Antonio Mendoza

American · b. 1941

American, born Cuba. 1941

Timeline

Born 1941

1970s

1971

I lived with twelve people for nine years

1972

In the early seventies i approached a young woman in Harvard Square who was promoting literature about the fifteen year old perfect master the Guru Majarajah Ji

1972

I started photographing in the early seventies at the height of the anti-war demonstrations

1972

My brother Miguel and his roommates graduated from Yale in the winter of 1972

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1980s

1980

I was visiting Stuart when a friend of his came for dinner

1980

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1980

Like the cliche, I moved to New York City in search of love, fame, And fortune: I'm still searching, but I did find Ernie

1980

Stuart was my architectural school roommate during the sixties

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Works

69 artworks

I lived with twelve people for nine years

, 1971

I started photographing in the early seventies at the height of the anti-war demonstrations

, 1972

Antonio Mendoza

Timeline

Works

I lived with twelve people for nine years

I started photographing in the early seventies at the height of the anti-war demonstrations

My brother Miguel and his roommates graduated from Yale in the winter of 1972

In the early seventies i approached a young woman in Harvard Square who was promoting literature about the fifteen year old perfect master the Guru Majarajah Ji

I want to be super star'cause you get a lot of money

Ana Maria's party for Sergio and Enid was very animated

My first and last venture into international photo-journalism occurred in 1974 when I spent the summer photographing in Colombia

My grandfather Malolo converted an old coal carrying barge into a pleasure schooner

Every time I've been in an island in the Tropics I've always been amazed how clean and clear the ocean is there, how much I like the people, how good the breeze from the sea feels

Sergio's bulldog, Feo, enjoyed a short but pampered life

My cousin Ali met her husband Yeye when Ali was fourteen, the Summer of 1953

My grandmother Otrin lived very happily with my grandfather for fifty-one years

My maternal grandmother mama was eighty-six and enjoying (relatively) good health

After graduation Miguel lived half a year with my parents

Annie and I were a couple in the commune

During my second year of architectural school, I designed my parent's house

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After my first date with Judy, early in 1979, I wrote the following in my diary: "take a big chance, be a couple, move in together, get married, have children, grow up, become an adult."

When I was seeing judy, I was constantly in awe of her dog, Leela, and I photographed her frequently

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In 1979 I was awarded a position as an artist in residence in a Boston elementary school

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Stuart was my architectural school roommate during the sixties