What's New:
Tracing Memory
Tracing Memory, an exhibition curated by En Foco's Executive Director, runs through Dec 31 at Light Work in Syracuse. It features Angie Buckley (Nueva Luz 9#1 and Touring Gallery), Cyrus Karimipour, Pedro Isztin and Paula Luttringer.
Artist’s News
Larry McNeil (Nueva Luz 12#1 and New Works Photography Awards), Da-ka-xeen Mehner and others, in Identity. Exhibit runs through January 13, at Alaska House New York, NYC.
Bonnie Portelance (Nueva Luz 10#2 and New Works #8) has new work on view at Sohung Designs, 9th Street between 1st and 2nd, NYC.
Adal Maldonado, Anthony Barboza, Tomie Arai, Coco Fusco, Hong-An Truong, Kalia Brooks, Carla Williams and many others, 1968: Then and Now. NYU Gallery/Tisch, New York, NY. September 2 – November 22.
Ana de Orbegoso (New Works & Nueva Luz 9#3), Cybèle Clark-Mendes (Nueva Luz 10#1) and Hyoungsun Ha (New Works) win this year's NYFA Fellowship.
Graciela Iturbide (Latina, a 1988 En Foco exhibition) wins the 2008 Hasselblad Foundation Award; and Delilah Montoya (Nueva Luz 5#3) for the Houston Artadia Grant!

Inside News
Nueva Luz is once again a FINALIST for the 2008 Lucie Awards "Photo Magazine of the Year!" Thank you for nominating us!
Miriam Romais and Marisol Díaz are hailed as "Mujeres on the Move" in Latina Magazine's August 2007 issue, diligently promoting En Foco's photographers
Nueva Luz is a Lucie Award finalist!
Nueva Luz is a Lucie Award finalist in the Support Category of Photography Magazine of the Year, for the second consecutive year!

Although we didn't get to bring the statue home, we were in very good company. The other finalists were American Photo, Blind Spot, Foam, Focus and Photography District News. Congratulations to EyeMazing Magazine, and all the other winners.

Congrats to Sara Terry, featured in the current issue of Nueva Luz, received their Humanitarian Award for her work with creating The Aftermath Project. Check back soon for a podcast to our Artist Talk with her and Hank Willis Thomas!

The Lucie Awards is an annual gala ceremony presented by the Lucie Foundation, honoring the greatest achievements in photography. This year's Lucie event took place at Lincoln Center on October 20.




Photo: Nueva Luz on the big screen at Lincoln Center, during the 2008 Lucie Awards' presentation of the finalists for Photography Magazine of the Year. Hank Willis Thomas's work is featured on the cover.
 
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En Foco is a non-profit organization that nurtures and supports contemporary fine art and documentary photographers of diverse cultures, primarily U.S. residents of Latino, African and Asian heritage, and Native Peoples of the Americas and the Pacific. Founded in 1974, it introduces artists to local communities and a national audience, creating a cultural synergy with the public, curators and arts professionals through exhibitions, publications, workshops and events.

Programs are supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, the Carnegie Corporation of New York, the Bronx Council on the Arts, the NALAC Fund for the Arts with the Ford Foundation, JP Morgan Chase, Daniele Agostino De Rossi Foundation, Lowepro, Bogen, Fuji Film, WNYC.org, members, subscribers and friends.