1. Jack Delano Passive Voice Exercise Prof. Myrna Monllor Jiménez English 112 copyright©2010 Myrna Monllor Jiménez

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. 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.

6. 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.

7. 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.

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

9. 1942 Sugar Cane Worker

10. 1947 Pledging Allegiance to the American Flag Corozal, PR

11. 1942 In the huge slum area

12. Jibaro Players

13. Disembark

15. 1942 El Fanguito

16. 1941 Rosa Ortíz Dorado, PR

17. 1941 Women working at the Needlework Factory Santurce, PR

18. 1942 Santurce Street Vendor

19. 1938 Typical Kitchen of Jíbaro House

20. 1941 Preparing lunch in Manatí

21. 1946 Woman and child aboard a train

22. 1946 Passengers aboard a train near Mayagüez

23. 1941 Houses in slum Orocovis, PR

24. 1941 Manatí

25. 1941 Son of a farmer Caguas, PR

26. 1941 Street in San Juan

27. Bibliography Shorpy, always something interesting http://www.shorpy.com/jack-delano-photos Museum of Contemporary Photography http://www.mocp.org/collections/permanent delano_jack.php http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Jack_Delano Obituary, New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/1997/08/15/arts/jack-delano-83-depicted-the depression.html?pagewanted=1 Fundación Luis Muñoz Marín http://www.flmm.com/pags_nuevas_folder/exhibiciones_folderdelano_folder/delano. html