Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Joel Bergner, "Currulao y Desplazamiento"


Washington, DC- I have posted images of this mural before. I was lucky to meet its creator Joel Bergner while he was finishing it with a protective coat. He said it took him some two months to finish it. I love murals and the stories they tell. The mural is located an alley just off the south side of the 1300-block of U Street NW.



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4 comments:

Steffe September 29, 2009 10:55 AM  

This looks great. Joel seems to know what he is doing. What kind of building is it, and who pays for the mural?

Luis Gomez September 29, 2009 4:22 PM  

Steffe, this mural is located on a street alley, on the side wall of a residential-retail rowhouse. It doesn't actually face the street, but if you walk or drive by you will surely see it. It is part of a project called "Afro-Colombian Mural Project". Not quite sure but I understand that the city pays for this kind of street art.

Vogon Poet September 30, 2009 2:25 AM  

Alleys are good for this type of art, and this type of art is better than most of what ends up in contemporary art museum.
I checked your link to the old post and saw that this mural is really huge and, for what I see, well done. My compliments to Joel and to you for your beautiful photos.

Luis Gomez September 30, 2009 8:48 AM  

Thanks, Vogon.

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I am a freelance photographer and photojournalist who moved to Washington, D.C., in 2003 from Caracas, Venezuela. During my 15 years as a photographer, I have traveled the world collecting images for work and pleasure. I have taken photographs throughout the Americas, Europe and Australia, focusing on cityscapes and architecture as well as the simplicity of landscapes and people.

I studied architecture at the University of Tennessee and then returned to Venezuela to earn a B.A. degree in communications from Universidad Católica Andrés Bello in Caracas.
I was a photographer and photo editor for publishing companies while doing freelance work for local and international media outlets.

I was born to a Venezuelan mother and a Belize-American father, some of my earliest memories are of hurrying through airport terminals with a camera around my neck. I was raised in Brazil and Venezuela, and I am fluent in Spanish and proficient in Portuguese.

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