In Memoriam: Tony GleatonPosted in Articles, Arts, Biography, Caribbean/Latin America, Media Archive, Mexico on 2015-09-19 01:59Z by Steven |
The afrolatin@ forum
2015-09-01
Tony Gleaton, among the first photographers to document Latin Americans of African descent, passed away last week. He leaves behind an impressive body of work which undoubtedly contributed to the growing Black consciousness movement throughout the Americas.
Tony began his Latin American photographic journey in the southern Pacific coast of Mexico in 1986; by the time his project was completed he had traveled through most of Central and South America in his search for “Black folk.” …
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