Gina J. Grillo teaches in the photography department at Columbia College Chicago. Her work has been published in the Chicago Tribune, among other periodicals, and is represented in the collections of the University of Chicago, the Fannie Mae Foundation, and Albert and Tipper Gore, among others. Leo Schelbert is professor of history, emeritus, at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
"Gina J. Grillo's book captures the devotion that immigrant
children feel toward their native lands as well as their new
homes."-- "Chicago Tribune" (4/11/2004 12:00:00 AM)
"Gina J. Grillo's photographs capture the idealism and
contradiction of the immigrant experience. Her portraits reveal her
subjects' displacement and hope, their mingled joy and regret,
their bravery and doubts. Ms. Grillo's book is a sensitive
presentation of the diverse ages, geographies, and socioeconomic
conditions of the immigrants, documenting through art their
challenges and opportunities."--Spertus Museum, Chicago "Susan
Schaalman Youdvin" (9/1/2003 12:00:00 AM)
"In Gina J. Grillo's telling photographs, one discovers faces
filled with joy and radiant expectation, others show stoic
calmness, still others reveal questioning wariness and, it seems at
times, sadness. Great longing for what they had to leave behind
coupled with unease about their new surroundings, with their
different tongue, lifestyle, and occasional disdain and hostility,
seem to fill their souls. Grillo's masterful look at children of
immigrants in contemporary America provides a unique perspective on
the newcomers' enduring challenges."--Leo Schelbert, professor of
history emeritus, University of Illinois at Chicago (9/1/2003
12:00:00 AM)
"This book provides a compelling immigrant journey by the various
people who make an American city a microcosm of the world's
cultural diversity. These images by Ms. Grillo portray the pain,
perseverance, and triumph that accompany the immigration
experience, including the process of adjustment to U.S. society and
cultural survival."--Center for Cultural Understanding and Change,
The Field Museum "Rosa Cabrera" (9/1/2003 12:00:00 AM)
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