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Stories and Photographs by David Bacon

Thursday, November 12, 2026

BECOMING A MOVEMENT PHOTOGRAPHER - UCLA Labor Center Interview - Part One

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BECOMING A MOVEMENT PHOTOGRAPHER - UCLA Labor Center Interview - Part One Janna Shadduck-Hernandez, project director at the UCLA Labor Cente...
Thursday, November 5, 2026

photos from the edge 49 - ¡CUAUHTEMOC CARDENAS PRESENTE!

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photos from the edge 49 - ¡CUAUHTEMOC CARDENAS PRESENTE! By David Bacon Foreign Policy in Focus, 11/3/26 https://fpif.org/remembering-mexica...
Wednesday, October 28, 2026

photos from the edge 48 - REMEMBERING DOLORES HUERTA

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photos from the edge 48 - REMEMBERING DOLORES HUERTA By David Bacon Barn Raiser, 10/29/26 https://barnraisingmedia.com/remembering-dolore...
Sunday, October 25, 2026

CREATING AND PRESERVING POLITICAL ART IN SAN FRANCISCO'S BALMY ALLEY

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CREATING AND PRESERVING POLITICAL ART IN SAN FRANCISCO'S BALMY ALLEY By David Bacon American Community Media - Oct 24, 2026 https://amer...
Tuesday, October 20, 2026

photos from the edge 47 - YOUNG WORKERS IN LOS ANGELES

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photos from the edge 47 - YOUNG WORKERS IN LOS ANGELES Photos by David Bacon Marjorie Henandez is a longtime janitor at the UCLA Downtown La...
Wednesday, October 14, 2026

photos from the edge 46 - AS GROWERS SOW DIVISION, FARMWORKERS CHOOSE SOLIDARITY

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photos from the edge 46 - AS GROWERS SOW DIVISION, FARMWORKERS CHOOSE SOLIDARITY By David Bacon https://barnraisingmedia.com/as-growers-sow-...
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David Bacon is a California writer and documentary photographer. A former union organizer, today he documents labor, the global economy, war and migration, and the struggle for human rights. His latest book, In the Fields of the North / En los campos del norte (COLEF / UC Press, 2017) includes over 300 photographs and 12 oral histories of farm workers. Other books include The Right to Stay Home (Beacon Press, 2013).and Illegal People (Beacon Press, 2008), which discuss alternatives to forced migration and the criminalization of migrants. Communities Without Borders (Cornell/ILR Press, 2006) includes over 100 photographs and 50 narraatives about transnational migrant communities, and The Children of NAFTA (UC Press, 2004) is an account of worker resistance on the US/Mexico border in the wake of NAFTA.
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