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200 people invited to Mexican Independence photo shoot
Seven month old Alexander Mendoza and his father Alfonso Mendoza attend festivities on May 5, 2010, on Olvera Street in downtown Los Angeles, California. File photo.
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200 people invited to Mexican Independence photo shoot
200 people invited to Mexican Independence photo shoot
Los Angeles’ Mexican consulate and Mexican avocado growers have invited Mexicans and Mexican Americans aged one to 71 years old for a photo shoot tomorrow morning at Plaza Olvera.
Thirty-nine-year-old Hector Tafoya of Pomona always takes the day off from work for Mexican Independence Day.
"Usually we do a make a food, make pozole, tamales," he said.
Tafoya and his wife were born on September 16. He’ll pose for a photograph with about 200 other people who share the same birthday. Organizers of the shoot hope to reflect the rainbow of the Southland Mexican experience.
Like that of Bobby Salas of San Fernando.
"My whole life I’ve built classic low rider cars and I ride my Harley-Davidson. I’m just your typical modern Mexican American," Salas said.
Born 57 years ago in Riverside, Salas said he wanted to take part in the photo to represent an American man of Mexican descent. This bicentennial is bittersweet, Salas said. He’s stopped vacationing in the Ensenada area because of drug-gang violence there.
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Those interested in being photographed can register for the event online at www.avocadosfrommexico.com/photo or at the event starting at 6:30 a.m. The photo will be taken at 7:30 a.m.
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