Latin American Review of Books

Latin American Review of Books

A thousand words

Por Siempre, José Olivarez and Antonio Salazar, reviewed by Gavin O'Toole

Latin American Review of Books
Nov 16, 2023
∙ Paid

Por Siempre, José Olivarez and Antonio Salazar, 2023, Haymarket Books

The celebrated editor Arthur Brisbane coined a phrase that has stood the test of time: a picture, he noted, is “worth a thousand words”. 

The same can be said of Por Siempre, whose photographs comprise an eloquent statement about the Latino community that helps to explain its enduring f…

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