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Elizabeth Ferrer

Elizabeth Ferrer is chief curator at BRIC, a multidisciplinary arts organization in Brooklyn, as well as a scholar of Latinx and Mexican photography.

Cholos, Logan Heights, San Diego, 1980.
Posted inJuly 2024

The father of Chicano art photography

by Elizabeth Ferrer July 1, 2024July 1, 2024

Louis Carlos Bernal saw his role
as creating art of and for the people.

Dos Cholas, Tucson, Arizona, 1982.
Posted inIssues

La retrospectiva de Louis Carlos Bernal

by Elizabeth Ferrer July 1, 2024July 1, 2024

El primer gran estudio de la vida y el trabajo del “padre de la fotografía artística chicana”

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