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and set-up pop-up exhibitions in parks in Latino neighborhoods, with a focus on East Harlem and the South Bronx. Members of the group mostly developed a singular focus for their work, Biasiny-Rivera did not specialize, later stating that he "just wanted to roam and discover." En Foco would go on to
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Metropolitan High School at the age of 14. Upon reaching the age of service, he joined the National Guard. In 1952, he joined the Air Force and was stationed in Korea during the Korean War, where he worked as a military photographer.
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in Italy. During this time, he created composite images using black and white photographs that he hand-colored and then surrounded with intricate borders and hand-written poetry.
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