Louis Carlos Bernal
Ernesto Villa, Barrio Hollywood, Tucson, Arizona

Ernesto Villa, Barrio Hollywood, Tucson, Arizona

© Lisa Bernal Brethour and Katrina Bernal

Ernesto Villa, Barrio Hollywood, Tucson, Arizona
Ernesto Villa, Barrio Hollywood, Tucson, Arizona
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Ernesto Villa, Barrio Hollywood, Tucson, Arizona
Date1978
PlaceUnited States
MediumChromogenic print
DimensionsImage: 9 × 9 in. (22.8 × 22.8 cm)
Sheet: 13 15/16 × 10 15/16 in. (35.4 × 27.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Morrie Camhi
Object number98.351
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Description


Louis Carlos Bernal created intimate portraits of Mexican American life throughout the Southwest, and in particular, in his home state of Arizona. Bernal often pointed his camera toward private spaces of religious or familial devotion, such as with Ernesto Villa’s home-made grotto, nestled between two cactuses adorned with colored lights. Bernal wrote, “My images speak of the religious and family ties that I have experienced as a Chicano. I have concerned myself with the mysticism of the Southwest and the strength of the spiritual and cultural values of the barrio. These images are made for the people I have photographed.”



ProvenanceMorrie Camhi, Petaluma, California; given to MFAH, 1998.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Signed in black ink, verso, lower left: Louis Carlos Bernal
Signed in black ink, verso, lower left: Louis Carlos Bernal

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