Bojorquez grew up in Boyle Heights, east of downtown, and went to school in Montebello, which borders East L.A. He says although he used to enjoy taking his camera to high school and taking pictures there, when it was time to go to college, he was going to be a mechanic. “I was kind of just working on my cars, going out, and doing nothing creative,” says Bojorquez, now 39. “An older friend told me I was creative and have to create.”
He says at this point in his life he was very unhappy, and it was because of that one friend who saw a talent in him, that his outlook on life became brighter. He decided to start taking film classes in Los Angeles City College. “l felt like something was missing,” Bojorquez says about his early twenties. “I got back into taking photos. It was something that really changed my life and I really appreciate it…Sometimes being creative is challenging. It’s really tough, but I wouldn’t want to do anything else.”
Gregory has continued to document life in Los Angeles with a unique style, a sense of playfulness, and a depth that can only come from personal experience. His photos are remarkable because you can sense the love he has for his subjects but also feel his need to create something that defines a moment casts the neighborhood of his past and present in permanence and say that this, right here, matters.
Gregory currently lives and works in Los Angeles.
