Sociologist and Photographer Camilo José Vergara

New York Belongs to Me, and I Belong to New York

Camilo José Vergara is a New York-based sociologist and photographer who photographs the same urban locations over time to document changing communities. Before participating in a panel on how people reinvent spaces, he confessed in the Zócalo green room that although he was born in Chile and has lived and worked all over the U.S. and the world, he can’t imagine living anywhere but New York.

Sociologist Richard Mora

Surprise! I’m Alive and Enjoying Life

Richard Mora is a sociologist at Occidental College who studies youth cultures, education, immigration, and social inequality. Before participating in a panel on post-immigrant Los Angeles, he talked in the …

What Will Post-Immigrant Los Angeles Be Like?

Assessing the Future of a City That’s Becoming Increasingly Native-Born

Los Angeles is a city increasingly made up of native-born residents and fewer and fewer immigrants. Occidental College cultural critic and historian Thaddeus Russell opened a conversation on L.A.’s post-immigrant …