Photographs By UC Santa Cruz Students Exhibited At Louden Nelson

SANTA CRUZ, CA–Photographs by seven UC Santa Cruz students will be exhibited at the Louden Nelson Community Center from May 5 through May 30. The show is titled "Photographic Journeys, 1996," and features works by students in UCSC’s Division of Social Sciences. The exhibit is free and open to the public. The community center is located at 301 Center Street in Santa Cruz and is open 8 a.m.-10 p.m. daily.

The photographs represent work completed during class projects and field studies, and all are related to social sciences themes, says Jon Kersey, director of the Social Sciences Media Lab at UCSC, which is sponsoring the show.

Listed below are the names of students, their class standing and majors, and a brief description of their work.

Kristiana Elite, senior, anthropology: photographs from her six- month project with Latino students at Santa Cruz High School, titled "Los Estudiantes de Santa Cruz High."

Paul Myers, senior, anthropology: photographs of workers.

Rene Ortega, senior, anthropology: photographs taken on both sides of the California-Mexico border show the diversity of Mexican and Mexican American/Chicano people.

Susan Pratte, senior, community studies: photographs taken during Pratte’s work with the Santa Cruz Needle Exchange make up her senior project, which is a work in progress.

Eva Rubin, junior, community studies: photographs of labor camps in Watsonville.

Larry Tanikawa, senior, psychology: photographs of Santa Cruz Guitar Company.

Inga Vintimilla, senior, Latin American and Latino studies: photographs from her field study in Cuenca, Ecuador, where Vintimilla studied community services provided by the church.