Poet Martín Espada will be part of a panel celebrating his father’s photography of the Puerto Rican Diaspora with three photographers — Máximo Colón, David Gonzalez, and Erika P. Rodríguez — to honor the work and legacy of Frank Espada. Presented by the Center for Puerto Rican Studies (CENTRO), registration is free and open to the public. Please RSVP at CENTRO. This event takes place on October 22, 2025, at 6:00pm, at Centro in El Barrio, located at 2180 3rd Avenue (at East 119th Street) New York, New York.
Description: Poet Martin Espada alongside a multi-generational cohort of acclaimed Nuyorican photographers including Máximo Colon, David Rodriguez, and Erika P. Rodriguez!
Nuyorican photographers have long sought to document and preserve Puerto Rican history in the city and beyond. Their talents have gifted us some of the most inspiring, heartbreaking, and indelible images of the 21st century. Bringing together the visual and the poetic, this event honors the legacy of Frank Espada and the practice, vision, ethics, and futures of Nuyorican social documentary photography.
Afterwards, explore our exhibition, Diasporic Collage: Puerto Rico and the Survival of a People, on view in the CENTRO Gallery. Click here to learn more about the exhibition, dates, and hours. To learn more about Frank Espada, check out the Frank Espada Galleries, a Frank Espada Bibliography, and the interviews with Frank Espada.
For more information and to RSVP, go to https://www.hunter.cuny.edu/event/nuyorican-photography-as-poetics-diasporic-collage-the-loving-vision-of-frank-espadas-vision/