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We Been Here
by William Camargo
We Been Here depicts Anaheim, California, as a contested site, examining gentrification, colonized land, and Mexican, Chicanx, and Latinx histories. Camargo's work considers how Orange County's Anaheim is often portrayed through homogenous mythologies, demarcated by the entertainment resort Disneyland, and yet home to a brown working class. We Been Here enacts counterstories to challenge the erasure and mischaracterization of Latinx communities, revealing buried histories of oppression and disempowerment in the region contrasted by community activism. By centering the lived experiences of people of color, Camargo inserts the importance of photographic narratives to empower and rewrite dominant canons of lens-based practices, picturing Anaheim for whom it represents.
The publication features photography by William Camargo, an essay by Joseph Daniel Valencia, and poetry by Jesús Cortez and Jose García.
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Publication details:
Size: 10 in. x 8 in.
Page Count: 44
Format: Softcover
Binding: Singer sewn
Printing: Risograph (Yellow, Fluorescent Pink, Blue & Black) MZ790u
Paper Stock: 70 lb. Cougar Natural
Cover Material: Custom Silver screen print & Black Risograph
Endpapers: Custom Silver screen print & Black Risograph
Typefaces: VTC Carrie, Matrix II, Avenir & DIN
Published & Printed by Seaton Street Press 2022
Archival Images: Courtesy of Anaheim Heritage Center
Photography: William Camargo
Essay: Joseph Daniel Valencia
Poetry: Jose García & Jesús Cortez
Design: Lindsay Buchman
Editor: Lindsay Buchman
Binding: Sterling Finishing, Inc.
First Edition: 250
© WILLIAM CAMARGO
