The Latin Hustle
LATIN NY
Issue No. 32
December 1975
El Barrio, 1982
by Farrique Pesquera
Vieques, 1981
by Farrique Pesquera
Vieques, Culebra y Mona: Tres Islas en Controversia
Avance Magazine
no. 30
February 12, 1973
Futura 2000 and Zephyr C, 1979
by Farrique Pesquera
El "graffiti" neuyo
El Nuevo Dia
October 5, 1980
SAMO Duo Jean-Michel Basquiat and Al Diaz, Halloween 1977
"We were dressed in punkish attire. Nothing specific.
JMB has his face painted silver. I’m sporting a belt buckle made from a cop's hat badge I snatched out of a patrol car some years earlier. I still remember it was a green and white VALIANT!! Open windows. Just snatched the hat. He left it on the dashboard. Sangano!!! I really like my belts and wristwatches. Old school mentality. Nice way to show off being an ATREVIDO !!
The hat snatching had occurred YEARS prior to the photo. 77 photo. 74-75 snatched the hat. I was alone when I did that. I tagged the car as well, BOMB1 pre SAMO. I should have taken a selfie but cellphones were about 40 years away.”- Al Diaz
A Boy in El Barrio, 2006
by Christopher Lopez
Hay que correr para morir
by Teo Freytes
Huevo Crudo Magazine
2001
Self Portrait c. 1980
By Sophie Rivera
Kids in P.S. 15 Gym, c. 1982
by Pablo Delano
The New Ricans
Andy Warhol’s Interview Magazine
Puerto Rico Issue
Volume VII, Number 8
August 1975
Broome St. Social Club, 1979
by Luis Torres
Broome St. Social Club, 1979
by Luis Torres
Girl on swing, c.1982
by Pablo Delano
"Girl on swing was on E 4th St. between Ave C and Ave D. The lot right next to P.S. 15, circa 1982"- Pablo Delano
Puto Reagan, c.1982
by Pablo Delano
"Puto Regan was taken on Ave C, between E 4th and E 5th St, circa 1982"
Family at Fire Hydrant, Lower East Side, 1969
by Mitchell Funk
Andy Warhol’s Interview Magazine
Puerto Rico Issue
Volume VII, Number 8
August 1975
Guest editors: Antonio Lopez and Juan Ramos, with Tracy, Manuel Gonzalez, Victor and Hector
Cover: Rita Moreno photographed by Charles Tracy, in a silk organza flounce designed for Interview by Hector Torres. Cover designed by Antonio Lopez.
Roberto Roena
Vea Magazine
No. 181
January 1973
Benjamin “Yellow Benjy” Melendez holding a portrait of Pedro Albizu Campos (n.d.)
Image sourced from liner notes of Brooklyn record label Truth and Soul’s 40th Anniversary collectors’ edition of GHETTO BROTHERS: Power Fuerza
Peter Santiago (R) and Alfred Diaz (L) at the 11th Street and Avenue D Community Center, 1984
“Living through Alphabet City in the 70’s and 80’s prepares you for everything that has come after.”
-Peter Santiago
Fotoensayo de terror
by Pablo Samuel Torres and Rafael Franco
Huevo Crudo
2001
NYCasitas, 1988-1990
by Martha Cooper
Aguas Buenas, 1980
by Luis Torres
Abuelita, Abuelo, mama, and tio Crotona Park, Bronx, 1960
"My grandparents, both born on the island, met at a party in Manhattan. My abuelo walked right up to my abuelita and said, ‘It’s true what they say about you. You’re beautiful.’ He maintained that smooth game his entire life.”
–Lindsay Anaruma
Melendez Ortiz family 1950’s Bronx, NY
Submission by MalditoGedo
Puerto Rican exodus during the ‘Great Migration.’
“Aurea Rey-Rosa and her children at the airport departing Puerto Rico for Hartford, Ct., 1959. This photo appeared in the local newspaper.”
– G. Rosa-Rey
Sunny Acres pig roast in the summer of 1950
"This is a photo with some family members and Sunny Acres guests. In the early days of the villa, the guests participated in pig roasts, as seen in this photo. This was a popular way to feed small groups of people but as the popularity of the villa increased, the owners hired a cook for the season to feed larger numbers of visitors.”
-Ismael “Ish” Martinez Jr
and Carla Ramos
Lower East Side, 1973
The Fourth Street
Volume 2, Number 2
Winter, 1973
Hector "Macho" Camacho
World Boxing Magazine Japan
April 1982
Vol.2 No.12
Coalición Orgullo Arcoiris and its 30 foot flag making their debut in New York, c.1990s
Image courtesy of Herminio Adorno
CHARAS: The Improbable Dome Builders
Syeus Mottel