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Photos by Marcos Casiano |
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March 9 - 28, 2007 |
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The El Paso Public Library is currently hosting a photographic exhibit that compares the indigenous people of China with people of Guatemala. The exhibit entitled ‘The Face of Two Nations’ is the brainchild of local photographer Marcos Casiano who was impacted by the similarity of the faces he found in these two very different places. The exhibit will remain in the Main Library’s new art gallery until the end of March. The exhibit is free and open to the public. Some historians believe that human beings did not evolve in North or South America but instead arrived by sea or by a land bridge (the Bering Strait) that formerly connected North America with Asia. Most (if not all) of those indigenous peoples descended from peoples living in Siberia, entering North America at least 12,000 years ago. Born in Verdun, France, Marcos spent his early years traveling with his family through Europe, Puerto Rico and the United States—following his father who was in the U.S. Army. His family moved to El Paso and Marcos graduated from Eastwood High School. In 1975, at the age of 18, he left for Nashville to begin his musical career playing drums with a variety of bands. Marcos returned to El Paso in August of 2001 to pursue a career in music. The beauty of our El Paso area rekindled his earlier interest in photography, leading to an international career that has taken him on photo shoots throughout the Southwest, Latin America, Europe and China. Marcos’ work has been exhibited at various locations within the El Paso (TX) Public Library system, the City of El Paso People’s Gallery, the Winton/Flair Gallery, and at the Idea Gallery in downtown El Paso. For more information call 543-5468. Visit the website of Marcos Casiano marcoscasiano.com |
