{"product_id":"latinx-photography-in-the-united-states-9780295747637","title":"Latinx Photography in the United States","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShortlisted for the 2022 ASAP Book Prize, sponsored by the Association for the Study of Arts of the PresentShowcases the exceptionally diverse photographic work of Latinx artistsWhether 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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"[A] discerning and timely illustrated history...this revealing volume will appeal to scholars and anyone with an interest in Latinx art.”\"\u003c\/p\u003e * Publishers Weekly *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Ferrer's thoroughly researched text situates Latinx photographers as prominent practitioners in the medium's history and as key to its development, and every single image sings.\"\u003c\/p\u003e * Booklist *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"[A]n impressive and urgenty needed survey to launch a conversation about Latinx people's role in visually chronicling the United States.\"\u003c\/p\u003e * PopMatters *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Ferrer presents a concise history of the ways in which Latinx artists have been quintessential to the development of the medium.\"\u003c\/p\u003e * ARTnews, Best Art Book of 2021 *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A groundbreaking survey of Latinx photography.\"\u003c\/p\u003e * Choice *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"[A] first of its kind encyclopaedic survey.\"\u003c\/p\u003e * History of Photography *","brand":"University of Washington Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400895668567,"sku":"9780295747637","price":26.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780295747637.jpg?v=1730471874","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/latinx-photography-in-the-united-states-9780295747637","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}