Noé Montes proves it’s never too late to become an artist - Bullseye with Jesse Thorn

Описание: Noé Montes is a photographer based in Los Angeles.

Montes was born in Modesto, California. His parents worked on farms, and he remembers moving around the Southwest as the seasons changed.

His work as a photographer often documents migrant farmworker communities like the one he grew up with. Most photographs about migrant farmworking ignore the workers and focus on the challenges of the job. Montes' photographs show these people … as people.

Montes' work extends beyond portraits of farmworkers. He's made incredible work in studio, landscapes and some truly breathtaking street photography.

Montes joins Bullseye to talk about what it was like starting a career in photography as a middle-aged adult. He also talks about the importance of telling a story through his subjects and photographs.

If you live in Southern California, you can see some of that work at the Riverside Art Museum. His solo show "Noé Montes: Regional History" is running now through April 19.


00:00 Intro
00:33 Photography beginnings
05:33 Cuyama valley photo project
10:52 Photographing farmworkers
23:27 Chicano and Mexican American art
30:31 Noé's approach to photography
33:26 Outro


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