Elizabeth Ferrer

Latinx Photography in the United States (eBook, ePUB)

A Visual History

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Shortlisted for the 2022 ASAP Book Prize, sponsored by the Association for the Study of Arts of the Present

Showcases the exceptionally diverse photographic work of Latinx artists

Whether at UFW picket lines in California's Central Valley or capturing summertime street life in East Harlem Latinx photographers have documented fights for dignity and justice as well as the daily lives of ordinary people. Their powerful, innovative photographic art touches on family, identity, protest, borders, and other themes, including the experiences of immigration and marginalization common to many of their communities. Yet the work of these artists has largely been excluded from the documented history of photography in the United States.

Through individual profiles of more than eighty photographers from the early history of the photographic medium to the present, Elizabeth Ferrer introduces readers to Latinx portraitists, photojournalists, and documentarians and their legacies. She traces the rise of a Latinx consciousness in photography in the 1960s and '70s and the growth of identity-based approaches in the 1980s and '90s. Ferrer argues that in many cases a shared sense of struggle has motivated photographers to work purposefully, driven by a deep sense of resistance, social and political commitments, and cultural affirmation, and she highlights the significance of family photos to their approaches and outlooks. Works range from documentary and street photography to narrative series to conceptual projects. Latinx Photography in the United States is the first book to offer a parallel history of photography, one that no longer lies at the margins but rather plays a crucial role in imagining and creating a broader, more inclusive American visual history.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Washington Press
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Januar 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780295747644
• Artikelnr.: 60970739

Autorenporträt

Elizabeth Ferrer is Vice President of Contemporary Art at BRIC in Brooklyn. She has previously been a curator at the Austin Museum of Art, the Americas Society, and the Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery of Columbia University. She is the author of Latinx Photography in the United States: A Visual History (University of Washington Press, 2021). Her many essays have appeared in books and catalogs published by the University of Texas Press, Rizzoli, The Museum of Modern Art, and other outlets.