El activismo en fotos

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Frank Espada, Untitled (Two boys, East New York), 1964, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Smithsonian Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center, 2015.22.8, © 1964, Frank Espada Photography
Untitled (Two boys, East New York)
Artist
Date1964
gelatin silver print
Not on view
Frank Espada, Untitled (Standing on a bucket, Blake Avenue, East New York), 1964, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Smithsonian Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center, 2015.22.7, © 1964, Frank Espada Photography
Untitled (Standing on a bucket, Blake Avenue, East New York)
Artist
Date1964
gelatin silver print
Not on view
Frank Espada, Untitled (Boy in front of condemned building, East New York), ca. 1960-1964, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Smithsonian Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center, 2015.22.3, © Frank Espada Photography
Untitled (Boy in front of condemned building, East New York)
Artist
Dateca. 1960-1964
gelatin silver print
Not on view
Frank Espada, Untitled (Two boys in a wagon, Long Island City), 1956, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Smithsonian Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center, 2015.22.2, © 1956, Frank Espada Photography
Untitled (Two boys in a wagon, Long Island City)
Artist
Date1956
gelatin silver print
Not on view
Frank Espada, Untitled (Young girl, East Harlem), 1974, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Smithsonian Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center, 2015.22.11, © 1974, Frank Espada Photography
Untitled (Young girl, East Harlem)
Artist
Date1974
gelatin silver print
Not on view
Frank Espada, Untitled (Three boys, Sheldon Cafe, Hartford, Connecticut), 1981, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Smithsonian Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center, 2015.22.15, © 1981, Frank Espada Photography
Untitled (Three boys, Sheldon Cafe, Hartford, Connecticut)
Artist
Date1981
gelatin silver print
Not on view
Frank Espada, Untitled (One boy pulling another in a wagon, Long Island City), 1956, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Smithsonian Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center, 2015.22.1, © 1956, Frank Espada Photography
Untitled (One boy pulling another in a wagon, Long Island…
Artist
Date1956
gelatin silver print
Not on view
Frank Espada, Tito (Blake Avenue, East New York), 1963, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Smithsonian Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center, 2015.22.6, © 1963, Frank Espada Photography
Tito (Blake Avenue, East New York)
Artist
Date1963
gelatin silver print
Not on view

Además de fotógrafo, Frank Espada fue un respetado activista que luchó por el mejoramiento de las condiciones de vida en los barrios afroamericanos y puertorriqueños de toda la ciudad de Nueva York. Los agudos contrastes que presenció le inspiraron una serie de retratos informales que resaltaban la humanidad de los residentes de las ciudades. Sus jóvenes sujetos, que a menudo posaban frente a las ruinas de edificios destruidos por el fuego, o de pie en las calles repletas de basura, le sonríen a la cámara, juegan con total abandono, o muestran una actitud de tenacidad. Las fotografías de Espada oscilan entre transmitir esperanza y criticar a la sociedad, al tiempo que captan la belleza y la individualidad de los niños que crecen en ambientes hostiles.