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Title
A group of men and women socializing, Bogotá, Colombia, 1976
Creator
Cross, Richard, 1950-1983
Date Created and/or Issued
1976
Publication Information
California State University, Northridge
Contributing Institution
California State University, Northridge
Collection
Richard Cross Photographs (Bradley Center)
Rights Information
Use of images from the collections of the Tom & Ethel Bradley Center is strictly prohibited by law without prior written consent from the copyright holders. The responsibility for the use of these materials rests exclusively with the user.
The Bradley Center may assist in obtaining copyright/licensing permission to use images from the Richard Cross collection. http://www.csun.edu/bradley-center/contact
Description
A group of people, two women and five men, stand outside of an establishment as they talk in Bogotá. The men are all wearing hats. Two men stand at the entrance of the establishment. The second man from the left is holding a glass bottle while the other man has his hand up. There is a bottle next to his feet on the ground. There are two bicycles laying on the ground. The woman on the left is holding a bag and has her hair covered with a scarf. The woman on the right is holding a glass bottle. The woman on the right has her left hand on her forehead. On the wall of the establishment there is an advertisement for Coca-Cola. Bogotá is the capital of Colombia and serves as the country's adminsitrative, economic, industrial, and political center. Founded on August 6, 1539 as the capital of New Granada by Spaniard Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada following the brutal invasion and conquest of the Muisca Confederation and their territories, a political grouping of various individual indigenous groups that inhabited the area at the time. This in turn gave rise to the colonial period, which left, after three centuries of Spanish domination, various enduring and intersecting legacies in today's society in Colombia. Beginning in the 1960s, Colombia experienced crippling a period of chronic political instability, partisan hostility, social inequality and violence fueled by the rising guerrilla and narcotrafficking activity. During the 1970s, Colombia experienced a high of homicide and property crimes, a campaign of terror by narcotraffickers seeking to halt the extradition of associates to the United States for trial, government repression, a dwindling economy and loss of confidence in the national government, a period which has lasted well into this century.
Un grupo de personas, cinco hombres y dos mujeres, se observan parados afuera de un establecimiento mientras platican en Bogotá. Los hombres llevan sombreros. Sobre la entrada del establecimiento se observa a dos hombres parados. El segundo hombre desde la izquierda de la imagen sostiene una botella de vidrio mientras sostiene su mano al aire. Sobre el suelo a sus pies se observa una botella. Sobre el suelo se observan dos bicicletas tiradas. La mujer sobre la izquierda tiene el cabello tapado con un pañuelo y sostiene una bolsa. La mujer sobre la derecha tiene su mano izquierda sobre su frente. La mujer de la derecha sostiene una botella de vidrio. Sobre la pared del establecimiento se observa un letrero anunciando el refresco Coca-Cola. Bogotá es la capital de Colombia y sirve como el centro administrativo, económico, industrial, y polítco del país. El español Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada fundó Bogotá como la capital de la Nueva Granada el 6 de agosto de 1539. El conquistador manejó una invasión brutal, conquistando a la Confederación Muisca y sus territorios, una agrupación de diferentes grupos de indígenas que habitaban el área en ese momento. Con esto nació el periodo colonial, el cual dejó despúes de tres siglos de dominación española, varios legados duraderos que intersectan en la sociedad colombiana de hoy en día. Empezando en los años sesenta, Colombia sufrió un periodo de inestabilidad política, hostilidad partisana, inequidad social y violencia hecha en parte por la creciente actividad guerrillera y de narcotraficantes. durante los años setenta, Colombia sintió los estragos de una taza alta de homicidio y crímenes contra la propiedad, una campaña de terror por parte de narcotraficantes buscando impedir la extradición de sus socios a los Estados Unidos para ser enjuiciados, la represión del estado colombiano, una económia en declive, y la perdida de confianza hacia el gobierno. Este periodo, desafortunadamente, ha perdurado hasta el siglo XXI.
Type
image
Format
Photographs
image/jpeg
Black-and-white negatives
Extent
35 mm
Identifier
99.01.RCr.N35.B17.02.06.07
http://digital-collections.csun.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p17169coll1/id/6559
Subject
Village communities
Place
Bogotá (Colombia)
Relation
99.01.RCr.N35.B17.02.06.07.tif
Richard Cross Photographs
California State University Northridge. University Library. Special Collections & Archives. Tom & Ethel Bradley Center

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