You Belong Here: Place, People, and Purpose in Latinx Photography
You Belong Here: Place, People, and Purpose in Latinx Photography is an exhibition that celebrates the dynamic photography of Latinx artists across the United States. Bringing together established and emerging artists, the exhibition addresses themes of political resistance, family and community, fashion and culture, and the complexities of identity in American life.
The participating artists contribute to a vast and evolving visual archive of the Latinx experience, presenting it as pluralistic, nuanced, and fluid. Through their work, they illustrate diverse histories and geographies, contextualize and reinterpret pivotal social and artistic movements, claim space for queer identities, and underscore the importance of photography within the broader landscape of Latinx art.
You Belong Here uses contemporary photography to explore social spaces—from intimate depictions of home and family to the collective experiences of the streets and nightlife—while also reflecting the in-betweenness, or nepantla, of transnational, multiracial, and postcolonial identities. The exhibition sparks an expansive dialogue about visibility and belonging for Latinx communities.
Curated by Pilar Tompkins Rivas, chief curator and deputy director of Curatorial and Collections at the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art in Los Angeles, You Belong Here originates from Tompkins Rivas’s work as guest editor of Latinx, the Winter 2021 issue of Aperture magazine.
This exhibition is organized by Aperture.
Exhibited Artists:
Laura Aguilar, Genesis Báez, William Camargo, Sofía Córdova, Perla de Leon, Tarrah Krajnak, Hiram Maristany, Joiri Minaya, Steven Molina Contreras, Star Montana, Eddie Quiñones, Reynaldo Rivera, Guadalupe Rosales, Gabriela Ruiz and Bibs Moreno, John M. Valadez.
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(cover picture by Genesis Báez)
