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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

Creator

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.

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