te APRECIO

what it is, what it aint, tell me what to do.

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Fogo no olho / Fire in the eyes, 1994.

LEONORA de BARROS, Brazil.

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Jesusa Rodríguez, b 1955 Mexico City

Così fan tutte. Finale., 1997

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2013, a fabrica mezcal in Teotitlan del Valle ~ just outside of Oaxaca. 35mm, Canon AE-1. 

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LatinX or bust.

Let’s make sure that LatinX is not a trend, and to specify, LatinX is not the new Chicano, or ChicanX. 

LatinX is not a reference to solely #artists, nor is it a reference to those who are US born and of Latin American descent/heritage. 

LatinX IS a non-gendered option within the Spanish language for those who WISH to use it, should they identify as they, and not he/him or she/her. 

I'm no expert, but can we try a little harder here? Perhaps by hiring LatinX to curate LatinX art exhibitions in hopes of shifting social thought, we can also diversify journalism, politics, lead roles in blockbuster films, the pinche list goes on. . .

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George Rodriguez/all images courtesy of Hat & Beard Press

George Rodriguez, now 80, still doesn’t go anywhere without taking pictures.

“People don’t recognize me without my camera,” he tells NPR’s Mandalit Del Barco. “I like to document everything that’s goin’ on.”

For nearly six decades, the photographer has chronicled Los Angeles: Hollywood, the Chicano movement, hip-hop pioneers and beyond. His work is now being celebrated with his first retrospective, at the Lodge Gallery in Los Angeles, and a book called Double Vision: The Photography of George Rodriguez.

Check out Mandalit’s profile of him here.

– Petra

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6 Queer Latinx on How They Formed Their Own Communities in San Francisco

Nicknamed the “gay capital of the world," San Francisco is known worldwide for being an anchor for the LGBTQ and historically marginalized communities.

MIS FOTOS!

So stoked to have worked on such a necessary piece. 

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I’VE BEEN WAITING ON THIS MY WHOLE LIFE THESE DREAMS BE WAKIN ME UP AT NIGHT. YOU SAY I THINK I’M NEVER WRONG

YOU KNOW WHAT? MAYBE YOU’RE RIGHT.

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OK NOW WHAT.

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today

tomorrow

and the next day

and the day after that

and continuing on afterwards

because a creative never stops making

and a creative like me anxiously awaits the next step

not living in the now, not celebrating the today

because a creative like me

questions everything 

always.

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[frankocean]

SPENDING TIME

SPINNING OUT TOWARD

A DESIRE THAT WASN’T PURE

BORN BEFORE THE VIRUS WAS CURED

PITCH PERFECT

VIOLINS ON THE FLOOR

FAST FORWARD LININGS ON MY SKULL

TYPE OF DESIGN I COULD AFFORD

FAST FORWARD BANDS OUT

GOT THEY HANDS OUT

LIKE THEY’RE ACKNOWLEDGING THE FÜHRER

REWIND NAS TRACK 6

REWIND DANCE CRAZES

READ MY MIND

FREED MY MIND

FEED MY MIND

MAKES SENSE

JUST LIKE MIRRORS ON THE WALL

JUST LIKE SITTING ON ME

RAW IN MIRRORS SEEN IT ALL

COULD MAKE TWO

A PIECE OF MIND

FLICKING ASH

POURING A HALF

DONT POUR IN A GLASS

POUR IT IN FOAM

THAT’S WHITE LIKE EGGSHELLS IN MY OMELETTE

MY EARLOBES ARE YELLOW LIKE THE YOLK IS RUNNING

MY BRAINS ON DRUGS

I STILL HAVE NO PEACE OF MIND

FUCK

WOOF WOOF DOGS IN THE PLACE

LOOSE TOOTH LOST IN THE FRAY

ROOF LOST IN THE WRAITH

ROOF LOST ON THE WAY

FREEWAY

NO ROZAY

BRUTE FORCE

BRUT CHAMPAGNE

TELL THE FRONT DESK TO CUT NEW KEYS

RESERVED IN THE MERCER FOR TWO YEARS

IN TWO SUITES

TOOK OUT THE BED LIKE ITS FUCK SLEEP

ILL SMACK A BITCH LIKE ITS HOT HANDS

FIRED THE LABEL LIKE FUCK BRANDS

COMFORTABLE LOW NIGGA FUCK XANS

COMFORTABLE SLOW WHO THE FUCK RAN

NOTHING IS SWEET

NOTHING IN TANK SWEET

ITS JUST A TANK P

SALT ON A SLUG

SODA ON SLUGGED TEETH

CHEWING ON NOTHING

UR TWEAKING OR SOMETHING

UR SPEAKING SPEAK UP THEN

UR THINKING UR OVERTHINKING

ONE BLINK AND IM PRECUMMING

THAT COULD TURN EVERY NO ONE

INTO SOMEONE

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LAURA AGUILAR rest in power

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TE APRECIO: AMERICANO LATINO; 4.23

r&b, hip hop, salsa, BOOGALOO, champeta ~ all music from artists of latin america or of latin american descent.

to celebrate RADICAL WOMEN: LATIN AMERICAN ART of 1960-1985, I am playing ONLY music of Latin America and artists of Latin American origin. 

CHAMPETA

HIP HOP

SALSA

R&B

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everyone should have access to art

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sunday vibe

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WHATS A SUNNY DAY, W/O YOUUUUU

JUST ANOTHER 24 THAT PASSES BYYYYYYyyyYyyy

@teapreciofoto

BROOKLYN, 2018

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te APRECIO turned 7 today!