BRINGING SHADOW INTO LIGHT: AL RENDÓN - San Antonio Book Festival
April 13, 2024

BRINGING SHADOW INTO LIGHT: AL RENDÓN

  • 11:00 am - 11:45 am
  •    |   Location of Session: Festival Room
  • Adult Sessions
  • Start of Signing: 12:00 pm
  •    |   Signing Location: Festival Marketplace

About the Event

For over five decades, acclaimed photographer Al Rendón has been documenting the culture of south-central Texas. Mi Cultura: Bringing Shadow into Light captures a wide array of commercial and art photography, including his famed portrait work, charreadas, concerts, immigrant food culture, the 2022 school shooting in Uvalde, and the effects COVID-19 on already challenged communities.

About the Author

Al Rendón - The San Antonio Book Festival Photo Credit: Courtesy of Al Rendón

Al Rendón

Al Rendón is a commercial and art photographer working in South-Central Texas. His photographs have been exhibited throughout the United States, Latin America, and China and have been featured in 14 books, as well as on the covers of People and Newsweek. Four of his photographs, including portraits of Selena, are in the National Portrait Gallery. A retrospective exhibition of Rendón’s 50-year career is currently on display at The Witte Museum. The exhibition also includes a re-creation of a darkroom with Rendón’s darkroom equipment, inviting museum-goers to explore the process used to develop photographs, and his personal collection of cameras and press passes used throughout his career. He lives in San Antonio, Texas. His latest book is Mi Cultura: Bringing Shadow into Light.

Moderator

Claudia Guerra

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