Americanos
Calvary Cemetery in East Los Angeles
May 11, 2009
In 1998 I was teaching a photo class at Self-Help Graphics and took the students on a field trip to the Calvary Cemetery in East LA. Before meeting the group I took a walk through the ornate All Souls Chapel built in 1902. There I followed a family that was shooting a young family member's First Holy Communion photos. The photo appeared in Americanos: Latino Life in the United States published in 1999.
Liliana Nieto Del Rio
March 09, 2009
Freelance photographer Liliana Nieto Del Rio shot this photo of Harvard-bound student Jennifer Bracamontes waving to her parents on graduation day at Garfield High School in Los Angeles. Nieto Del Rio shot and was also a photo editor for Americanos, Latino Life in the United States.
It is nearly 10 years since the book was published and I an trying to contact every shooter to see what they have been shooting and provide a link if they have a website.
John Castillo
March 02, 2009
John Castillo has been a freelance photographer for over 25 years, working primarily in the performing arts.
Twenty years ago he shot Edward James Olmos on the set of American Me and has shot Latino performing arts since. Over the last ten years, John has worked with playwright and director Luis Valdez, documenting El Teatro Campesino productions of Zoot Suit and Corridos.
John served as project manager, photo editor and photographer on Americanos, a multi-media project documenting Latino life in the United States.