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Truth-Out: Photojournalist David Bacon talks about his book “Illegal People”
Amazing documentary photographer, labor organizer, activist, and longtime De-Bug friend David Bacon talks about his book “Illegal People: How Globalization Creates Migration and Criminalizes Immigrants.” He knew De-Bug before it was De-Bug, and we are in solidarity with his art and his message all the way from the South Bay.
Truthout Contributor David Bacon on His New Book, “Illegal People”
Thursday 9 February 2012
by: Mark Karlin, Truthout | Interview
Writer and photographer David Bacon has released the new book, “Illegal People – How Globalization Creates Migration and Criminalizes Immigrants.” (Courstesy: David Bacon)
David Bacon’s “Illegal People: How Globalization Creates Migration and Criminalizes Immigrants” is yours, shipped directly from Truthout, with a minimum one-time donation of $25, or a monthly commitment of $10 or more to Truthout “Illegal People” demythologizes the “immigration” issue and champions the dignity of people seeking work for survival while detailing the need for economic justice.
Mark Karlin: Isn’t the “immigration” debate in the United States really just a coded way of saying, “keep brown-skinned people from Mexico and Central America out of the United States”?
David Bacon: There’s certainly that exclusionary aspect to it. Immigrants coming from Mexico, Latin America, Asia and Africa have always been treated differently from those from Europe. Think about the difference between the experience of Europeans coming through Ellis Island into New York, which was relatively free (and without visas, incidentally), and, at the same time, the incarceration of Chinese immigrants in San Francisco Bay, as a result of the Chinese Exclusion Act.
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Photo Circle Wednesday, 2/15, at 6PM
Come meet us at De-bug around 5:30 then we’re heading over to an offsite location (Lusthouse) to do some studio portraits. Don’t get intimidate by the name now…
Beginning Black and White Film Photo Class at Darkroom
We gotta let Kodak know that over here in San Jose, we’re keeping film alive, and we know they’ll come back bigger and stronger. So in their honor, we’re kickin off March with our first Black and White Film Photo Class at Darkroom! Sign up cuz spaces are limited!
Valley of Shadows and Dreams
Now Showing
VALLEY OF SHADOWS & DREAMS
A Heyday book
Photography by Ken Light
Text by Melanie Light
Forward by Thomas Steinbeck
January 17-May 15,2012
(save the date)
Reception & Book Signing
Friday, March 16th
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“Valley of Shadows and Dreams explores a different California from the one that most people know—
a California far from Hollywood and Malibu and San Francisco, a California that in some elemental respects
has not changed much since the days of the Spanish conquistadors. The same sort of manual labor prevails in the fields,
the same exploitation of the weakest and poorest still blights the land. In this book you will find a powerful indictment
not only of what has happened lately in America’s largest state, but also of what is happening across this country right now.
The abuse of illegal immigrants, environmental degradation, the madness of a real estate bubble, and all the other problems
of the Central Valley are unfortunately relevant nationwide. Ken and Melanie Light bring great compassion and an eye for
beauty to this subject, facing hard truths but refusing to despair. As John Steinbeck argued more than seventy years ago,
the demand for justice and the need for true democracy are timeless, essential things.”
—Eric Schlosser, author of Fast Food Nation
U.C. Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism
Center for Photography
Corner of Hearst & Euclid, Berkeley
Reception 6:00-7:00 P.M.
Talk by the Authors & Special Guest 7:00-9:00 P.M.
Free & open to the public
Directions <http://journalism.berkeley.edu/misc/directions/>
Happy New Year!
We’re back in full effect, and we have exciting things going on this year — classes, a darkroom move (just to downstairs), and shows! So keep film alive. We will if you will.
New Glassclops — So International….
Check out the new issue of Glassclops featuring super stunning photography by San Jose native son Abraham Menor, Stephen Brown, Aaron Cho, Paul Glover, Vladimir Tikay, and Kasha Guilfoyle-Jackson.
Yound, Broke, & Livin’
Vanessa’s photos give you an insight into San Jose’s youth culture. By capturing her life style Vanessa is creating a public time capsule that not only gives you a look into a recent San Jose youth, but the California lifestyle many from around the world dream of living. The photos are full of life, joy, and travels or as Vanessa likes to put it “Young, Broke & Livin’”
