Keith Dannemiller Guatemalan Mayan Refugees in Mexico Portfolio
Collection
Identifier: PICT-2019-013
Scope and Content
This portfolio consists of 12 black and white, 11x14 inch silver gelatin photographs made by Keith Dannemiller between 1991 and 1993. Photos depict daily life during and following the establishment of the Guatemalan Mayan refugee camp of Nueva Libertad in Chiapas, Mexico. The portfolio was published in 2019 and includes an artist's statement, certificate of authenticity, and essay by Verónica Ruiz Lagier.
Dates
- 1991-2019
- Majority of material found within 1991-1993
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Copy Restrictions
Limited duplication of CSWR material is allowed for research purposes. User is responsible for compliance with all copyright, privacy, and libel laws. Permission is required for publication or distribution. For more information see the Photographs and Images Research Guide and contact the Pictorial Archivist.
Biographical and Historical Information
Photojournalist, Keith Dannemiller, has a degree in Biochemistry from Vanderbilt University. After a few years working in this field at UC San Francisco, Dannemiller changed careers and became a freelance editorial photographer. He worked for national and international publications, including Time, Newsweek, Business Week, New York Times, Vanity Fair, National Geographic, Al Jazeera. Dannemiller has lived in Mexico City for more than 3 decades. His focus has been on photographing projects of social importance. His works are often exhibited in Mexico City.
Source: Lenscratch, 2016
Soon after Dannemiller’s first visit to the Cieneguita refugee camp in Chiapas, Mexico (January 1991), some of the inhabitants moved to and became residents of a new refugee community, Nuevo Libertad, also called, El Colorado. These refugees all hoped to return as a group and settle collectively in Guatemala. Dannemiller returned numerous times to photograph at Nueva Libertad, documenting daily life and the construction of a new Guatemalan community on foreign soil in Mexico.
Source: Lenscratch, 2016
Soon after Dannemiller’s first visit to the Cieneguita refugee camp in Chiapas, Mexico (January 1991), some of the inhabitants moved to and became residents of a new refugee community, Nuevo Libertad, also called, El Colorado. These refugees all hoped to return as a group and settle collectively in Guatemala. Dannemiller returned numerous times to photograph at Nueva Libertad, documenting daily life and the construction of a new Guatemalan community on foreign soil in Mexico.
Extent
12 items (1 box) : portfolio with 12 photographic prints ; prints: 11 x 14 in.
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This portfolio consists of 12 black and white, 11x14 inch, silver gelatin photographs made by Keith Dannemiller between 1991 and 1993. Photos depict daily life during the establishment of the refugee camp of Nueva Libertad, Chiapas, Mexico. The portfolio was published in 2019 and includes an artist's statement, certificate of authenticity, and essay by Verónica Ruiz Lagier.
Physical Location
B2. Filed by Pictorial Number.
- Title
- Finding Aid of the Keith Dannemiller Guatemalan Mayan Refugees in Mexico Portfolio, 1991-2019
- Status
- Edited Full Draft
- Author
- B. Silbergleit
- Date
- © 2020
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is in English
Revision Statements
- Monday, 20210524: Attribute normal is missing or blank.
Repository Details
Part of the UNM Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections Repository
Contact:
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451
cswrref@unm.edu
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451
cswrref@unm.edu