Photographing Puerto Rican New York, With A ‘Sympathetic Eye’

By Dana Farrington, OBP.org

In the raging 1970s, New York City was dangerous, broke and at times on fire.

Latinos in the city were taking to the streets, running for office and carving out artistic spaces. “Latino” at the time in New York meant “Puerto Rican.”

This self-described activist-photojournalist chronicled the Latino community for El Diario-La Prensa, which also aimed to tell the stories the English-language press wasn’t covering.

The Spanish-language daily is marking its centennial this year and is placing 5,000 archival images in Columbia University’s care for preservation.

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[Photo courtesy El Dirario-La Prensa]

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