Susan Meiselas: Nicaragua ’78/79
@ Stephen Daiter Gallery
230 W Superior St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Friday, June 2nd, from 5PM - 8PM
In 1979, the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) fought to victory against the brutal dictatorship of Anastasio Samoza in Nicaragua. One of few photo journalists from the US to cover the revolution, Susan Meiselas was there during the last years of the conflict (1978-79). Meiselas’ photographs capture the Sandinista’s and the Nicaraguan people’s struggle for freedom – depicting battle, lost lives, collateral damage, and ultimately victory – as they overcame the military might and power of the Somoza regime.
“An unarmed people’s war is nothing like a military coup. It is a war of attrition, long and silent. Many have fallen. Thousands of its actions remain unknown. The news tells only of those that are most important. This is not something that started with these last offensives. We who live this struggle know that day by day there are confrontations, something happens. It is a long history, like building a house, stone by stone…”
–German Pomares, FSLN Commander. Died in combat May 28, 1979, in Jinotega.
An illustrated catalog of this exhibition will be available at the gallery.
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