En Foco, Pregones, and the Puerto Rican Traveling Theater present Sophie Rivera: Beyond the Lens, a panel discussion highlighting the person, her life, and legacy of Puerto Rican street photographer Sophie Rivera. The discussion is an initiative of the Nueva Luz Study Center (NLSC) and is part of En Foco’s efforts to preserve the culture and legacy of diasporic lens-based artists.
The panel was organized by Bill Aguado, En Foco’s President, and will feature Marisol Díaz-Gordon, Rocio Aranda-Alvarado, and Nina Kuo. The discussion is attached to the current exhibition, Boricua lens: Sophie Rivera Portraits on view at Pregones/PRTT until April 4, 2024, located at 575 Walton Ave, Bronx, NY 10451, and virtually at enfoco.org.
Sophie Rivera had been involved with En Foco since before the launch of the Nueva Luz photographic journal in 1985. The upcoming panel discussion, and current exhibition honor this connection by introducing Sophie Rivera to current audiences, and preserving her contributions to the canon of American Photography, and activism. With the recent launching of the Nueva Luz Study Center, access to Sophie Rivera’s archives inspired En Foco to expand the current information available for the artist. Giving a fuller picture of Sophie’s professional and creative life through this expansion of her entry in our archive. En Foco would like to thank the Estate and family of Sophie Rivera, for their support and for providing access to Rivera’s archives and materials.
4 окт 2024
