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Seis del Sur In-The-News
The Bronx Documentary Center is hosting an exhibition called “Seis del Sur: Dispatches From Home by Six Nuyorican Photographers” from January 19 to March 8. The presentation is a collage of black and white photographs that captures the essence of the South Bronx community.
The most insulting aspect of the media’s coverage of the South Bronx in the 1970s and 1980s is that it portrayed Bronxites as helpless.
Among the hundreds of people who jammed the Bronx Documentary Center on Jan. 19 for the opening of the exhibit “Seis Del Sur: Dispatches from Home by Six Nuyorican Photographers” were many who looked at the photos and saw their own past.
They gazed at images of buildings in flames and rubble-strewn lots that made the South Bronx a byword for urban decay, but also at images of joy, of couples dancing in the streets, children playing and artists creating.
“Photos: The South Bronx In The 1980s, As Seen By Locals"
- Gothamist. 1/16/13
This weekend photographs of the South Bronx in the 1980s will be put on display at the Bronx Documentary Center. While we’ve all seen photos highlighting the worst moments in the neighborhood, these images were taken from the viewpoint of locals. The more personal lens lends to photos that show not only the devastation, but also the personal moments between friends and family.
“In New Exhibit, Six ‘Nuyorican’ Photographers Offer An Insider’s View of Growing Up in the South Bronx."
- New York Daily News 1/15/13
Through the years, the story of the South Bronx has been ignored, sensationalized, romanticized, even politicized.
Now six sons of the South Bronx will offer their inside perspective in the exhibit “Seis del Sur: Dispatches from Home by Six Nuyorican Photographers” opening this Saturday at the Bronx Documentary Center, 614 Courtlandt Ave.