San Diego, Chicano Park Photos

April 24, 2016

To view the photos from the 2016 Chicano Park Festival, please click here: https://johnphoton.smugmug.com/Neighbors/Neighbors-Chicano-Park-San-Diego/

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Staten Island, 2018. From “Surreptitious”. Don’t these little guys look like they’re having a very serious conversation? #contemporaryart #streetart #streetartist #streetphotography #streetphoto #statenisland #newyork #nyc #photography #fineart #visualart #artist #instaart #creative #instaartist #fineartphotography #surreptitious #johnmireles #visualartist #art #artistsoninstagram #artist

Road trip from NYC to San Diego. Finally made it home. Spending my winter on the west coast. #nyc #sandiego #contemporaryart #landscapephotography #art #creative #instaart #photograph #photooftheday #instamood #travel #roadtrip #contemporaryphotography #visualart #blackandwhite #blackandwhitephotography #johnmireles #newyorkart

#tbt 2017 and 2018 have been whirlwind years for me and my team. In 2017, the Anchorage Museum commissioned me to create portraits of residents throughout the city of Anchorage. The resulting works were exhibited in three separate installations: on the facade of the building, inside a museum exhibition gallery and on a fence in the community where I'd photographed. Here’s to high hopes for 2019. I’ve packed up my bags and will be returning to San Diego today to rest, rest, work and rest some more. Thanks for everything, New York. I’ll see you again soon. #nyc #nycphotographer #contemporaryart #artist #newyork #anchorage #alaska #artwork #publicart #installationart #photographer #fineart #visualart #creative #roadtrip #neighborsproject #johnmireles #neighborsportraits #portraiture #commission #artmuseun #contemporaryphotography #hasselblad #americans #america

One portrait out of dozens that were photographed and exhibited in the Lower East Side at @fsgpark this spring. Thanks, @thestorefrontproject, for letting me use your gallery as a pop-up photo studio for the day! #les #lowereastside #johnmireles #photography #photographer #visualart #creative #fineart #fineartphotography #streetart #portrait #portraiture #contemporaryart #neighborsproject #neighborsportraits #fsg #manhattan #nycart #artistinstaart #artistsoninstagram #leatherjacket #fineartphotography #contemporaryartist #artinstallation #publicart

#tbt Shooting for the Neighbors Project outside of a highway diner in North Platte, Nebraska last August on my road trip through the Midwest. After breakfast at Penny’s, the grill cook gave me the green light to set up my gear, and I got to work. I stopped these two men as they were leaving the nearby hotel. Hard to imagine this was 16 months ago. #neighborsproject #neighborsportraits #johnmireles #johnraymondmireles #fineart #visualart #contemporaryart #newart #portraits #installationart #artinstallation #publicart #fineartphotography #strobist #contemporaryphotography #nycartist #americans #midwest #nebraska #nycart #artistsoninstagram #art #artist #photographer #newyorkart #instaart #creative #portrait #fineartphotography #art_spotlight

This is where it all began, my first Neighbors Project installation in San Diego, 2015. I began this project as a way to bring my community together. I never imaged I’d be sharing it with the entire country. #neighborsproject #neighborsportraits #sandiego #nycartist #contemporaryart #contemporaryphotography #streetart #publicart #sandiegoculture #installationart #artinstallation #instaart #creative #artist #art #photography #visualart #fineart #nycart #california #loganheights #portrait #portraitphotography #johnmireles #neighbors #america #multidisciplinary #photography #fineartphotography

Traveling back in time to the 30s today. The NYC subway runs its holiday train with old cars this time of year. This old bucket of bolts rockets along the tracks. Not sure it’s going to stay together. It’s fun though. Old fans are the only circulation. Everyone is in a good mood. #subway #holidaytrain #nyc #vintage #subway #1930s #newyork #nyctransit #newyorkcity #photography #photographer #johnmireles #underground

“Surreptitious”, a body of work that I created on the streets of NYC during May and June. Check out johnmireles.com for additional photos from the series. #surreptitious #streetart #streetphotography #streetphotographer #fineart #visualart #contemporaryart #contemporaryphotographer #photographer #streetphotography #installation #artinstallation #newart #streetartist #exhibition #artist #fineartphotography #portrait #portraiture #instaart #creative #nycart #nycartist #newyork #manhattan #newyorkart

Here’s another look at my installation in Oklahoma City. It will be on display downtown until April. Let me know what you think! #okc #oklahoma #midwest #photographer #photography #fineartphotographer #nycartist #newyorkartist #instaart #publicart #artinstallation #artist #fineartist #portraits #portraitphotography #newart #artdisplay #exhibition #installation #neighborsportraits #neighborsproject

Until April 2018, the Neighbors Project will be displayed in Oklahoma City on the BOK Park Plaza's exterior. It consists of 32 12' portraits of Americans from around the country. Neighbors has been seen by 600,000 to 800,000 people through 2018 in cities such as Anchorage, New York, San Diego, Phoenix and now Oklahoma City. More information about my latest installation can be found in my bio. #neighborsproject #midwest #photographer #portraitphotographer #fineartphotography #fineart #okc #oklahomacity #oklahoma #okcart #artist #nycartist #artinstallation #publicart #photography #nycphotographer #streetart #streetartist

I've had four great shoots this weekend, and that's a wrap. Just finished photographing portraits for my second OKC exhibition that will be publicly installed in April 2019. It's been a long but amazing weekend. So appreciative of the many people I've cross paths with during my adventures throughout the country. #neighborsproject #neighborsportraits #okcart #oklahomacity #portraits #streetart #artinstallation #artistsofinstagram #nycart #portrait #portraitphotography #neighbors #naacp #strobist #johnmireles #portraiture #downtownokc #contemporaryart #contemporaryartist #americans #usa #unity #togetherness #instaart #creatives #wip #portraitphotographer #nycartists #streetartists #publicart