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Untitled (Three boys, Sheldon Cafe, Hartford, Connecticut)

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    Object Details

    Artist

    Frank Espada, born Utuado, Puerto Rico 1930-died San Francisco, CA 2014

    Exhibition Label

    In the 1970s, Frank Espada began The Puerto Rican Diaspora, an ambitious exhibition and book project that documented Puerto Rican communities across the United States. Espada followed the trail of migrants who had settled in cities from the Mid-West and East Coast to Hawaii. This picture was taken in Hartford, Connecticut, where many migrants arrived in the 1950s and 1960s to work for the tobacco industry. Despite their depressed surroundings, the three boys depicted here display energy and life. Espada's photographs function both as loving portraits and strident critiques of the social conditions in which Puerto Ricans lived.
    Down These Mean Streets: Community and Place in Urban Photography, 2017

    Exhibition Label in Spanish

    Durante los años 70, Frank Espada inició su ambicioso proyecto The Puerto Rican Diaspora, formado por una exposición y un libro que documentaron las comunidades puertorriqueñas en todos los Estados Unidos. Espada trazó los pasos de los migrantes radicados en ciudades desde el occidente medio y la costa este hasta Hawái. Esta fotografía fue tomada en Hartford (Connecticut), lugar adonde llegaron muchos migrantes en los años cincuenta y sesenta para trabajar en la industria tabacalera. A pesar de su entorno deteriorado, los tres jóvenes de la imagen están llenos de energía y vida. Las fotografías de Espada son a la vez retratos afectuosos y críticas agudas sobre las condiciones de vida de los puertorriqueños.
    Por estas calles bravas: Comunidad y lugar en la fotografía urbana, 2017

    Credit Line

    Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Smithsonian Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center

    Copyright

    © 1981, Frank Espada Photography

    Date

    1981

    Object number

    2015.22.15

    Restrictions & Rights

    Usage conditions apply

    Type

    Photography

    Medium

    gelatin silver print

    Dimensions

    image: 9 × 13 1/2 in. (22.9 × 34.3 cm) sheet: 11 × 14 in. (27.9 × 35.6 cm)

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    Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection

    Department

    Graphic Arts

    Data Source

    Smithsonian American Art Museum

    Topic

    Cityscape\street
    Children
    Figure male\child\full length
    Cityscape\Connecticut\Hartford
    Architecture Exterior\commercial\restaurant

    Metadata Usage

    Not determined

    Link to Original Record

    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk76d51a191-2fae-4768-8ae2-c49b7866dd19

    Record ID

    saam_2015.22.15

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