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Photos from the Field

The Research Center for the Americas welcomes photos that our affiliates and friends have taken during their research and travels and at our own events. Select any of the images below to view our slideshow.

  • Detail of mural, Cypress Park, Los Angeles, CA. Photo by Adrián Félix.
  • Graffiti, Chiapas, Mexico. Photo by Cecilia M. Rivas.
  • Palms/Cocos, Costa del Sol, El Salvador. Photo by Cecilia M. Rivas.
  • Immigration Reform Rally, October 2013. Photo by Shannon Gleeson
  • Justice for Mercado Workers. Photo by Shannon Gleeson.
  • Sign for International Refugee Tribunal at encampment of African immigrants, Berlin, Germany.
  • Flags at Castillo San Felipe del Morro, "El Morro," San Juan, Puerto Rico.
  • Mural with plants, birds and butterflies reading "Nuestro Jardín/Our Garden."
  • Charro jumping through a lasso, Olvera Street, Los Angeles, CA.
  • View of downtown Medellín, Colombia.
  • Revelers at the Festival Internacional de Teatro, Bogotá, Colombia.
  • La Candelaria, Bogotá, Colombia.
  • Plaza de Bolívar, Bogotá, Colombia.
  • 2014 Women's Day March, Medellín, Colombia.
  • Candies, Bosque de Chapultepec, Mexico City.
  • Advertisement for le Poulet Fajita de Subway in the Paris Metro.
  • Taco truck parked outside the Centre Pompidou, Paris, France.
  • Restaurant Mexicain, Paris, France. Photo by Jennifer González.
  • Gringo's Mexican Restaurant, Roksilde, Denmark. Photo by Eric Porter.
  • Wahaca, London, UK. Photo by Eric Porter.
  • Chicano's, Amsterdam, Holland. Photo by Catherine S. Ramírez.
  • Tio Pepe, Amsterdam, Holland. Photo by Catherine S. Ramírez.
  • La Margarita, Amsterdam, Holland. Photo by Catherine S. Ramírez.
  • Rosa Negra, Comida Mexicana, Madrid, Spain. Photo by Catherine S. Ramírez.
  • Pinto Mexican Street Food, Glasgow, UK.
  • Taxi driving past Topolobamba, Glasgow, UK.
  • Taco Mazama, Glasgow, UK.
  • Advertisement for KFC Burritos, Glasgow Central Station, UK.
  • Mission Burrito, Oxford, UK. Photo by Catherine S. Ramírez.
  • Mi Casa Burritos, Victoria Station, London, UK. Photo by Catherine S. Ramírez.
  • Freebird Burritos, London, UK. Photo by Catherine S. Ramírez.
  • Couple sitting outside DF/Mexico-Modern Mexican Diner, London, UK.
  • Lupita Mexico City Cuisine, London, UK.
  • Chilango, London, UK. Photo by Catherine S. Ramírez.
  • La Favorita, Zürich, Switzerland. Photo by Jacquelyn Powell.
  • Chulos Mexican Food and Bar, Lima, Peru. Photo by Sylvanna Falcón.
  • Mexican Food, El Congo, Departamento de Santa Ana, El Salvador.
  • Spanglish Kitchen Restaurant.
  • May Day 2014 Marcha, San José, CA. Photo by Shannon Gleeson.
  • No Más Deportaciones. Photo by Shannon Gleeson.
  • Merecemos Reforma Migratoria. Photo by Shannon Gleeson.
  • For Mothers Who Have Been Deported. Photo by Shannon Gleeson.
  • Catherine Ramírez, Ana Diaz, George Blumenthal and Kelly Weisberg
  • No Habana Outpost, New Orleans, LA. Photo by Kirsten Silva Gruesz.
  • Mural in Pilsen, Chicago.
  • Monument to the migrant, Jerez, Zacatecas, Mexico.
  • Monument to Pancho Villa, Zacatecas, Mexico.
  • Naturalization Ceremony, San Jose, CA.
  • Sonic the Hedgehog and signs for money transfer.
  • Haircut in Apartment Lobby, Santiago de Cuba.
  • Drums in the Street, Santiago de Cuba.
  • Blue car, Santiago de Cuba. Photo by Lewis Watts.
  • Fishermen on the Malecón, La Habana, Cuba.
  • Workers in a strawberry field, Central Coast, California.
  • Sculpture of man on bench with bird, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Photo by Cecilia M. Rivas.
