The Pentecostal Pilgrimage, Transylvania, Romania 1996 Silver Gelatin Archival Print Ed. of 5+2 AP 50,8 x 60,9 cm (20 x 24 inches) Ed. of 3+2 AP 76,2 x 101,6 cm (30 x 40 inches) “Over 250,000 people from around the world make a pilgrimage for a Pentecostal festival. In Gyimesközéplok, Transylvania, I waited overnight in the mountains with those I was traveling with. We were ready by the expected path of the festival, but it had changed. We had to drive quickly to catch up with the festival to be able to photograph it.” © Joseph Rodriguez

Children playing in the street, Cambodia 1989 Silver Gelatin Archival Print Ed. of 5+2 AP 50,8 x 60,9 cm (20 x 24 inches) Ed. of 3+2 AP 76,2 x 101,6 cm (30 x 40 inches) “While I was in Vietnam, I decided I would go to Cambodia next. The political climate of the country brought me there, with its history of genocide and the many landmines that were left over from the war and still scattered throughout the country. While traveling through a Khmer Rouge village, I stopped to photograph.” © Joseph Rodriguez

Manhattan Bridge, East River 2001 Silver Gelatin Archival Print Ed. of 5+2 AP 50,8 x 60,9 cm (20 x 24 inches) Ed. of 3+2 AP 76,2 x 101,6 cm (30 x 40 inches) “On the Manhattan Bridge overlooking the East River, a man watches smoke and ash rise from downtown Manhattan after the World Trade Center collapses into rubble from the terrorist attack on September 11, 2001.” © Joseph Rodrigues

Child at birthday party, Spanish Harlem, NY 1987 Cibachrome Print Ed. of 5+2 AP 50,8 x 60,9 cm (20 x 24 inches) Ed. of 3+2 AP 76,2 x 101,6 cm (30 x 40 inches) “I was invited to the birthday party of one of my subjects, Peter Rodriguez. As the family was dancing, this young girl stood up in her cot to watch.” © Joseph Rodriguez

Kamfinsa Prison, Zambia 2003 Cibachrome Print Ed. of 5+2 AP 50,8 x 60,9 cm (20 x 24 inches) Ed. of 3+2 AP 76,2 x 101,6 cm (30 x 40 inches) “In 1999, Human Rights Watch reported that crowding in Zambian prisons and jails led to the spread of respiratory illnesses and many other diseases. I went to Kamfinsa Prison in Zambia with the idea of being sponsored by a non-profit organization. At the prison, I witnessed the inmates’ cramped sleeping quarters and the sharing of personal items such as razors.” © Joseph Rodriguez

Mohammed Rahme, Sweden 2005 Cibachrome Print Ed. of 5+2 AP 50,8 x 50,8 cm (20 x 20 inches) Ed. of 3+2 AP 76,2 x 76,2 cm (30 x 30 inches) “In the late 2000s, I was in Malmö, Sweden, photographing Muslim youth and racial tensions that existed there. Mohammed Rahme dreamt of being a famous football player. His favorite player and idol was Cristiano Ronaldo.” © Joseph Rodriguez

Monique, Spanish Harlem, NY 1987 Cibachrome Print Ed. of 5+2 AP 60,9 x 50,8 cm (24 x 20 inches) Ed. of 3+2 AP 101,6 x 76,2 cm (40 x 30 inches) “Monique pouts at her bed, angry with her mother for prohibiting her from going out that night. Her mother wants to protect Monique from the drug dealers, other harmful people and situations just outside their door.” © Joseph Rodriguez

Peter drinks a beer with a friend as his children watch TV, Spanish Harlem, NY 1987 Cibachrome Print Ed. of 5+2 AP 50,8 x 60,9 cm (20 x 24 inches) Ed. of 3+2 AP 76,2 x 101,6 cm (30 x 40 inches) “On a typical Friday night in the summer, Peter drinks a beer and catches up with a friend while his children watch television.” © Joseph Rodriguez

The Koran, Kabul, Afghanistan 2001 Cibachrome Print Ed. of 5+2 AP 60,9 x 50,8 cm (24 x 20 inches) Ed. of 3+2 AP 101,6 x 76,2 cm (40 x 30 inches) “In Kabul, a bedridden man reads the Koran as his wife sits at her sick husband’s side.” © Joseph Rodriguez