Gregory Bojorquez

Gregory Bojorquez was born in Los Angeles in 1972. He started photographing in his teens, and set about documenting the subjects and stories that interested him personally. The intimate images he captured in East L.A. were not the product of structured photo sessions or assignments; They were shot from the perspective of a young man hanging out wit... h friends and neighbors. Sometime around 1998 Gregory began photographing for the San Gabriel News Group. The photo assignments were underwhelming. When the photo editor called Bojorquez into his office to ask him if he was a "gang member", Gregory asked if the editor posed this question to all their staff photographers and tendered his resignation on the spot. At that time, Gregory began photographing for the L.A. Weekly and was quickly signed on as a staff photographer. Assignments for magazines and commercial work for major record labels naturally followed. His portraits of personalities such as Snoop Dogg and Mike Tyson appeared in publications such as Rolling Stone and For His Magazine. In 1999 Gregory became instrumental in the early beginnings of DUB Magazine where he was brought on as Photo Editor and Feature Photographer for a period of more than seven years. By the early 2000's Bojorquez had created a formidable portfolio of work, and began to focus his attention on exhibiting his fine art photography. For his first effort, he curated a group exhibition, titled L.A. Women. The exhibition which appeared at both the Voice 1156 Gallery in San Diego, as well as Lab 101 Gallery in Los Angeles was met with great acclaim. Since that time, Gregory's photographs have been exhibited internationally in gallery shows, museum exhibitions, and art fairs including Photo London, Paris Photo, & Art Düsseldorf. Gregory is represented in Europe by Galerie Bene Taschen (Cologne Germany).Read More