Akito Tsuda Project - Photography Workshop, Chicago Public Library at Humboldt Park Branch, May 24, 2023 sponsored by the Chicago Public Library Foundation.
Akito Tsuda ( 津 田 明 人 , Tsuda Akito, born 1966 in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka) is a Japanese photographer.[1] Tsuda has published works focused on subjects in Chicago, Osaka, and Tokyo. His work has been exhibited in Japan, Italy, and the United States. He has been recognized for his work documenting the Latino residents of the Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago in the early 1990s. Thanks Maria Maia for the photographs of the workshop!
PILSEN — Harold Washington Library is now home to a collection of 88 photos of Pilsen in the early ’90s that were captured by Japanese photographer Akito Tsuda.
These photos have been hailed by the Pilsen community as an important reminder of the neighborhood’s history as a working class, Mexican-American neighborhood, even in the face of recent gentrification. Tsuda’s snaps include candid shots of children playing in the streets, domestic activities and old storefronts. Madison Savedra 8:00 AM CST on Jan 11, 2022
