Related Resources

The below lists of links will take you to online resources related to Camilo Vergara's photography, as well as a list of recent publications available at the Library of Congress.

At the Library of Congress
Outside the Library of Congress

Camilo J. Vergara Photograph Collection
This link will take you to the Vergara Photograph Collection page in the Prints & Photographs Online Catalog.
African American Communities in America's Cities: Photographs by Camilo J. Vergara
This guide will introduce you to Vergara's photos of racially-segregated African American communities in the United States.
Pandemic Diary: Camilo J. Vergara's Photographs Documenting COVID-19
This link will take you to a research guide introducing Vergara's 5,000-plus photographs related to COVID-19 in the Prints & Photographs Division.
Vergara Photograph Collection - Architecture, Design, and Engineering Research Guide
This link will take you to the Camilo Vergara section of the Architecture, Design and Engineering research guide. The guide introduces his photographs as well as books, periodicals, webcasts and other resources that contain Vergara’s work.

Museum of the Street External
A 2019 interview between Camilo Vergara and Cynthia Davidson about the photographer's efforts to establish the importance of street art in low-income neighborhoods, which he has been documenting for decades.
Tracking Time External
Camilo Vergara's personal website illustrating his ongoing efforts to photograph and document the poorest and most segregated communities in urban America.
Camilo José Vergara External
A link to Vergara's Wikipedia page with more biographical information about the photographer.

Published Books

Available upon request in the Prints & Photographs reading room and in Jefferson and Adams Building reading rooms, the following books by Camilo J. Vergara give additional context to the photographs presented in this LibGuide. The descriptions are excerpts from summaries provided by the publishers.

The selected titles below link to fuller bibliographic information in the Library of Congress Online Catalog. Links to online versions are included when available.

Silent Cities by Kenneth Jackson; Camilo J. Vergara
Call Number: GT3203 .J33 1989
ISBN: 0910413223
Published/Created: 1996-01-01
The New American Ghetto by Camilo J. Vergara (Photographer)
Call Number: HN57 .V47 1995
ISBN: 0813522099
Published/Created: 1995-12-01
American Ruins by Camilo J. Vergara
Call Number: HN59.2 .V47 1999
ISBN: 1580930565
Published/Created: 2003-11-10
Twin Towers Remembered by Camilo J. Vergara
Call Number: F128.8.W85 V47 2001
ISBN: 1568983514
Published/Created: 2001-11-01
Unexpected Chicagoland by Camilo Jose Vergara; Tim Samuelson
Call Number: F548.7 .V47 2001
ISBN: 1565847016
Published/Created: 2001-12-15
Subway Memories by Camilo J. Vergara
Call Number: TF847.N5 V47 2004
ISBN: 1580931464
Published/Created: 2004-10-08
How the Other Half Worships by Camilo José Vergara
Call Number: BV637 .V47 2005
ISBN: 9780813536828
Published/Created: 2005-09-22
Harlem by Camilo José Vergara; Timothy J. Gilfoyle (Foreword by); Camilo José Vergara
Call Number: F128.68.H3 V47 2013
ISBN: 9780226853369
Published/Created: 2013-12-11
Camilo José Vergara: Tracking Time by Giesela Parak (Text by); Camilo José Vergara (photographer)
Call Number: TR647 .V4618 2014
ISBN: 9783735600356
Published/Created: 2016-03-22

Camilo José Vergara Photographs: Tracking Time to Document America's Post-Industrial Cities

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