  • Mural of Che Guevara, Cienfuegos, Cuba.
  • Nail Salon, Cienfuegos, Cuba.
  • Eclectic merchandise at La Barata, Trinidad, Cuba.
  • Protest against the Disappearance of 43 Students, Monterrey, Mexico.
  • Statue outside the headquarters of the Policía Bancaria e Industrial,, Mexico City.
  • Officers posing at a security exposition, Guadalajara, Mexico.
  • Screens at a surveillance center at the Secretaria de Justicia Municipal, Guadalajara, Mexico. Photo by Logan Puck.. Photo by Logan Puck.
  • Warehouse with faded letters reading Paradiso, Los Banos, California.
  • Mural of ants at a FOL Cultural Center, San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina.
  • Unused, painted machine at IMPA, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
  • Protestors outside the Ministry of Labor, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
  • AGTCAP (Union Association of Cooperative, Self-Managed & Casualized Workers) poster, Claypole, Argentina.
  • Front door of IMPA, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
  • Papier-mâché calavera with camera.
  • Collective Círculo 21 Mural, Juchitán de Zaragoza, Mexico. Photo by Candy Martinez.
  • Muralists at Work, Foro Ecológico, Juchitán de Zaragoza, Mexico. Photo by Candy Martinez.
  • Mural, Casa de Cultura de Tehuantepec, Mexico. Photo by Candy Martinez.
  • Tehuantepec Dress, Casa de Cultura de Tehuantepec, Mexico. Photo by Candy Martinez.
  • Tabaré Vázquez, President of Uruguay, and Eric Crosbie, 2014-15 CLRC Mini-grant Recipient.
  • "Danger" sign at Lago de Coatepeque, Santa Ana, El Salvador.
  • Delivery motorcycle parked on the street, Santa Ana, El Salvador.
  • Sign prohibiting immoral acts and alcohol consumption, El Congo, Departamento de Santa Ana, El Salvador.
  • Sylvanna Falcón at Lugar de la Memoria, Lima, Peru.
  • El Ojo Que Llora, memorial to victims of terrorism in Peru, 1980-2000, Lima, Peru.
  • Rocks with names of victims of terrorism inscribed on them, El Ojo Que Llora, Lima, Peru.
  • Fake hands with fake nails, Los Angeles, CA.
  • Mural of migrants with amputated limbs at shelter, Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico.
  • View of the Guadalquivir River, Seville, Spain.
  • Tent, house and community center for refugees, Calais, France.
  • Men working on fence at the port of Calais, France.
  • Tent with clothesline, Calais, France.
  • Clay hand with 540% button.
  • 2015-16 CLRC Undergraduate Research Apprentices working at a table.
  • Marquee at Rio Theatre.
  • Oscar Martinez, Marcela Zamora, George Blumenthal, Sheldon Kamieniecki, Catherine Ramirez and Pat Zavella at the Rio Theatre. Photo by KurtzPhoto.
  • UCSC Latin American and Latino Studies Department faculty with Chancellor George Blumenthal & Dean Sheldon Kamieniecki at the Rio Theatre. Photo by KurtzPhoto.
  • CLRC-LALS reception at the Rio Theatre, April 28, 2016.
  • Jennifer Gonzalez and Gabriela Arredondo at the Rio Theatre.
  • Felicity Amaya Schaeffer, Sylvanna Falcon, Jessica Taft and Adrian Felix at the Rio Theatre.
  • Catherine Ramirez speaking at the podium at the Rio Theatre.
  • Pat Zavella speaking at the podium at the Rio Theatre.
  • Marcela Zamora, Lourdes Arellano Perez, John Leanos and Cecilia Rivas at the Rio Theatre.
  • Marcela Zamora, Lourdes Arellano Pérez, John Leaños & Cecilia Rivas at the Rio Theatre.
  • Marcela Zamora at the Rio Theatre.
  • Members of the audience applauding at the Rio Theatre.
  • Marcela Zamora speaking to a member of the audience at the Rio Theatre.
  • Oscar Martinez signing copies of "The Beast" for fans at the Merrill Cultural Center. Photo by Melissa De Witte.
  • Jennifer Gonzalez, Oscar Martinez, Catherine Ramirez and Lewis Watts at Merrill College.
  • Jackie Powell and the sign for the Rethinking Migration conference at the UCSC Barn.
  • Students toasting at "Rethinking Migration" conference, Merrill Cultural Center.g
  • Vicente Lovelace with name tags, Merrill Cultural Center.
