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 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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POLITICO: How Trump favored Texas over Puerto Rico
thttps://www.politico.com/story/2018/03/27/donald-trump-fema-hurricane-maria-response-480557
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.
Comerio, Puerto Rico, Photos by Ayala
S.O.S. from Elderly - March, 2018
POP-OP EXHIBITION
The Afro-Descendant Project - Puerto Rico
Film Shorts
Portraits
Fine Art Prints
Events
Interiors
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
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
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
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Home So Different, So Appealing
LACMA, Los Angeles
Museum of Fine Art, Houston
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© 2020 Perla de Leon
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