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 © Ian Ramirez, 15a, Heroes series, 2007. C-print, 20x16"  © Ian Ramirez, 5a, Heroes series, 2007. C-print, 20x16"  © Ian Ramirez, 9a, Heroes series, 2007. C-print, 20x16" |
Ian Ramirez Born: 1974, Brownsville, TX Resides: Santa Fe, NM Heritage: Latino Selected Exhibitions: Verve Gallery, Santa Fe, NM Unit D, Santa Fe, NM Publications: Nueva Luz, volume 13#2 (En Foco: Bronx, NY 2008) “Heroes. Ordinary men in extraordinary circumstances: they traveled thousands of miles to a foreign country, next to nothing in their pockets, no one waiting for them, unable to speak the language. Living in a pseudo-transient state, often not able to own anything more than the clothes on their backs, they come with simple dreams and ambitions. The men in these photographs evoke my father’s workers from my childhood. I remember their days spent on construction sites, their evenings playing cards. These men were my friends, mentors and extended family. We shared a first language; the language of my grandmother. This ongoing series, Heroes, had its inception in my childhood. An exercise in revealing my collective inspirations, it is also a study of the man next door.” --Nueva Luz, Volume 13#2 (2008) |
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