Antonio SalazarSelf PortraitUS (c. 1970)[Source]Antonio Salazar is a photographer noted for capturin

Antonio SalazarSelf PortraitUS (c. 1970)[Source]Antonio Salazar is a photographer noted for capturing images of significant social and political activities in relation to the Chicano Movement from 1968-1972…From 1968-1972, Salazar was an undergraduate student at the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington, as part of the first group of Chicano students to attend the University. The students, approximately 30 in count, quickly became political and organized the first United Mexican American Students organization (UMAS), which later became known as MECHA. The students lobbied the university administration to have its first Chicano studies class, and located Tomas Ybarra-Frausto to be its first instructor…Salazar started his future into photography by taking mostly black and white images of the turbulent events during his college years, developing the images himself.  He received some training and direction from Irwin Nash, a Seattle based photographer.  Apart from the University of Washington MECHA students and their activities, he captured images of Cesar Chavez, Dolores Huerta, Corky Gonzalez, Reyes Tijerina, Luis Valdez, and other iconic Chicano leaders. Antonio Salazar graduated in 1972 with a degree in Latin American studies and stopped taking pictures to pursue a professional career. -- source link

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