Americanos Latino Life in the United States La Vida Latina en los Estados Unidos

The breathtaking portraits included in AmericanosÓ represent an effort to illuminate & celebrate the lives of Latinos in the U.S. Under the direction of actor & activist Edward James Olmos, more than 30 award-winning photographers fanned out across the country to capture life in Latino communities. The result is a panoramic vision of the U.S. today. With bilingual essays, poetry, & commentary from such figures as Carlos Fuentes & Maya Angelou, this book celebrates the diversity & energy of today's Latin-Amer. community through a wealth of nationalities -- Cuban, Panamanian, Puerto Rican, Mexican, Argentinean, & others. A bold self-portrait of a people bound together by a common Latin heritage & yet as varied as America itself.ÓOlmos, Edward J. is the author of 'Americanos Latino Life in the United States La Vida Latina en los Estados Unidos' with ISBN 9780756763367 and ISBN 0756763363.