Julie Leopo
Julie Leopo is a Mexican-American photographer from Santa Ana, CA. She is the oldest of seven children and daughter of two Mexican immigrant parents. Her photography is a physical manifestation of tangible truths and a homage to her subject matter. Whether she is traveling or walking the sidewalks of her hometown, she enjoys fusing elements of portraiture in her street photography.
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Award-winning photojournalist Julie Leopo finds a new reality on the shores of Oxnard, where Brown bodies like hers could exist by the water.
Photojournalist Julie Leopo takes us into the lives of farmworkers in Oxnard, as they navigate the complexities of working in the field, poverty and unstable futures.
With a seventy-eight percent Latino population, Santa Ana has become a sanctuary for Latinos in Orange County. Maintaining traditions from their homelands, generations of U.S. born and immigrant Latinos have cultivated Santa Ana’s distinct culture.