From The Spectrum.com:
ST. GEORGE - A photographic history of Latinos in Utah history opens with a reception today at 7 p.m. in the Sears Art Gallery on the campus of Dixie State College.
Dr. Armando Solorzano, from the University of Utah, began the project several years ago in rural Utah where he came upon a 90-year-old woman.
He asked her for an oral history of her family.
“I don’t have a history, I only have pictures,” Solorzano said the woman told him.
At that moment, the photo exhibit, titled “We Remember, We Celebrate, We Believe,” was conceived.
Solorzano has since collected more than 7,000 photographs, of which 150 photos and documents will be on display at DSC through Aug. 8.
The photos include shots from the railroad construction and mining era and includes maps from when Utah was Mexican territory. There are also photographs of modern-day Latinos who were members of the United States military from World War I through the current battles in Iraq and Afghanistan.
It will also highlight early and contemporary religious practices of Catholic and LDS Latinos.
“We are aware that our society keeps a conversation going about what to call us,” Solorzano said. “Some call us Latinos, others call us Hispanics, many call us Mexican-Americans, Spaniards, Mexicans, illegal or Chicanos, but we know who we are.”
The exhibit is sponsored by The Spectrum & Daily News, El Sol, the St. George Arts Commission, the University of Utah and Zions Bank.
Photo exhibit will focus on history of Latinos in Utah | thespectrum.com | The Spectrum
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