Adál Maldonado

Adál Alberto Maldonado (November 1, 1948 – December 9, 2020), styled as ADÁL, was a photographer who lived and worked in New York City and Puerto Rico.[1][2] Primarily a portrait photographer, his works focused on the concept of identity.[1][3] He also worked on musical performances and installations.[4] Maldonado is associated with the Nuyorican movement.[5]

Maldonado was born in Utuado, Puerto Rico, on November 1, 1948. His family moved to Trenton, New Jersey, when he was 13, and then to the Bronx when he was 17.[1][6]

Among Maldonado's works is a mixed-media installation and website titled El Puerto Rican Embassy (1994), developed in collaboration with Pedro Pietri. (According to Acosta-Belén and Santiago, the concept is due to Eduardo Figueroa.) For the project, Maldonado and Pietri created a Puerto Rican passport and named ambassadors for Puerto Rico.[7]

Publications
  • Maldonado, Adál Alberto (1981). Falling Eyelids: A Foto Novela. Foto-graphic Editions. OCLC 81836794.

References
  1. Seelye, Katharine Q. (January 2, 2021). "Adál Maldonado, Provocative 'Nuyorican' Photographer, Dies at 72". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on January 8, 2021. Retrieved January 10, 2021.
  2. "ADÁL". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Archived from the original on December 9, 2020. Retrieved January 10, 2021.
  3. Chabrán, Richard; Chabrán, Rafael, eds. (1996). The Latino Encyclopedia. Marshall Cavendish. p. 1227. OCLC 1035883114.
  4. Durón, Maximilíano (December 11, 2020). "ADÁL, Key Photographer Whose Work Imagined New Futures for Puerto Rico, Has Died at 72". ARTnews.com. Retrieved February 14, 2021.
  5. Falconi, José Luis (2005). "Adál". In Oboler, Suzanne; González, Deena J. (eds.). The Oxford Encyclopedia of Latinos and Latinas in the United States. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/acref/9780195156003.001.0001. ISBN 978-0-19-515600-3.
  6. Catlin, Roger (January 4, 2021). "The Award-Winning Artist ADÁL Has Died. Read One of His Final Interviews". Smithsonian. Archived from the original on January 4, 2021. Retrieved January 10, 2021.
  7. Acosta-Belén, Edna; Santiago, Carlos E. (2006). Puerto Ricans in the United States: A Contemporary Portrait. Lynne Rienner Publishers. p. 215. OCLC 1036834155.


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