We All We Got Explores The Consequences And Devastation Of Youth Violence In Contemporary America From To Through A Mix Of Powerful Photographs, Incisive Essays, And Moving Letters From Diverse Individuals Affected By This Perennial Scourge Carlos Javier Ortiz S Work Provides An Avenue For Getting To Know These Children And Their Families This Work Aims To Initiate A Conversation About Youth Violence And Society S Complicity In It The Terror In The Eyes Of Grieving Children And Inconsolable Mothers Only Allows The Viewer To Begin To Understand The Toll That This Reality Takes On The Children Who Live It The Stories Take Place In Chicago And Philadelphia By Repeatedly Returning To The Same Neighborhoods Over The Course Of Eight Years, Ortiz Shows The Plight Of The Communities With Which He Has Built A Deep Connection You See Abandoned Buildings, Memorials For Victims, Segregation, Graffiti, Juvenile Incarceration, And Other Constant Reminders Of The Outcomes Of Violence On Young People And Their Surroundings But Through All The Heartbreak, You Also See The Incredible Resilience Of The Individuals Left Behind And Where There Is Terror, There Is Also A Glimpse Of The Innocence That Remains And A Tiny Glimmer Of Hope
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- Hardcover
- 179 pages
- We All We Got
- Carlos Javier Ortiz
- English
- 13 February 2017 Carlos Javier Ortiz
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