Young Americanos Virtual Gallery

Photographs have an ability to tell a story unlike any other medium. Through photographs we not only see images... we are able to hear, smell, taste and feel the people and the places captured by the photographer.

In this virtual gallery, you are able to explore selected photographs from the Americanos travelling exhibition. As you view these outstanding photographs, we invite you to use all of your senses to truly experience the wonder of what the images reveal.

AMERICANOS, a project of Olmos Productions, Inc., has been organized by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service and the Smithsonian Center for Latino Initiatives. The exhibition has been made possible through the generous support of Time Warner Inc. and U.S. West. Additional support has been provided by Farmers Insurance.

Companion Book:
Americanos: Latino Life in the United States, Edward James Olmos, Lea Ybarra, Manuel Monterrey, Little, Brown and Company, Boston, New York, London, 1999

Companion CD:
Americanos: Latino Life in the United States - A Musical Celebration, Atlantic Records

Left:
Marc Anthony at Madison Square Garden, New York
Rita Rivera

Right:
Celia Cruz, queen of salsa music, with her husband, Conductor Pedro Knight.
Alexis Rodriguez-Duarte

Left:
Police Officer Lisa Demetriou and her son at the Puerto Rican Day Parade.
Rita Rivera

Right:
Carolina Bernal, 8, of the Knight Moves Chess Club ponders her next move.
Antonio Perez

Left:
Xavier Becerra, graduate of Stanford Law School, is an attorney and Democratic Congressman from California.
Hector Emanuel

Left:
Rabbi Michael Azose, religious leader for one hundred fifty Sephardic Jewish families of Hispanic ancestry.
Antonio Perez

Left:
Carolina Hererra, internationally renown fashion designer. New York
Alexis Rodriguez-Duarte

Left:
Ramona Sandoval, 80, spends a light moment with her grandaughter, Jasmine Zubia in Boyle Heights.
Genaro Molina