The photographs featured in this portfolio are a selection from Diana Solís: Encuentros, Photographs of Chicago Poetry Communities, 1978–1994, curated by Oscar Arriola and Nicole Marroquin, on view at the Poetry Foundation through January 14, 2023.
These photographs are part of the portfolio “Wholly Seen: The Work of Diana Solís” from the December 2022 issue of Poetry. Read the rest of the portfolio here.
Diana Solís is a Chicago icon who has been working as an artist, photojournalist, and community-based educator for almost half a century. She was born in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico, in 1956, and she received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Illinois at Chicago. She lives in Pilsen.