Month: February 2023

The following is a guest post by Helena Zinkham, Chief, and Aliza Leventhal, Head, Technical Services, both of the Prints & Photographs Division. Every week our department organizes, houses, describes, and selectively digitizes a wide variety of pictures. Here are the highlights from the more than 125,000 items completed in the past six months. You can enjoy many of the images online, and can view and research many more by visiting the Prints & Photographs Reading Room. Tres Ríos Photographs of Latin America, 2000-2016. These 2,285 striking color photographs show the diverse cultural life and heritages in Mexico, Cuba, Brazil, Ecuador, and Nicaragua. Adalberto Ríos Szalay is a Mexican photographer, writer, and anthropologist who works as “Tres Ríos” with his…