There is a lot to say about photographer Pedro E. Guerrero.
Yet little has been said - your MesaZona blogger wants to make sure you recognize a talent from Mesa now getting the overdue recognition he deserves and overcoming obstacles that, hopefully, we've turned the pages over for fair and equal rights.
Growing up in “Mexican only” schools in Arizona, Guerrero was not a stranger to segregation or social injustice – something that would manifest itself in the latter part of his career – but he also did not allow those injustices to keep him down.
Information from this link La Voz Colorado >
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| Pedro Guerrero, age 95 |
Mr. Guerrero was born in Casa Grande, Ariz., on Sept. 5, 1917, to Rosaura and Pedro W. Guerrero, and grew up in Mesa, Ariz., where his father established a sign painting business. He attended the Mexican-only Webster School until the fourth grade and graduated from Mesa Union High School.
When discussing photography names such as Mario Testino (Vogue, Vanity Fair), Steve McCury (National Geographic) and Annie Leibovitz (Rolling Stone) are a few of the more talked-about individuals. They, however, never had the opportunity to chronicle the artistry of Frank Lloyd Wright, Alexander Calder and Louise Nevelson.
Pedro E. Guerrero did have that opportunity and now the Mesa, Arizona native will have his story told on the PBS’s American Masters series and Latino Public Broadcasting’s VOCES series.
Mesa Arts Center, VOCES and PBS American Masters collaborate in home-town honors
Film Screening Preview of Pedro E. Guerrero: A Photographer's Journey
Wednesday, Sept 9, 2015 (7pm)
A special co-presentation of VOCES and American Masters
Tickets are FREE and Limited
Click here to reserve your ticket or contact Box Office at 480-644-6500.
Piper Repertory Theater
Wednesday, Sept 9, 2015 (7pm)
A special co-presentation of VOCES and American Masters
Tickets are FREE and Limited
Click here to reserve your ticket or contact Box Office at 480-644-6500.
Piper Repertory Theater
Opening Reception
Friday, Sept 11, 2015 (6-11pm)
FREE and Open to the Public
• Artists in Attendance
• Cash Bar
• Artists in Attendance
• Cash Bar
• Season Kick-Off Activities on Mesa Arts Center Campus
More extensive details about his life can be found in this link to his obituary
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