Oscar Castillo Papers and Photograph Collection

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  • ISBN 9780895511409
  • Weight: 386g
  • Dimensions: 203 x 292mm
  • Publication Date: 01 Dec 2011
  • Publisher: UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center Press
  • Publication City/Country: US
  • Product Form: Paperback
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Since the late 1960s, photographer Oscar Castillo has documented the Chicano community in Los Angeles and South Texas, from major political events to cultural practices to the work of muralists and painters. His photographs explore major themes (social movement, cultural heritage, urban environment, and everyday barrio life) and approaches (photojournalism, portraiture, art photography). The Oscar Castillo Photograph Collection includes over 3,000 images by the photographer that are available through an online digital archive at UCLA.

Colin Gunckel brings together essays by scholars and artists who consider the social, political, historical, and aesthetic dimensions of Castillo's work. An illustrated section features selections from the digital archive. The book includes illustrations from the digital archive, a detailed finding aid for the Oscar Castillo Papers, a small collection of correspondence and other documents housed at the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center, and a collection-level description of the digital archive. A selected bibliography completes the volume.

This book is made possible in part with support from The Getty Foundation.

Honorable Mention, Best Reference Book - English from the 2012 International Latino Book Awards

Colin Gunckel is associate professor in the Department of Film, Television, and Media and the Department of American Culture (Program in Latina/o Studies) at the University of Michigan. He is the author of Mexico on Main Street: Transnational Film Culture in Los Angeles before World War II (Rutgers University Press, 2015).