Antonio Galvez Cruz, “We Have Lives”

Photographer Antonio Galvez Cruz, a day laborer for the Workplace Project on Long Island, entitled this image of a young man cooking, “We Have Lives,” and wrote: “They only know what other people tell them about us, and they’re not able to go any further.” It is included in Unseen America: Photos and Stories by Workers, edited by Esther Cohen (Regan Books, 2006).  

Mr. Cruz participated in photography classes given by Bread and Roses, a nonprofit cultural program of the labor union 1199. Students were encouraged to photograph and share stories and images from the world around them.