JUne 1, 2024 - AUGUST 1, 2024
June 15h 'Al fresco' community Reception | July 11th ARTIST TALK
PHOTOVILLE 2024
Van Cortlandt Park @ 241st Street
Edwin Pagán’s ‘Los Inocentes‘ (The Innocents) is a documentary photoessay 35-years in-the-making that focuses on the resiliency of children who live in urban communities in less-than-ideal circumstances, but who prevail and thrive beyond their environments in the South Bronx, Spanish Harlem (El Barrio), and the Lower East Side (Loisaida).
The images compiled in this photographic showcase reveal the untainted splendor of children just being themselves in everyday situations. Individually they present fleeting tableaux of precise personal incidents. Taken together, they provide a wider understanding of how universal youth resiliency really is. If from the mouth of babes comes the truth, then this metaphoric photo album speaks to the will and tenacity of all human beings.
Presented by Photoville and NYC Parks Dept. Sponsored by The Bronx County Historical Society, with support from The Van Cortlandt Park Alliance and Van Cortlandt House Museum. The Artist Talk will be moderated by Seis del Sur co-founder and award-winning journalist David González (@104bx) at the Van Cortlandt House Museum.
Visit the event’s community engagement landing page for a more detailed look at the images from the exhibition, expanded contextual information, and personal anecdotes by the artist HERE.
