Opening Reception: El Salvador: Legacy of Violence

The Bronx Documentary Center presents El Salvador: Legacy of Violence, an exhibition pairing two powerful photographic projects created three decades apart. The work of American photojournalist Robert Nickelsberg and Salvadoran photographer Fred Ramos offers a harrowing reflection on El Salvador’s history, tracing its Cold War legacy to its current political and social crises.

Nickelsberg’s black-and-white photographs, captured during El Salvador’s brutal civil war in the early 1980s, depict life in the countryside alongside jarring images of combat and violence. His work reveals the country’s role as a Cold War battleground, shaped by US intervention and riddled with civilian suffering.