Aperture at Tucson Festival of Books
Fairs
Aperture at Tucson Festival of Books
Saturday, March 15 - Sunday, March 16
10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. MDT
Join Aperture and the Center for Creative Photography at the Tucson Festival of Books. Initiated in 2009 on the campus of the University of Arizona, the festival is offered free of charge as an initiative to improve literacy rates among children and adults.
Elizabeth Ferrer, guest curator for Louis Carlos Bernal: Retrospectiva at the Center for Creative Photography, will present a book talk on Louis Carlos Bernal: Monografía (Aperture, 2024), moderated by Rebecca Senf, the Center’s chief curator.
Aperture’s booth will feature the spring issue of the magazine, as well as our latest books, including titles by Louis Carlos Bernal, Arielle Bobb-Willis, Maurice Berger, and Paul Mpagi Sepuya, plus classic bestsellers.
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Schedule of Events:
Saturday, March 15
- 11:30 a.m. – 12:25 p.m.: Elizabeth Ferrer, “Let’s Focus on Louis Carol Bernal”
- 2:30 p.m. – 3:25 p.m.: Elizabeth Ferrer Prisca Rodríguez, Cynthia Pelayo, Sandra Velasquez, “Powerhouse Chingonas Unite”
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Image: Louis Carlos Bernal, Martinez Brothers in Candy Store, Douglas, Arizona, 1978; from Louis Carlos Bernal: Monografía (Aperture, 2024). © Lisa Bernal Brethour and Katrina Bernal. Courtesy Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona: Gift of the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund
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