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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.

ISBN-13: 9780295747637

Media Type: Paperback

Publisher: University of Washington Press

Publication Date: 01-14-2021

Pages: 280

Product Dimensions: 7.20(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.70(d)

Age Range: 18 Years

Elizabeth Ferrer, a writer, curator, and arts activist and administrator, is vice president of Contemporary Art at BRIC in Brooklyn.

What People are Saying About This

Colin Gunckel

"A remarkable feat that reveals the incredible richness, diversity, and abundance of photography produced by Latino artists. This is a timely and necessary contribution to the literature on Latino art in the United States, and one that is long overdue."

Edward Sullivan

"This is a foundational survey of the field. Ferrer has broken out of the East Coast/West Coast binary to investigate the vibrant contributions of photographers in many other parts of the country, thus deepening our understanding of the work of artists of Latin American heritage throughout the United States."

Arlene Dávilia

Makes perfectly clear that we cannot understand the visual history of the United States without centering the work of Latinx photographers. This essential resource should revolutionize how we teach art history.

Arlene Dávila

"Makes perfectly clear that we cannot understand the visual history of the United States without centering the work of Latinx photographers. This essential resource should revolutionize how we teach art history."

Arlene Dávila

Makes perfectly clear that we cannot understand the visual history of the United States without centering the work of Latinx photographers. This essential resource should revolutionize how we teach art history.

Table of Contents

Preface ix

Acknowledgments xxiii

1 Roots and Antecedents, 1840-1960S 3

2 The Rise of a Latinx Consciousness in American Photography, 1960S-1980S 15

3 Documents, 1970s-Present 43

4 LA Chicanx 65

5 Staging Self, Narrating Culture 83

6 Family 105

7 The Archive 121

8 Geographies 133

9 Conceptual Statements 159

10 Puerto Rico, Connected and Apart 175

Afterword 195

Notes 201

Bibliography 219

Index of Latinx Photographers 241

General Index 245