americas archive

 

Here is a selection of pictures from

The Forbidden Rainbow, my photo book on the legacy of 500 years of colonialism in the Americas, 

published by Serpent's Tail and first exhibited at the Photographers' Gallery in London in 1992.

The text, comprising an inspiring collection of essays and poems by leading Latin American and British writers, with an introduction by Eduardo Galeano, was edited by Amanda Hopkinson. 

It documents societies from the old and new worlds of Latin America focusing on the tensions created by the continent's economic and social imbalance. It highlights the plight of the homeless youth, the tremendous growth of the informal economy and surveys the political cycles and the patterns of migration from native ancestral lands to the edge of the cities, followed by a section on African-American religions. The book is now out of print, but still available through the  Amazon book store.