Laura Aguilar

Laura Aguilar (born 1959) is an American photographer. Her work focuses on the experiences of often marginalized people such as black women, lesbians, and the obese, as well as the perception of her own body. Aguilar is the daughter of a first-generation Mexican-American father, while her mother is of mixed Mexican and Irish heritage. She has auditory dyslexia and developed an early interest in photography as a medium. She attended Shurr High School in Montebello, California where she met Gil Cuadros, a Mexican-American poet who was diagnosed with AIDS in 1987. Both Aguilar and Cuadros met in a photography class. Cuadros would accompany Aguilar to Downtown, Los Angeles for pictures.

July, 2016

Sources:

http://escholarship.org/uc/item/59t9691h#page-1, http://socialarchive.iath.virginia.edu/ark:/99166/w63f556w, http://www.almalopez.com/projects/QALA/AguilarLaura/AguilarLaura.html