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CAMBIOS:
50 Años de transformacion en la vida puertorriqueña
A photographic and documentary exhibit on changes in the life of
the Puerto Rican community.

Online Exhibitions :

DIOGENES BALLESTER
JUAN SANCHEZ

Other Exhibitions:

CAMBIOS: 50 Años de transformacion en la vida puertorriqueña
at Oller-Campeche Gallery

Lectures :

THE EPITAPH OF THE BARRIO
by Diogenes Ballester

VIEW SOME IMAGES FROM THE EXHIBITION

CAMBIOS contains the photographs of Jack Delano which are used with the permission of his son Pablo. The photographs appearing here, in La Galeria of PRdream.com, are a sample of the more extensive exhibition in the Oller-Campeche Gallery of the Puerto Rico Federal Affairs Administration that was curated by Mayra Sorondo.

EXCERPTS FROM THE SPEECH OF FELIX LOPÉZ,
Regional Director, Puerto Rico Federal Affairs Administration:

"We have always been hospitable and generous and kind. We have always had a keen sense of humor -- about ourselves, about the impositions of fate, about others’ foibles. Until recently we were also poor... Indeed, Puerto Ricans of a certain age remember that it was common for children to have lombrices and adults tuberculosis. They remember that it was common for parents to lose young children. Speaking of her children, a mother might say, There were four of them, but one died when he was two... One always died.

Puerto Ricans of a certain age remember grass shacks, with kitchens in the yard. They remember eating bacalao and tasajo, not because they tasted good (they did, and still do) but because there was no refrigeration. They remember the lack of running water. It seemed that everyone knew hardship firsthand -- true hardship -- the sort that breaks the heart and stunts the mind.

Things began to change only in 1948, when Puerto Ricans elected their first governor, Luis Muñoz Marín. With the support of the United States, as well as the support of the overwhelming majority of the Puerto Rican people, Muñoz set Puerto Rico on a course that would alter our fortunes forever. Presently, the people of Puerto Rico would adopt a Constitution and establish the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (known in Spanish as El Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico).

Today, Puero Rico has one of the strongest economies in Latin America and the Caribbean... This exhibition documents some of the political and economic changes that have taken place in Puerto Rico over the past fifty years -- changes so dramatic and thoroughgoing that many of us now take them for granted, forgetting that our expectations were once less full of light".

August 8 - February 12, 2003

Oller-Campeche Gallery
Puerto Rico Federal Affairs Administration
475 Park Avenue South, 7th Floor (East 32nd Street)
New York City

For information: 212.252.7300

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	CAMBIOS: 50 Años de transformacion en la vida puertorriqueña A photographic and documentary exhibit on changes in the life of the Puerto Rican community.
Online Exhibitions : DIOGENES BALLESTER JUAN SANCHEZ Other Exhibitions: CAMBIOS: 50 Años de transformacion en la vida puertorriqueña at Oller-Campeche Gallery Lectures : THE EPITAPH OF THE BARRIO by Diogenes Ballester	VIEW SOME IMAGES FROM THE EXHIBITION CAMBIOS contains the photographs of Jack Delano which are used with the permission of his son Pablo. The photographs appearing here, in La Galeria of PRdream.com, are a sample of the more extensive exhibition in the Oller-Campeche Gallery of the Puerto Rico Federal Affairs Administration that was curated by Mayra Sorondo. EXCERPTS FROM THE SPEECH OF FELIX LOPÉZ, Regional Director, Puerto Rico Federal Affairs Administration: "We have always been hospitable and generous and kind. We have always had a keen sense of humor -- about ourselves, about the impositions of fate, about others’ foibles. Until recently we were also poor... Indeed, Puerto Ricans of a certain age remember that it was common for children to have lombrices and adults tuberculosis. They remember that it was common for parents to lose young children. Speaking of her children, a mother might say, There were four of them, but one died when he was two... One always died. Puerto Ricans of a certain age remember grass shacks, with kitchens in the yard. They remember eating bacalao and tasajo, not because they tasted good (they did, and still do) but because there was no refrigeration. They remember the lack of running water. It seemed that everyone knew hardship firsthand -- true hardship -- the sort that breaks the heart and stunts the mind. Things began to change only in 1948, when Puerto Ricans elected their first governor, Luis Muñoz Marín. With the support of the United States, as well as the support of the overwhelming majority of the Puerto Rican people, Muñoz set Puerto Rico on a course that would alter our fortunes forever. Presently, the people of Puerto Rico would adopt a Constitution and establish the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (known in Spanish as El Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico). Today, Puero Rico has one of the strongest economies in Latin America and the Caribbean... This exhibition documents some of the political and economic changes that have taken place in Puerto Rico over the past fifty years -- changes so dramatic and thoroughgoing that many of us now take them for granted, forgetting that our expectations were once less full of light". August 8 - February 12, 2003 Oller-Campeche Gallery Puerto Rico Federal Affairs Administration 475 Park Avenue South, 7th Floor (East 32nd Street) New York City For information: 212.252.7300 top