Photography
Kevin Coleman is a historian who writes about the relationships between capitalism, photography, and citizenship in modern Latin America.
Capitalism
He studies the ways that physical violence mutates in the archive and liberatory practices of remembrance.
Coleman is an Associate Professor of History at the University of Toronto. His research has been supported by the American Council of Learned Societies, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Fubright-Hayes Fellowship, and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. He lives in Toronto and is into native plants and works with neighbors and city officials to expand the urban tree canopy
Latin America
Documentary
Coleman wrote and directed Stolen Photo, a film that uses the archives of the United Fruit Company (now Chiquita Brands International) to make visible the techniques of a corporation and to commemorate lives and futures cut short.
