Jack DelanoPassive Voice Exercise

Prof. Myrna Monllor Jiménez

English 112

copyright©2010 Myrna Monllor Jiménez

Who was Jack Delano?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gktmSzV0F0

The 1953 Puerto Rican film “Los Peloteros” is considered a classic of Puerto Rican film history.It was directed by Jack Delano. The film’s music was also composed by Delano. “Los Peloteros” was filmed in Comerío, Puerto Rico. It was shot using real children from the town.

Jack Delano is considered the most important photographer who documented life in Puerto Rico in the 1940’s. However, Jack Delano was not Puerto Rican, he was born in Ukraine in 1914. He was sent to Puerto Rico in the 1940’s as part of his work for the Farm Security Administration.

Delano’s family emigrated to the United States in 1923. When he was a young man, he was awarded a scholarship to the Pennsylvania Academy of fine arts where he studied graphic arts, photography, and music.

When he started working for the Farm Security Administration, he was impressed with the work of other talented photographers like Dorothea Lange and Gordon Parks. The social and working conditions of the people of the USA, Puerto Rico and the Virgin islands were documented through his pictures.

Delano was so fascinated by Puerto Rico, that he moved to the island with his wife, Irene, in 1946. The couple became friends of Luis Muñoz Marín, the governor of Puerto Rico at the time, and Pablo Casals.

In 1949 the Puerto Rico Division of Community Education was created. Seven films were produced and directed by Delano. The films’ music was also composed by the artist. In 1957 he was appointed director of WIPR television.

Many books about Puerto were illustrated by Jack Delano. During his lifeon the island, he demonstrated his love for us through the music, films, andphotographs he was inspired to create. The following photographs were taken by Delano in the 1940’s.

1942 Sugar Cane Worker

1947 Pledging Allegiance to the American FlagCorozal, PR

1942 In the huge slum area

Jibaro Players

Disembark

1942 El Fanguito

1941 Rosa OrtízDorado, PR

1941 Women working at the Needlework FactorySanturce, PR

1942 Santurce Street Vendor

1938 Typical Kitchen of Jíbaro House

1941 Preparing lunch in Manatí

1946 Woman and child aboard a train

1946 Passengers aboard a train near Mayagüez

1941 Houses in slumOrocovis, PR

1941 Manatí

1941 Son of a farmerCaguas, PR

1941 Street in San Juan

BibliographyShorpy, always something interesting http://www.shorpy.com/jack-delano-photos

Museum of Contemporary Photographyhttp://www.mocp.org/collections/permanentdelano_jack.php

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Jack_Delano

Obituary, New York Timeshttp://www.nytimes.com/1997/08/15/arts/jack-delano-83-depicted-thedepression.html?pagewanted=1

Fundación Luis Muñoz Marínhttp://www.flmm.com/pags_nuevas_folder/exhibiciones_folderdelano_folder/delano.html