Seis del Sur show emphasizes South Bronx’s vibrancy Among the hundreds of people who jammed the Bronx Documentary Center on Jan. 19 for the opening of the exhbibit “Seis Del Sur: Dispatches from Home by Six Nuyorican Photographers” were many who looked at the photos and saw their own past. [...]
By Daniel Bejarano In the 1950s and ’60s the streets of the South Bronx were brimming with music. The sound of conga drums reverberated between rooftops. Afro-Cuban and jazz rhythms merged with son, mambo and chachacha beats on stoops in Hunts Point, Longwood and Mott Haven to create a new [...]
Get the latest Flash Player to see this player. [Javascript required to view Flash movie, please turn it on and refresh this page] By Peter A. Jackson mrpjacks@gmail.com Ricky Flores’ friends call him the “Jimmy Olsen Guy” because, like Superman’s sidekick, he always has a camera in his hands. Flores [...]
Get the latest Flash Player to see this player. [Javascript required to view Flash movie, please turn it on and refresh this page] Pictures by Ricky Flores