  • Wanda Alarcón, Cindy Cruz, and Alicia Schmidt Camacho at the Merrill Cultural Center.
  • Rhacel Parreñas and Catherine Ramírez at the Merrill Cultural Center.
  • Panel on labor and precarity, "Rethinking Migration" conference, Merrill Cultural Center.
  • Shannon Gleeson and Veronica Terriquez at the Merrill Cultural Center.
  • Sarah Swider, Marcel Paret, and Steve McKay discussing labor and precarity.
  • Alina Fernandez and Karina Hurtado at the Merrill Cultural Center.
  • Cindy Cruz, Felicity Amaya Schaeffer, Catherine Ramírez, Alicia Schmidt Camacho, and Lisa Marie Cacho.
  • Rachel Lewis, Elsy Rivas, and Karla Cativo at "Rethinking Migration."
  • Marcia Ochoa at the Merrill Cultural Center.
  • Cecilia Rivas, Susan Coutin, Daniel Kanstroom, and Catherine Ramírez at the Merrill Provost House.
  • What We Do to the Mountain, We Do to Ourselves.
  • Pan dulce in a bakery window.
  • Precita Eyes mural.
  • Virgin of Guadalupe mural, San Francisco.
  • Teresa Mora and Alina Fernandez with CLRC Archive boxes.
  • Teresa Mora loading boxes into a van.
  • Mural of linked hands and famous US and Mexican leaders.
  • Mural of serpent and eagle and creation of codex.
  • Alma Villa accepting award from Dean Sheldon Kamieniecki.
  • Del Golfo al Pacífico photo exhibit at Centro Cultural Gabriel García Márquez, Bogotá, Colombia.
  • Del Golfo al Pacífico photo exhibit at Centro Cultural Gabriel García Márquez, Bogotá, Colombia.
  • Temple Talmud Torah, Boyle Heights.
  • Detail of Temple Talmud Torah behind a wire fence.
  • Synagogue-cum-bazaar.
  • Alicia Schmidt Camacho with members of Borders, Bodies & Violence research cluster.
  • María Elena Casado with UC Santa Cruz faculty at Mundos de Mujeres conference.
  • Jars of peach preserves, Sierra de Juárez, Oaxaca, Mexico.
  • Reflection in window at Guelatao Library, Guelatao, Oaxaca, Mexico.
  • Centro de Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico.
  • La Jícara Librespacio Cultural, Oaxaca, Mexico.
  • Mural of Cesar Chavez and Óscar Romero below redwoods.
  • Mural of water fountains.
  • Sculpture at Border Cantos, San Jose Museum of Art.
  • Eyes and disabled parking logo on wall at Live Oak Market.
  • Judi Wertheim's Brinco Cross-Trainer (2005) at the Oakland Museum of California. Photo by Catherine S. Ramírez.
  • Refugees Welcome, Freiburg, Germany. Photo by Jacquelyn Powell.
  • Nathaniel Deutsch at the Santa Cruz Women's March, January 21, 2017. Photo by Catherine S. Ramírez.
  • Mural at Beach Flats Park, Santa Cruz, CA.
  • Sign reading "Ni santa, ni puta--solo mujer."
  • Woman putting keffiyeh on. Photo by Alma del Pueblo.
  • Sign reading "Respeta mi existencia o espera resistencia."
  • Woman pushing shopping cart on Oakland street.
  • Mural in South Central Los Angeles of person with iPhone.
  • Mural of face, chile, and hand.
  • Gondola on Lake Merritt, Oakland, California.
  • Detained and disappeared people.
  • Mural of woman holding box over her head reading "MIGRA."
  • Men's faces in "Soldados Mexicanos," by Alfredo Ramos Martínez, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City. Photo by Candy Martinez.
  • Placard about memory, Museo de la Memoria Indómita, Mexico City. Photo by Candy Martinez.
  • Collection of protest pamphlets in response to the disappearance of Mexican nationals, Museo de la Memoria Indómita, Mexico City. Photo by Candy Martinez.
  • Irena Polic and Catherine Ramírez dressed alike.
  • Jackie Powell and Juan Dávila working on laptops.
  • Table with diners seated around it.
  • Buffet at the Cowell Provost House
  • Morgan Bostic, Vicente Lovelace and Katherine Tello enjoying dinner.
  • Alma Villa, Beatriz Torres and Karina Hurtado enjoying dinner.
  • Ranfla colorada.