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About
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 with friends and neighbors.
Gregory began his professional career 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.
More than thirty years since the beginning of his Eastsiders project, interest in Gregory's early East LA work remains strong. 2022 saw the release of his Eastsiders monograph (published by Little Big Man), which quickly sold through two consecutive print runs.
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).