Ricardo Valverde
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Ricardo Valverde
By (Author) Ramn Garca
UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center Press
UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center Press
1st August 2013
United States
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
History of art
Ethnic studies
770.92
Physical Properties
Paperback
168
Width 165mm, Height 165mm, Spine 25mm
Description
At his untimely death in 1998, photographer Ricardo Valverde (b. 1946)had for almost three decades documented the various communities and social spaces of Los Angeles. Though he began this lifelong pursuit while still in college, capturing the streets of his South Central neighborhood and the urban landscape of downtown Los Angeles, it wasn't until the Watts Riots of 1965 that Valverde and his work became deeply political
Author Bio
Ramn Garca is associate professor in the Chicano/a Studies department at California State University, Northridge.
