Description

Mateo Zapata utilizes poems, interviews, and more, interspersed throughout this gathering of photos, to record one of the most pivotal years in recent history. Within these pages are joy and exhaustion, blank stares and warm smiles, masked
faces and fists in the air. United Streets de América documents communities of color at the intersection of a public health crisis and racial reckoning, and the powerful potential therein. Zapata’s work is a reminder that hollow gestures of solidarity mean
little without sincere action behind them—action that insists on, lifts up, and defends the humanity in ourselves and in others.
Born in Bogotá, Colombia and raised in Pilsen, MATEO ZAPATA is an artist, photojournalist, and activist. In the last decade, he has worked in media production and organizing, with a focus on funding education for undocumented students. He serves as an advocate for the visibility of his community through photographs and public art displayed across Chicago.

978-1-64259-836-0 • 120 pages