Central America (U.S. domestic support), prints (volume 2 of 2)

Creator:

Finkle, Harvey (creator, photographer)

Date:

1980; 1990; 2000

Description:

Black-and-white photographic prints depicting demonstrations and protests related to human rights in Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, and Mexico. Prints feature portraits and candid photographs related to the School of the Americas (now known as the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation, or WHINSEC), the United States involvement in South America. The Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (WHINSEC), formerly known as the School of the Americas, is a United States Department of Defense school (renamed in the 2001 National Defense Authorization Act) responsible for providing professional education and training on the context of the democratic principles in the Charter of the Organization of American States. Harvey Finkle (born March 28, 1934) is a self-taught documentary still photographer and photojournalist who has documented social, economic, cultural, and political issues across the city of Philadelphia, the United States, and the world. Finkle's work largely focuses on activism relating to historically underrepresented communities, including people living on low income, unhoused/unsheltered/houseless people/people experiencing homelessness, refugees, immigrants, and disabled people.

Provenance:

Gifts of Harvey Finkle, 2020 and 2021.

Subject:

Activism; Central America; Demonstrations; Guatemalans; Hondurans; Human rights; Social rights; Mexicans; Nicaraguans; Salvadorans; Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (U.S.); Philadelphia (Pa.); Washington (D.C.)

Resource Type:

Still Image

Form/Genre:

black-and-white prints (photographs)

Geographic Subject:

Central America; Philadelphia (Pa.); Washington (D.C.)

Related Place:

Philadelphia (Pa.); Washington (D.C.)

Rights:

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/deed.en

Rights Note:

The contents of the "Harvey Finkle photographs," an archival collection of photographic material created by Harvey Finkle, of which this volume of digitized images is a part, is held at the University of Pennsylvania: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts and is licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0.

Notes:

All photographs taken by Harvey Finkle. The front and back of each black-and-white photographic print has been scanned. In some cases, pertinent information is written or inscribed on the back of the prints that is not reflected in the description of this volume of photographs.

Physical Location:

Ms. Coll. 1531, Box 3, Folder 1

Collection:

Harvey Finkle photographs