELES
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There are many sides to LA. But few people travel between the realms that were separated during the first half of the 20th century when the Great Migration and post-war Mexican immigration changed the face of the city.

The photographer George Rodriguez is the rare artist who has thrived between Hollywood and Chicano LA for more than half a century. Born in 1937 to a Mexican immigrant father and a Mexican American mother, Rodriguez has spent his life creating a body of work that captures the many facets of life in LA—from the glittering stars of music, TV, and film to theleaders and activists of the civil rights, United Farm Workers, and Chicano movements.

From an archive that includes everyone from Cesar Chavez, Dolores Huerta, and the Brown Berets to Jimi Hendrix, Michael Jackson, and N.W.A., Rodriguez has partnered with author Josh Kun to publish his first career retrospective Double Vision: The Photography of George Rodriguez (Hat & Beard Press, April 10).

 George Rodriguez. Lincoln Heights, 1969.

George Rodriguez. Eazy-E. Burbank, 1990s.


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