Nuyorican Photography as Poetics: Diasporic Collage & Frank Espada's Vision

Celebrate the work and legacy of photographer Frank Espada with his son & Poet Martin Espada alongside a multi-generational cohort of acclaimed Nuyorican photographers including Máximo Colón, David Gonzalez, and Erika P. Rodriguez!

Nuyorican photographers have long sought to document and preserve Puerto Rican history in the city and beyond. Their talents have gifted us some of the most inspiring, heartbreaking, and indelible images of the 21st century. Bringing together the visual and the poetic, this event honors the legacy of Frank Espada and the practice, vision, ethics, and futures of Nuyorican social documentary photography.

Diasporic Collage: Puerto Rico and the Survival of a People, on view in the CENTRO Gallery, is on view through September 25th. Click here to learn more about the exhibition, dates, and hours.

To learn more about Frank Espada, check out the Frank Espada Galleries, A Frank Espada Bibliography, and the interviews with Frank Espada.

Image Credit: Frank Espada's The Puerto Rican Diaspora: Themes in the Survival of a People, part of the Diasporic Collage exhibition at the CENTRO Gallery, photograph by Argenis Apolinario, 2025

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