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Photography opening: Mark your calendar April 2, 6pm, The Brecht Forum, 122 W. 27th St. New York, 212 242-4201 La Lucha Continua > We Resist, We Re-act > > 2 Photographers: Celia Escudero-Espadas and Diane Greene Lent > > Two women with different artistic styles but very similar political > views present La Lucha Continua; We Resist, We Re-Act. This exibit > portrays the people in struggle from Chiapas to Brooklyn. The role of > the activist photographer is to give vision to the people's message. > Throughout the world the people fight back, but the media often chooses > to ignor the protests. If they do see the light of print or broadcast, > all too often the action is characterized as "shades of the sixties". > La Lucha Continua shows what the people have to say. Celia > Escudero-Espadas of Spanish origin travels and photographs in Mexico and > Central America. As an activist, her photos are an attempt to foster > social justice and develop understanding between different cultures by > elictiing viewer solidarity with her subjects. Included are images from > Chiapas of the indiginous people and the Zapitistas where they live and > struggle. Diane Greene Lent is a New York based photographer who gets > out in the streets to make her images. Greene has also done some > traveling and brings images from Chile, Mexico, El Salvdor and Northern > Ireland. > > Celia Escudero-Espadas was born in Seville, Sapin and studied > photography in Madrid, Spain and in Maryland. She has been actively > involved with the solidarity movement in Nicaragua, El Salvdador, > Chiapas(Mexico) and the US. As a photographer committed to social > isues, Ms Escudero has published photos and articles about AIDS, people > of color in the U.S. and indigenous people in numerous publications > including the New York Times and Z magazine. > > Diane Greene Lent is a New York activist and photographer. She works > with the Brecht Forum and CISPES (the Committee in Solidarity with the > People of El Salvador) and provides photographs and is the web designer > for both organizations. Greene studied photography at the ICP > (International Center of Photography) in New York. She has published > photographs in numerous publications including the Village Voice and New > York Magazine. <http://www.brechtforum.org> Get free e-mail with a women.com membership at http://women.com!