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New handmade leather garment designs like this fringe batwing vest dropping soon…☾ @hardwiredgallery

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Suitcase Joe reflects on the heavy toll of losing so many people he'd come to know on Skid Row, and the responsibility he felt to them even as he knew it was his time to move on.

#SkidRow #Grief #Compassion #Humanity #AndNowLove

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Suitcase Joe on the freedom of letting go of what holds you back — and how giving yourself completely to your passion and the people you love comes back to you in abundance.

#FollowYourPassion #Freedom #Purpose #Inspiration #AndNowLove

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Suitcase Joe shares the turning point when he set everything aside to walk LA for six months with his camera — and fell deeper in love with life, people, and the world around him.

#FollowYourPassion #Purpose #Photography #Liberation #AndNowLove

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Featured in INCENDIARIES, our group exhibition curated by @burnbarrelpress

@suitcase_joe
Spine Dreams Paris
Archival Pigment Print on Luster Paper
11 × 17 in.

Suitcase Joe has built his photographic practice around documenting people and places from inside the worlds he encounters, finding moments that feel spontaneous, intimate, dangerous, funny, and occasionally surreal

INCENDIARIES remains on view at Mortal Machine Gallery throughout September. Come experience the exhibition in person and explore currently available works online

INCENDIARIES
Curated by Burn Barrel Press
On view through September
Mortal Machine Gallery
940 Royal Street • New Orleans

#mortalmachinegallery #neworleans #frenchquarter #royalstreet #suitcasejoe

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Cynthia Marks and Suitcase Joe imagine a future where these photographs hang in a museum as a record of what once was — and reflect on Skid Row's 100-year history and its rising population today.

#SkidRow #LosAngeles #Documentary #Hope #AndNowLove

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Suitcase Joe shares what he hopes people take from his work — a raw, honest, and beautiful look that helps viewers see the people they might have passed by, and connect with their stories.

#StreetPhotography #SkidRow #Storytelling #Art #AndNowLove

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Suitcase Joe describes the shift that changed everything for him — realizing Skid Row is a community, that we separate people on a monetary ladder, and how much of life comes down to the "birth lottery."

#SkidRow #Compassion #BirthLottery #Humanity #AndNowLove

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Suitcase Joe on a lesson from over a decade on the streets — that everyone is carrying something, and understanding what we share lets us treat each other with more courtesy, love, and respect.

#Compassion #Humanity #Connection #StreetPhotography #AndNowLove

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Featured in INCENDIARIES, our group exhibition curated by @burnbarrelpress

@suitcase_joe
King Dino and his Cadillac
Archival Pigment Print on Luster paper
11 × 17 in.

Suitcase Joe is a Los Angeles based street photographer and documentarian whose work is rooted in the people and communities most often overlooked by the traditional lens.

For more than a decade, he immersed himself in Los Angeles’ Skid Row, building relationships and documenting the daily lives of its residents with an emphasis on dignity, intimacy and trust rather than observation from a distance. That body of work ultimately became his first book, Sidewalk Champions, published by Burn Barrel Press.

His second book, Grey Flowers, expanded that vision across Los Angeles, documenting the punks, outsiders, working-class communities and other characters who make up the city’s sprawling cultural landscape. His photographs have been exhibited nationally, including at the Torrance Museum of Art, and published by outlets including The Guardian, Juxtapoz and Artillery

INCENDIARIES
Curated by Burn Barrel Press
On view through September
Mortal Machine Gallery
940 Royal Street • New Orleans

Available works from the exhibition can be viewed and acquired through our website

#suitcasejoe #mortalmachinegallery #burnbarrelpress #neworleans #frenchquarter

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