Photo essay: Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month in Cleveland

Bob Perkoski Wednesday, October 04, 2023
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Last Saturday afternoon, Sep. 30, performers and community organizations from Northeast Ohio commemorated the richness of Hispanic culture and highlighted Latin and Hispanic music, dance, and art at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s Union Home Mortgage Plaza during Hispanic Heritage Celebration 2023.

DJ Fuse1 was the host and emcee during the free event that featured music and dance performances by Japhet Miranda, Omar Colon + Dalisamel, Comité Mexicano, Julia de Burgos, Club Dominicano De Cleveland, and Ropa Vieja.

Community partners included Julia de Burgos Cultural Arts Center, Comité Mexicano, Puerto Rican Parade of Cleveland/HPOA, Club Dominicano De Cleveland, Spanish American Committee, Lakeland Community College Hispanic Program, Cleveland Play House, and Teatro Público de Cleveland.

La Mega radio broadcast from the event, while Future Ink Graphics made one-of-a-kind art poster prints. Local vendors and artists were at the event as well, along with FreshWater managing photographer Bob Perkoski, who captured the event with his camera.
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About the Author: Bob Perkoski

Bob is managing photographer with FreshWater as well as a Cleveland freelance photographer. His photographic approach is rooted in the art of storytelling. Whether freezing the energy of an event, encapsulating the magic of a performance, or astutely anticipating the decisive moments, his work displays an innate ability to distill the essence of any scene or subject into a single frame or series of work. In addition, Bob is the official photographer for LAND studio and Holden Forest and Gardens and has worked with various Cleveland organizations. In 2019 he published a book of his photos Rust Belt Burlesque. He's had work published in other books like LGBTQ Cleveland by Ken Schneck, Rust Belt Chic: The Cleveland Anthology, Rust Belt Chic: The Pittsburgh Anthology and Moon Cleveland by Douglas Trattner. Previously he was co-founder/art director for Balanced Living Magazine. You can view his versatile portfolio of work, which includes news coverage, portraiture, architectural and fine art at Perkoski Photography. Originally from Conneaut, Ohio, Perkoski now lives close to the city in Parma. He has been Fresh Water's managing photographer since the publication's September 2010 inception.

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