Contemporary Afro-Mexican Photography collection.
- Title
- Contemporary Afro-Mexican Photography collection.
- Published by
- 2010-2021.
- Format
- Archival mix
Collection information
The finding aid is a document containing details about the organization and contents of this archival collection. Archival collections may require an appointment to view and use on-site.
Items in the library and off-site
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| Status | Container | Access | Call number | Item location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Status Available by appointment at Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints. See the finding aid for details. | Containerfolder 1 | AccessSupervised use | Call numberSc Photo Contemporary Afro-Mexican Photography folder 1 | Item locationSchomburg Center - Photographs & Prints |
| Status Available by appointment at Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints. See the finding aid for details. | Containerbox 7 | AccessSupervised use | Call numberSc Photo Contemporary Afro-Mexican Photography box 7 | Item locationSchomburg Center - Photographs & Prints |
| Status Available by appointment at Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints. See the finding aid for details. | Containerbox 6 | AccessSupervised use | Call numberSc Photo Contemporary Afro-Mexican Photography box 6 | Item locationSchomburg Center - Photographs & Prints |
| Status Available by appointment at Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints. See the finding aid for details. | Containerbox 5 | AccessSupervised use | Call numberSc Photo Contemporary Afro-Mexican Photography box 5 | Item locationSchomburg Center - Photographs & Prints |
| Status Available by appointment at Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints. See the finding aid for details. | Containerbox 4 | AccessSupervised use | Call numberSc Photo Contemporary Afro-Mexican Photography box 4 | Item locationSchomburg Center - Photographs & Prints |
| Status Available by appointment at Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints. See the finding aid for details. | Containerbox 3 | AccessSupervised use | Call numberSc Photo Contemporary Afro-Mexican Photography box 3 | Item locationSchomburg Center - Photographs & Prints |
| Status Available by appointment at Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints. See the finding aid for details. | Containerbox 2 | AccessSupervised use | Call numberSc Photo Contemporary Afro-Mexican Photography box 2 | Item locationSchomburg Center - Photographs & Prints |
| Status Available by appointment at Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints. See the finding aid for details. | Containerbox 1 | AccessSupervised use | Call numberSc Photo Contemporary Afro-Mexican Photography box 1 | Item locationSchomburg Center - Photographs & Prints |
Details
- Additional authors
- Description
- 1.43 linear feet (7 boxes, 1 folder)
- Summary
- The Contemporary Afro-Mexican Photography collection, dated 2015 to 2021, represents the work of photographers and activists Hugo Arellenes, Toumani Camara, Koral Carbello, Hector Careaga, and Dolores Medel, who identify as Afrodescendiente, Afro-Mexican, or Mexican. Their photographs focus on their own communities and identities, and illustrate Afro-Mexican customs, traditions, environment, and challenges of life in Mexico.
- Subject
- Afro-Mexicans.
- Afrodescendiente.
- Black lives matter movement.
- Black people -- Mexico -- Ethnic identity.
- Black people -- Mexico -- Portraits.
- Climatic changes -- Mexico.
- Black Lives Matter movement.
- Social movements.
- Black people -- Ethnic identity.
- Black people.
- Climatic changes.
- Manners and customs.
- Mexico -- Social life and customs.
- Coyolillo (Mexico) -- Social life and customs.
- Mexico.
- Mexico -- Coyolillo.
- Genre/Form
- Photographs.
- Portrait photographs.
- Portraits.
- Call number
- Sc Photo Portfolio Contemporary Afro-Mexican Photography
- Language
- Multiple languages
- Source (note)
- The collection was purchased in 2023 from Howard Karno Books, Inc., who served as an intermediary for the photographers.
- Language (note)
- Captions on photographs are in Spanish and English.
- Type of content
- text
- still image
- Type of medium
- unmediated
- Type of carrier
- sheet
- Connect to:
- Added author
- Arellanes , Hugo, photographer.
- Camara, Toumani, 1990- photographer.
- Carballo, Koral, 1987- photographer.
- Careaga, Hector, photographer.
- Medel, Dolores, 1983- photographer.
- Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, compiler.