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José Torres-Tama
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| https://torrestama.com/photonola2026.html | |
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| https://torrestama.com/photonola2026.html | |
| Exhibition Link | |
| https://torrestama.com/photonola2026.html | |
| Venue address: | |
| 1329 Saint Roch Avenue New Orleans, Louisiana 70117 United States Map It |
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| 504-232-2968 | |
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SAT, DEC 5-6, 2026 from 4-9pm
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| Exhibition Start Date | |
| 12/05/2026 | |
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SAT, DEC 5, 2026 from 4-9pm
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| Additional Programming: | |
| Latin American immigrant photgrapher, José Torres-Tama, will offer an “ARTIS’T”S TALK” @ 7pm on the night of the opening Sat, Dec 5, 2026. He will talk about the ten-year project to document the public protests of immigrant activists on the streets of New Orleans from 2010 to 2019, and his upcoming book that chronicles this decade-long photo project. torrestama.com / https://torrestama.com/photonola2026.html |
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| Description of Exhibition: | |
| ANTI-IMMIGRANT HYSTERIA:& Latin American Workers in New Orleans Photography of Post-Katrina Protests 2010 – 2019A Decade of Documenting “Live Art” Demonstrations & Acts of Civil Disobedience of Latin American Reconstruction Workers protesting the myriad human rights violations they experienced in New Orleans from 2010 – 2019.From 2010 to 2019, Ecuadorian-born and NEA award-winning performance artist, published poet and playwright, cultural activist, and visual artist, José Torres-Tama photographed the many public protests of the Congress of Day Laborers / El Congreso de Jornaleros, and this selection of 20 striking images from this decade-long documentation project chronicles the Latin American reconstruction workers–who have aided the rebirth of New Orleans in the 20 plus years post-Katrina.Immigrant workers have given their blood, labor, and love to the resurrection of this port city, and this photo documentation series captures their “live art” street protests and collective acts of civil disobedience to expose rampant human rights violations by NOPD, wage theft by ruthless contractors, and brutal deportations by local ICE Agents.During this era of brutal and rampant anti-immigrant hysteria gripping GrinGoLandia, the dirtiest little secret of the post-Katrina Reconstruction is that hundreds upon hundreds of Latin American immigrant workers have been vital to the rebirth of New Orleans since the great flood. –José Torres-Tama This series is being developed for a 2027 book of the same title |
