"Over the next five years, he took thousands of documentary-style black-and-white photos of Newark's residents of color. The images, many depicting the Caribbean and African diaspora that he grew up around, were a contrast to the pictures splayed across newspapers and nightly newscasts of crime and poverty in Newark. We're resilient people, we go through struggles, but we're very resourceful, yet that's not what I was seeing, he said in a recent interview."
"This month, more than 40 years after Acevedo first picked up his camera, those early photographs are the center of an exhibition called Wards of Newark: Manuel Acevedo taking place throughout Newark's five wards. Curated by Salamishah Tillet, who is the director of New Arts at Rutgers as well as a contributing critic at large for The New York Times the exhibition is a partnership between Rutgers University-Newark and the City of Newark through New Arts."
"The photographs can be seen in all five wards of the city in parks and major intersections, as well as at a train station. The locations, notably, are among some of the city's most highly trafficked spots. There will also be a book with hundreds of Acevedo's images published alongside the exhibition."
Manuel Acevedo began photographing life in Newark after graduating from Arts High School in 1982. Over the next five years, he created thousands of documentary-style black-and-white images of Newark residents of color. Many photographs reflect the Caribbean and African diaspora communities he grew up around. The work offers a different view from the crime and poverty imagery commonly shown in newspapers and nightly newscasts. More than 40 years later, the exhibition Wards of Newark: Manuel Acevedo presents these early photographs across Newark’s five wards. The photographs appear in parks, major intersections, and a train station, including images of children along the Passaic River. A book featuring hundreds of his images will accompany the exhibition.
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