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AZTEC BOOGIE from MATAJI BOOKER on Vimeo .Since 1999, she has produced hundreds of images with a behind the scene's sense of voyeurism while examining complex social issues including Poverty and Classism. Mataji Booker's eclectic collages have been viewed in Los Angeles, Paris and Barcelona. She's currently based in Los Angeles, CA.Vanessas couch. Echo Park 2006Street Portrait. Havana, Cuba 1999Street Portrait. Havana Cuba 1999Aztec Dancer. Mayday Protest. Downtown LA 2006Taxi Driver. Old Havana, Cuba 1999Candid. Western Blvd. LA 2006Garage. Los Angeles 2006No.7 Train Tracks. Queens NY 1999Friends. 1st Immigration Protest. Broadway. LA 2006Candid.Sunset Blvd. Silver Lake 2006Vomiting man.Western Blvd. LA 2006George, S. Bronx 2002Tijuana, Mexico 2000In Between the Q Trains Over the Manhattan Bridge NY 1999'Free Elian' Protest, Vedado Havana Cuba Dec. 1999Brooklyn String. Flatbush Ave. NY 2002

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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

My Blog

Moving from YouTube to Vimeo

DAZA Foto has made the move from youtube to vimeo.com for obvious reasons. The quality is much better and we prefer the overall clean cut look that Vimeo provides. As of sun. March 8, 2009 youtube.com...
Posted by on Sun, 08 Mar 2009 19:17:00 GMT

Cell Phone Photo Archival Collage 2008

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Posted by on Mon, 29 Dec 2008 23:35:00 GMT

Element Eden Advocate Show LA

Element Eden Advocate LA Event from ELEMENT EDEN on Vimeo.
Posted by on Fri, 07 Nov 2008 05:02:00 GMT

UNTITLED Exhibition/Barcelona

In July 2007 sunny Barcelona welcomed the "untitled" exhibition at Bread&butter, the biggest tradeshow for fashion in Europe. "Untitled" was represented at the 'Street' hall and shared the floor with ...
Posted by on Tue, 04 Sep 2007 14:37:00 GMT

White Cube Gallery Rome

Mataji Booker aka DAZA is featured on the online gallery site for Romes White Cube Gallery run by super ill painter/architect, Aleardo Nardinochhi.www.whitecube.it
Posted by on Mon, 09 Jul 2007 10:36:00 GMT

LA After Dark

Very Be Careful's Ricky & Arturo Guzman/Original Barcade BarBarcade BottlesRichard RayMTA Bus RiderGreat Day in LA/Jaevi Moss & Peter Woods Great Day in LA/KutmahGreat Day in LA/ValidaGreat Day in LA/...
Posted by on Sun, 24 Jun 2007 05:17:00 GMT

Cali, Colombia

July 2006, Cascajal (20 min outside of Cali, Colombia)
Posted by on Sat, 23 Jun 2007 09:18:00 GMT

K.C.E.T.'s Global Sounds LA Feature with Vallenato sensation 'Very Be Careful'

http://www.kcet.org/explore-ca/web-stories/global-sounds/ver y-be-careful.phpclick on the: VIEW MULTIMEDIA for Mataji's Polaroid Slide Show of VBC...
Posted by on Sat, 23 Jun 2007 01:53:00 GMT

Bus Mirror Study, Rome

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Posted by on Thu, 21 Jun 2007 09:28:00 GMT

Paris Show

"Element Eden Advocate Mataji Booker aka DAZA recently showed her impressive and extensive Polaroid photography collection at the Paris opening of Citadium, in conjunction with Element Europe. The eve...
Posted by on Mon, 04 Jun 2007 09:56:00 GMT