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Photography related posts and information will be inserted to my teaching site. Keeping tabs on different web locations take up too much time which is better spent creating new content. Instead of trying to manage different sites, some of my photographic work will be integrated in this teaching site. Two photography links are located on the right Navigation sidebar, Photography archive and Flickr photo gallery. They will display current photographs.

2011 Wisconsin Workers Protest Book

Dennis Weidemann  at the release party for "Cut from Plain Cloth"Madison, Wisconsin. Dennis Weidemann held a book release party announcing the publication of his new book, Cut from Plain Cloth. His book showcases photographs from many local photographers. He interviewed several of the people that protested during one of the many demonstrations that were held this spring. About 15 of my photographs are included in the book. The book is available at many local bookshops. The book can be purchased directly from the author from this link cutfromplaincloth.com. My Flickr account has photos on display here.

The first printing press in the Americas

The viceroy Don Antonio de Mendoza established the first printing press of the Americas at location in 1536. The typographers were Esteban Martin and Juan Paoli. Centro historico, Mexico DF ,Mexico. (Photograph by Jim Escalante/Photo by Jim Escalante)

The viceroy Don Antonio de Mendoza established the first printing press of the Americas at location in 1536. The typographers were Esteban Martin and Juan Paoli. Centro historico, Mexico DF,Mexico.

If you get a chance to travel to Mexico City, you owe it to yourself to visit the “Centro Historico.” On Sundays, they close some of the streets and merchants and performers fill the street. The historic center of the city or the Zocalo, has been the cultural, spiritual and political center of the city for 500 years. Yes, 500 years. I can’t think of any other location on this continent that has seen as rich of a history. Unknown to some, is that inside this building, in 1536, the first printing press was established in the Americas. They even give credit to the first two typographers!

Charley Trujillo visits with faculty and students

 (2010 © Jim Escalante)
Charley Trujillo is a small publisher and author. Several years after serving in Viet Nam, he wrote about his wartime experience in his book “Soldados: The Chicano Experience in Viet Nam.” He included stories of 19 fellow Chicano veterans from Corcoran, California. A great lesson for all of us is that his manuscript was rejected by dozens of publishers. It left him with no alternative, but to publish the book himself. In 1991 he received the American Book Award. He has a small publishing company called Chusma House Publishing which is located in San Jose, CA.



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