With twenty-six photographers and poets plus six years of working closely together, photographer George Malave and poet and educator José Angel Figueroa are heading towards the culmination of their book project, Poetic Visions: Contemporary Latino Words and Images. JOIN THEM this Thursday, February 9 from 6-8pm, at Hunter College for a forum titled Migratory Dreams, sponsored by the Center for Puerto Rican Studies.
Archive for the ‘fine art’ Category
Poetic Visions: George Malave and José Angel Figueroa’s Collaborative Project
Posted in Artist's News, culture, diversity, Documentary, En Foco, fine art, Latina, Latino, photography, tagged creative thinkers, latino heritage, pedro pietri, poetic visions on February 8, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Art & Cocktails Benefit Honoring Deborah Willis
Posted in african american, culture, En Foco, fine art, Latino, Permanent Collection, photography on December 7, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Deborah Willis has long been a mentor for not only our organization, but also for many of the photographers we have worked with and in this spirit we presented her with En Foco’s first award for making a notable difference in photographic history and beyond.
Words on the Street: an Intercambio with Three Photographers
Posted in african american, culture, Documentary, En Foco, fine art, Latino, Nueva Luz, photography on November 3, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Street photographers Orville Robertson (New York), Richard Koci Hernandez (San Francisco) and Ibarionex Perello (Los Angeles) recently got together to speak about the topic of street photography and how they each practice and observe the tradition. This article is an extended version of Words on the Street, published in Nueva Luz Volume 15#3 (2011).
Print Program Highlight: Juan Sanchez’s Abuelita
Posted in En Foco, fine art, Latino, photography, Print Collectors Program on August 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Abuelita became about the cycle of humanity. Feet tend to symbolize one’s journey, possibly the hardships of that journey as well as the continual drive to keep moving forward.
Susana Raab: Cholita
Posted in Community, culture, Documentary, En Foco, Exhibitions, fine art, New Works, South American on April 30, 2011 | 1 Comment »
In support of this year’s New Works Photography Fellowship Award Exhibition and to share the work of this year’s photographers with the online community, En Foco partners with juror and FlakPhoto.com creator Andy Adams to highlight their work in a series of blog posts. For more information, preview the exhibition catalog. Part 5 of 5. [...]
Sarah Sudhoff: At the Hour of Our Death
Posted in Artist's News, En Foco, Exhibitions, fine art, Latina, New Works, photography on April 29, 2011 | 1 Comment »
In support of this year’s New Works Photography Fellowship Award Exhibition and to share the work of this year’s photographers with the online community, En Foco partners with juror and FlakPhoto.com creator Andy Adams to highlight their work in a series of blog posts. For more information, preview the exhibition catalog. Part 4 of 5. [...]
Rona Chang: Moving Forward, Standing Still
Posted in Artist's News, Asian, Community, culture, Documentary, En Foco, Exhibitions, fine art, photography on April 28, 2011 | 1 Comment »
In support of this year’s New Works Photography Fellowship Award Exhibition and to share the work of this year’s photographers with the online community, En Foco partners with juror and FlakPhoto.com creator Andy Adams to highlight their work in a series of blog posts. For more information, preview the exhibition catalog. Part 3 of 5. [...]
Alex Leme’s Small Town: Portraits of a Disappearing America
Posted in culture, Documentary, En Foco, Exhibitions, fine art, New Works, photography, South American on April 27, 2011 | 2 Comments »
In support of this year’s New Works Photography Fellowship Award Exhibition and to share the work of this year’s photographers with the online community, En Foco partners with juror and FlakPhoto.com creator Andy Adams to highlight their work in a series of blog posts. For more information, preview the exhibition catalog. Part 2 of 5. [...]
Daniel Ramos: East of the Nile
Posted in culture, En Foco, Exhibitions, fine art, Latino, New Works, photography on April 26, 2011 | 1 Comment »
In support of this year’s New Works Photography Fellowship Award Exhibition and to share the work of this year’s photographers with the online community, En Foco partners with juror and FlakPhoto.com creator Andy Adams to highlight their work in a series of blog posts. For more information, preview the exhibition catalog. Part 1 of 5. [...]
En Foco’s New Works #14 Blog Exhibition
Posted in Artist's News, culture, Documentary, En Foco, Exhibitions, fine art, New Works, photography on April 25, 2011 | 3 Comments »
New Works #14 (2010 – 2011) by En Foco, Inc. | Make Your Own Book On April 16th, our annual New Works Photography Fellowship Awards Exhibition opened at Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation’s Skylight Gallery in Brooklyn, featuring the work of fellowship winners Rona Chang and Alex Leme and honorable mention winners Susana Raab, Daniel Ramos, [...]


