The Chicano Camera Culture catalog is just out and Hyperallergic has named it as one of the 10 Art Books for Your Spring Reading. On behalf of the photographers and authors, I am thrilled for this recognition. Here is what Lakshmi Rivera Amin has to say:
Chicano Camera Culture: A Photographic History, 1966 to 2026, edited by Elizabeth Ferrer | Riverside Art Museum and the University of Washington Press, March
Countless images in this catalog are seared into my mind, leaving behind a layered indentation of five decades of Chicano photography in all its complexity. Coinciding with a two-venue exhibition of the same name at The Cheech and the Riverside Art Museum in California, Chicano Camera Culture is a palimpsestic ode to the photographers who documented Mexican-American diasporic identity and political movements, shaping them in turn. The late Rudy Rodriguez’s snapshot of Dolores Huerta speaking at a rally in 1974, in particular, stands as a testament to the women who molded Chicano political consciousness and to the artists who expanded its visual language.
Special thanks to my fellow authors,
@cvillasenorblack Jennifer Gonzalez
@deannaledezma Nicole Scalissi, and
@marytlikesart . Thanks to the folks at
@thecheechcenter including Valerie Found, Sophia Esparza, Jen Kanter and
@causeconnect . I am ever grateful to the
@hlucefdn , which made such a handsome volume possible. A huge shout out to our wonderful graphic designer
@philkovacevich .
@thaliagochez , an immensely talented young photographer, provided the cover image for the book. And of course, eternal thanks to
@cheechmarin for believing in this project and for his deep support of Chicano artists. The book is distributed by
@uwapress and is the first publication to comprehensively examine the rich history of Chicano photography since the civil rights era. Gracias a todos.
