Desaturated Soul

Gloria Golden

• 06 november 2009
• 9781441551597

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GLORIA GOLDEN Gloria Golden is originally from Brooklyn, New York and now resides in Plainview, New York. After graduating from Baruch College, she attended graduate school at Brooklyn College. Although a painter for many years, it wasn't until 1994 that she began her study of photography with Jules Allen at Queensborough Community College. Studies continued at the International Center for Photography in Manhattan and at the Maine, Woodstock, and Santa Fe workshops. The ability to connect with others has enabled her to publish Remnants of Crypto-Jews Among Hispanic Americans. The book contains oral histories and photographs of descendants of Jews from the Spanish Inquisition. Exhibitions and slide presentations based on the book have provided her with the opportunity to meet a variety of interesting and knowledgeable people across the United States. Several articles about the project on the crypto-Jews have been published in B'nai B'rith magazine, Nuestra Herencia, The Forward, and Mentalities, Mentalities (a scholarly journal produced by Dr. Norman Simms at the University Of Waikato, New Zealand). Solo photography exhibits on the crypto-Jews and winning prizes for photographs have encouraged her to publish this book. The journey is what keeps her spirits high and motivates her almost every day of the week. She loves photography, the people she meets and the places she travels. She could never have imagined reaching a point in life where publishing a photography book was an option.