Fotografica Productions

  Stories that Nurture the Human Spirit

FOTOGRAFICA PRODUCTIONS
 

FILM SCREENINGS   2019-2020

2024                  Lucas Museum of Narrative Art                Los Angeles

                                                                                                                                                                                      2019/2020         Gracie Mansion                                           New York City Mayor's Mansion  

                                                                                  

2020                  Foto Nostrum Gallery                                 Barcelona, Spain

                                                   

2020                  PS109  Gallery                                             99 Street bet 2nd & 3rd Ave, NYC 

                                                             

2019                  Caribbean Cultural Center                         East Harlem Art Park, NYC 

                                                   

2019                  El Museo del Barrio 50th Anniversary      New York City

                                                        

2018                  The Photo Review                                       Sarah Meister, MOMA curator 

                                               

2017/2018         Museum of Fine Arts                                  Houston, Texas 

                                               

2017/2018         Los Angeles County Museum of Art         Los Angeles, California

                                  

2017                  Smithsonian Museum of Art                      Museum Mall, Washington DC 

                          

2014                  El Museo del Barrio                                    New York City                                                                                                     

BOOKS

PHOTOGRAPHY SERVICES

   The Afro-Descendant Project - Puerto Rico
(watch trailer)http://livepage.apple.com/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFY2QbZhPeE&t=11sshapeimage_3_link_0

The War on Vieques                                                   https://vimeo.com/393604686/5641b6ae0f

Surgeons operate with cell phones Oct 2017

Mayor of San Juan, Loiza, P.R.  Sept, 2017

Toa Baja, a dear friend's community Sept 2017

Elderly in mountain communities, Oct 2017

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Loiza, Puerto Rico - December, 2017 Photos by Sylvia Calzada

March, 2018                                

Six months after the storm, deaf children          are less terrified of the night thanks to            your generous donation of  Solar Lights.


https://luminaid.com/pages/perladeleon


Every time we reach 250 lights, Luminaid ships to San Juan for distribution by friends and colleagues.

Arecibo, Puerto Rico, Photo by Carmen Velasco

Comerio, Puerto Rico, Photos by Ayala

Photos and  Blog by Perla de Leon   (click to view)http://lavoz-prcc.org/2018/04/puerto-rico-three-months-and-six-months-after-hurricane-maria/

S.O.S. from Elderly - March, 2018

POP-OP EXHIBITION

The Afro-Descendant Project - Puerto Rico  

Film Shorts

National Memorial for Peace and Justice         


https://vimeo.com/517609942                                                         

  Portraits

Fine Art Prints

Events

Interiors

 Puerto Rico Relief Efforts

London Radio      

THE INTERCEPT: The Battle for Paradise

Naomi Klein, March, 2018

https://theintercept.com/2018/03/20/puerto-rico-hurricane-maria-recovery/

Down These Mean Streets:

Community and Place in Urban Photography Smithsonian Museum of American Art, Washington DC / El Museo del Barrio, NYC          

44 female artists who lived and worked in

New York City from 1920-2020

January 2019 - January 2020

South Bronx Spirit  

Events

Available at Barnes  Noblehttps://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/home-so-different-so-appealing-chon-a-noriega/1125015586?ean=9780895511645&st=PLA&sid=BNB_ADL+Core+Generic+Books+-+Desktop+Medium&sourceId=PLAGoNA&dpid=tdtve346c&2sid=Google_c&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI5rCnjfOy5gIVLYNaBR2lPQm4EAYYASABEgKAPPD_BwE

Perla de Leon was born in New York City.

Perla received an MFA in photography at Brooklyn College and attended Columbia University's Graduate Film Director's Program. She taught photography and video production to High School and College students, curated Latin American photography exhibitions, produced training videos for the Board of Education and freelanced in a variety of crew positions in television and film production. Perla's work has been exhibited in museums in Mexico City, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Houston, Los Angeles, Barcelona and New York City and has been published in Germany and Brazil.                                                                                 

NY Times Review: Smithsonian Museum

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/26/arts/design/review-smithsonian-american-art-museum-latino-.html                                       

NYTimes Review
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/20/arts/design/art-by-women-at-gracie-mansion.htmlhttps://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/20/arts/design/art-by-women-at-gracie-mansion.htmlhttps://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/20/arts/design/art-by-women-at-gracie-mansion.htmlshapeimage_8_link_0

Barcelona, 2020

Photography Exhibitions

November 27- December 13, 2020

IN PROGRESS

CHAPEL OF GRATITUDE 

Gracie Mansion - NYC Mayor's Home built 1799

African Diaspora International Film Festival

© 1980 Perla de Leon

National Memorial for Peace and Justice

Decade of Fire

PBS and Documentary Film Festivals

©20O8 Perla de Leon All Rights Reserved

Home So Different, So Appealing

        

LACMA, Los Angeles

Museum of Fine Art, Houston                                                                         

© 2020 Perla de Leon

© 2020 Perla de Leon

© 2020 Perla de Leon

© 2020 Perla de Leon

I Am Honored to Meet You