Member Since: 15/03/2006
Band Website: matajibooker.blogspot.com
Band Members: Los Angeles born Mataji Booker's Polaroid adventures have lured her to Cuba, Colombia, New York City, Mexico and in and around LA. Along the way she has captured images of everything from the mundane, experimental story collage, self portraiture and historic protests in Los Angeles and Cuba. A storyteller, she is most concerned with the development of her portrayal of society's under belly.No 6. Train Interior. Manhattan NY 1999Mayday March down Wilshire Blvd. LA 2006Street Portrait on the Malecon. Havana Cuba 1999Old Havana. Cuba 1999Mayday March down Wilshire Blvd. LA 2006Havana Cuba 1999Street Sweeper. Havana Cuba 1999Cotton Candy. Puerto Nuevo Baja, Mexico 2000Donkey for Hire. Tijuana, Mexico 2000
Influences:Cucumbers.Washington Hts. NY 2001Offering. Williamsburg, Brooklyn NY 2001Lady of the Trains. 42nd St/5th Ave. NY 1999Merengue Man. Times Square. NY 2003No. 7 Train. Sunnyside Queens NY 1999Twins. Vedado, Havana Cuba 1999Boy on the Malecon. Old Havana Cuba 1999..Laundry. Vedado, Havana Cuba 1999Painted Door. Downtown LA 2006No.7 Train Graffiti. Queens NY 1999
Sounds Like:"As time passes by and you look at portraits, the people come back to you like a silent echo. A photograph is a vestige of a face, a face in transit. Photography has something to do with death. It's a trace." (Henri Cartier-Bresson)matajibooker.blogspot. com
Record Label: Unknown Major
Type of Label: Major