Using documentary photography and photojournalism fundamentals, our Digital Promotoras students use imagery to expose hidden truths about our own communities and advocate for positive change. This semester, students were critical of the effect time has had on land and the consequent social spaces that are created as a result of its ownership. In the subsequent images, our students seek to form an archive of land possession within their respective neighborhoods. With cultures, histories, and traditions the way in which land has shifted, excluded, and included individuals and communities is highlighted as a way to address changes that need to be made. Our students’ communities of Koreatown, Highland Park, Downtown LA, Echo Park, and Boyle Heights, document an ever-changing city, one which was unceded by indigenous communities and which has clear borders and barriers to access. In conjunction with Occidental College and OutFront/JC Decaux, their images are embedded within layers of the community and given the space for dialogue and reflection on how the land can define us as a society and the limitations that it has in keeping voices permanently silenced.

This event is FREE and open to the public. Light refreshments are provided by Cruzita’s Deli & Cafe.

Event Details

Saturday, May 14, 2022
5 pm - 7 pm

Oxy Arts
4757 York Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90042

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