Title: Arecibo, Puerto Rico, Sugar Cane Workers on plantation.
Photographer: Jack Delano 1941
“American Latinos 1935-1945” is an immersive video installation with 235 breathtaking images that might change the way you look at American history, and the role that Latinos have played in it.
Created by Director Alberto Ferreras
Mix & Sound Design By Eduardo Larez Visionear
These images were captured by the most influential photographers in American history: Dorothea Lange, Jack Delano, Russell Lee, John Collier Jr., Marion Post Wolcott, Arthur Rothstein, Edwin and Louise Rosskam, and Ben Shahn, to name a few. They document a vibrant Hispanic presence in Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, Louisiana, Minnesota, Idaho, Nevada, Colorado, Nebraska, Virginia, Mississippi, South Dakota, California, and Puerto Rico. The captions were often written by the photographers themselves, adding invaluable context to these images. In the exhibition, multiple screens allow viewers to appreciate the original frame of the photographs, and also their breathtaking details. Hispanics are commonly considered recent additions to this country, but these images seem to indicate that Latinos are ubiquitously woven into the fabric of US history since even before this period.
You can look for this collection of photographs and images for free at the library of congress.