There is unmatched power behind his lens. His photography is a mixture of community documentation and digital manipulation; he pushes colors to the limit to expose the emotions and humanity of the movement for social justice.

Pocho One Photography: The images of a movement. Video provided by New America Media.

About Pocho-One

International Liberation Photographer Pocho-one was born in Oxnard, California where his parents were union organizers for the UFW. At the age four, Pocho-one and his family moved to Santa Rosa, California where his parents organized the first all Latino fishery and factory workers union.

Disgruntled with poverty, mixed race identity and personal trauma, Pocho-one joined a gang at age 11. After four years and with the help from his family, he began to transform himself and began to fight for his communities leaving the gangs in his past. He moved  to LA to attend CSU, Northridge where he graduated with honors in Xicana/o Studies and History. He moved back to his beloved Bay Area to attend CSU, San Francisco to get a Masters in Ethnic Studies. In the fall, he will start his second Masters in teaching and teacher credential at the USC.

He resides in Oakland, California and is an educator in East Oakland teaching critical pedagogical English, History and Photojournalism.

Pocho-one says he still makes his mom cry, but not in terror like before, but now she cries in happiness for the positive life he leads and the youth he empowers.

For more information and to view his beautiful photography please visit http://www.facebook.com/pocho1.fotography.

(Image on the Right)
Title: Raza Mia
East Oakland - © Pocho1.Fotography 2010

(Image on the Left)
Title: Wrinkles Libre, La Dona Dolores Huerta
SF Mission District - © Pocho1.Fotography 2010