Oral history interview with Hiram Maristany
name: label: Interviewee
content: Maristany, Hiram, 1945-2022
label: Interviewer
content: Ramos, E. Carmen
label: Names
content: Young Lords (Organization)
place: label: Place
content: East Harlem (New York, N.Y.)
topic: label: Occupation
content: Photographers -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Latino and Latin American artists
label: Topic
content: Puerto Ricans -- New York (State) -- New York.
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: This interview is part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and administrators.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Maristany, Hiram, 1945-2022
label: Interviewer
content: Ramos, E. Carmen
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Hiram Maristany (1945-2022) was a Puerto Rican American photographer in El Barrio, New York. Maristany was known for his street photography with activist and documentary inflections that reflect the Latinx community of New York City.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 3 Items (mp4 video files (6 hrs., 49 min.), digital)
label: Extent
content: 142 Pages (Transcript)
phystech: label: Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
content: Recorded on Zoom (videoconferencing software) [Kit 1: iPad GG7DVGP1Q16M + Plantronics Calistro P7200 21EGKJ]
unitdate: label: Date
content: 2021 August 8-10
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.marist21
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Interviews
label: Type
content: Video recordings
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Transcript is available on the Archives of American Art's website.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
label: Genre/Form
content: Video recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview with Hiram Maristany conducted 2021 August 8-10, by E. Carmen Ramos for the Archives of American Art, at Maristany's home in El Barrio, NY.