Joseph Rodriguez (Born 1951) American, Photograph. Depicting a man and woman in an embrace on a bed. A poster of Jesus is above the bed. 'Sexo-Servidora and her Client'. The back has information that says Joseph Rodriguez, Sexo-Servidora and her client. Proceeds from this sale will benefit students at the Ringling College of Art & Design.

Overall Size: 26 x 20 in. 

Sight Size: 18 x 12 in. 

Frame Thickness: 1 in. 

#8159 . 

Joseph Rodriguez was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. He began studying photography at the School of Visual Arts and went on to receive an Associate of Applied Science at New York City Technical College. He worked in the graphic arts industry before deciding to pursue photography further. In 1985 he graduated with a Photojournalism and Documentary Diploma from the International Center of Photography in New York. He went on to work for Black Star photo agency, and print and online news organizations like National Geographic, The New York Times Magazine, Mother Jones, Newsweek, New York Magazine, Esquire, Stern, BBC News and New America Media. Advertising Campaigns for Levi’s, AIG, Ikea. He has received awards and grants from the New York Foundation for the Arts, Artists' Fellowship, USC Annenberg Institute for Justice and Journalism, the Open Society Institute Justice Media Fellowship and Katrina Media Fellowship, National Endowment for the Arts, the Rockefeller Foundation, Mother Jones International Fund for Documentary Photography, the Alicia Patterson Fellowship, Fund for Investigative Journalism, and the Konstnarsnamden Stipendium. He has been awarded Pictures of the Year by the National Press Photographers Association and the University of Missouri, in 1990, 1992, 1996 and 2002. He has taught at New York University Tisch School of the Arts and The International Center of Photography.