media, art and the border - these photographers and artists throw down a challenge
THE MEDIA, ART AND THE BORDER
At the opening of the exhibition of photographs, More Than a Wall, a panel of photographers and artists will look at the U.S. Mexico border, not as Trump's wall, but as a region where millions of people live and struggle for justice and a better life. The participants include leading figures in Bay Area art and photography, who will use their varied histories and methods of work to help us understand
- How they respond to the border as artists and activists - How they use their tools to tell the story(s) of the people who live on the border - The impact of their work
The stellar cast includes:
Juan Gonzales, founder of El Tecolote and director of the journalism program at City College of San Francisco Kim Komenich, Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer and photojournalism teacher at San Francisco State University Mabel Jimenez, border photographer and former photo editor for El Tecolote Brooke Anderson, movement photographer and organizer Juan Fuentes, celebrated artist and cultural activist
Where: San Francisco Public Library, Main Library in Civic Center 100 Larkin St., downstairs - Latino Hispanic Community Room When: Saturday, February 12, 2022 - 1:00 PM All events at the Library are free.
Per the City's Health Order, masks are required at all times in the Library
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - Demonstrators oppose the U.S. drive to go to war with Russia over the Ukraine and the expansion of NATO. The demonstration at the Ferry Building was organized by Code Pink and Veterans for Peace. For the full set of photos click here. PHOTOESSAY ON POVERTY IN TULARE COUNTY WINS SF PRESS CLUB AWARD
This series, and two additional ones, also swept the first place awards for photography from the California Newspaper Publishers Association. COMING EXHIBITIONS
IN THE FIELDS OF THE NORTH / EN LOS CAMPOS DEL NORTE February 18 – March 20, 2022. San Joaquin County Historical Society and Museum 11793 Micke Grove Rd, Lodi, CA Library event on March 12
MORE THAN A WALL - THE SOCIAL MOVEMENTS OF THE BORDER February 12 - May 22, 2022 San Francisco Public Library 100 Larkin St., Civic Center Library event on February 12 Online Interviews and Presentations
Exploitation or Dignity - What Future for Farmworkers UCLA Latin American Institute Based on a new report by the Oakland Institute, journalist and photographer David Bacon documents the systematic abuse of workers in the H-2A program and its impact on the resident farmworker communities, confronted with a race to the bottom in wages and working conditions. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXKa2lHJXMs
There's More Work to be Done Housing Assistance Council and National Endowment for the Arts This exhibition documents the work and impact of the struggle for equitable and affordable housing in rural America, inspired by the work of George “Elfie” Ballis. https://www.thereismoreworktobedone.com/david-bacon
Exhibited throughout the pandemic in the Cecil H. Green Library at Stanford. The online exhibition (https://exhibits.stanford.edu/bacon), which includes additional content not included in the physical show, is accessible to everyone, and is part of an accessible digital spotlight collection that includes significant images from this body of work. For a catalog: (https://web.stanford.edu/dept/spec_coll/NonVendorPubOrderform2017.pdf)
IN THE FIELDS OF THE NORTH / EN LOS CAMPOS DEL NORTE Photographs and text by David Bacon University of California Press / Colegio de la Frontera Norte 302 photographs, 450pp, 9”x9” paperback, $34.95 (in the U.S.)
order the book on the UC Press website: ucpress.edu/9780520296077 use source code 16M4197 at checkout, receive a 30% discount
Illegal People -- How Globalization Creates Migration and Criminalizes Immigrants (Beacon Press, 2008) Recipient: C.L.R. James Award, best book of 2007-2008 http://www.beacon.org/Illegal-People-P780.aspx
