In the 1980s and ‘90s, Reynaldo Rivera photographed house parties, underground queer clubs, and concerts in the predominantly Latinx neigborhood of Echo Park and downtown Los Angeles. The images beautifully document a Los Angeles that no longer exists. Some of these images are part of Made in LA 2020: A Version, not yet open to the public due to COVID-19 restrictions. In the meantime, drop everything and read thisexcerpt of Chris Kraus’s excellent essay on Rivera.
Reynaldo Rivera, "Untitled, Downtown LA" (image courtesy the artist and Semiotext(e))
In the 1980s and ’90s, Reynaldo Rivera photographed drag performers in Latinx gay bars, house parties in pre-gentrified Echo Park, and performers like Sade, Vaginal Davis, and Chaka Khan.
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