InternationallyacclaimedphotographerAlRend籀nhasbeendocumentingtheextendedcultureofsouth-centralTexasformorethanfivedecades.FromhisearlyteenageescapadesweaselinghiswaybackstagetoshootphotosatshowsbytheRollingStones,LedZeppelin,RodStewart,andotherstohavinghisphotosgracethecoversofVarietyandNewsweek,hehasgiventheworldaglimpseintoTejanocultureandsomuchmore.Featuredwidelyininternationalmedia,AlRend籀n’sworkhasappearedinfourteenbooksandhasbeenexhibitedthroughouttheUnitedStatesandLatinAmericaandinChina.MiCulturacapturesawidearrayofcommercialandartphotographyrangingfromcharreadas,LaVirgendeGuadalupe,androckandrollandconjuntotoimmigrantfoodculture,the2022schoolshootinginUvalde,andtheimpactsofCOVID-19onalreadychallengedcommunities.Includedisanextensiveselectionofretratos,orportraits,workAlRend籀nisbestknownfor--mostnotablyhisphotographsofSelena(severalofherareintheNationalPortraitGallery).Takenasawhole,thecollectionreflectsatimelycrosssectionofhistoricalandcontemporarylifeinsouth-centralTexasbyoneofthecountry’smostimportantphotographers.
