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print this pageDocumenting the Immigrant: Lupita Murillo Tinnen vs Jacob A. Riis
Lupita Murillo Tinnen
Saturday, September 26 - 9:00AM to 9:50AM
University of Oklahoma - FJC 205
This presentation will examine a tradition of documenting immigrants since the late nineteenth century through the lens of Jacob A. Riis and will argue for a new form of documentary in the digital age through the contemporary photographs of Lupita Murillo Tinnen. The body of work challenges social realist depictions of immigrant laborers, historically created by rhetoric, that produce the immigrant laborer as merely a worker rather than as an individual with a story. I combine text, graphics, and historical images of workers to create narratives concerning the individuals portrayed. These allow the viewer an opportunity to spend more time with each image. In contrast to the dominant tradition of stark realism long associated with social documentary photography, the photographs in this project are digital collages constructed onto large 30”x40” or 20”x24” white backgrounds.
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