Dock Space Gallery Presnts: Ricardo Romo: 50 Years of Photography

A Five-Decade Visual Journey Through San Antonio, Texas, and Beyond

SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS — Dock Space Gallery is happy to current Ricardo Romo : 50 Years of Photography, an exhibition celebrating 5 a long time of pictures by historian, educator, and former University of Texas at San Antonio President Dr. Ricardo Romo.

Opening Saturday, September 12, 2026, the exhibition brings collectively pictures spanning 50 years of Romo’s life, travels, and observations. From San Antonio and communities all through Texas to Mexico, Guatemala, and different locations he and his spouse, Dr. Harriett Romo, have visited, the gathering gives a deeply private file of individuals, locations, traditions, and on a regular basis moments.

For Romo, pictures has all the time been intently related to his work as a historian. His curiosity in pictures grew whereas he was a graduate pupil at UCLA, the place he turned significantly fascinated by documenting the murals and public artwork of East Los Angeles. Recognizing that a lot of this work was short-term, Romo started photographing murals as a manner of preserving a visible historical past of paintings and communities which may in any other case disappear.

That identical intuition—to look intently and doc what may be missed—has remained central to his pictures for 5 a long time.

Romo’s pictures seize the cultural and social character of the locations he encounters. His work has explored on a regular basis life in San Antonio, small cities throughout Texas, Latino tradition, public celebrations, structure, markets, and communities overseas. Rather than merely photographing acquainted landmarks, Romo approaches his topics with the attention of each a historian and an artist, trying to find uncommon views, symmetry, gestures, particulars, and moments that reveal one thing deeper about a spot.

His pictures have been exhibited via Fotoseptiembre USA, the Witte Museum, the Institute of Texan Cultures, and different venues. His earlier photographic initiatives have included documentation of Easter celebrations at Brackenridge Park, small cities all through Texas, and communities in Guatemala.

A Historian Behind the Camera

Ricardo Romo earned a B.S. diploma from The University of Texas Austin; a M.A. diploma in American History from Loyola University Los Angeles; and a Ph.D in American History from the University of California Los Angeles. A acknowledged city historian, Romo has taught and printed within the discipline of civil rights, Mexican American historical past, and concrete historical past. His e-book, East Los Angeles: History of a Barrio, is in its ninth version. He served because the fifth president of the University of Texas at San Antonio from 1999 to 2017. Romo presently serves as a member of the Board of Directors for Southwest Research Institute, Board of Directors for the Brackenridge Park Conservancy, and Board of Directors for Humanities Texas. He is a member and previous Vice President for The Philosophical Society of Texas. He can be energetic because the cultural and political author in addition to editorial board member for La Prensa Texas, a bilingual newspaper in San Antonio. Among the awards and recognition that Romo has obtained are: Fellow on the Center for Advanced Studies at Stanford; the Clark Kerr Award for Distinguished Leadership in Higher Education from the University of California-Berkeley; the Outstanding Civilian Service Medal from the United States Army North; the Distinguished Alumnus Award from the Texas Exes.

For Dock Space Gallery & Lone Star Gallery, the exhibition highlights the essential relationship between pictures and cultural reminiscence whereas celebrating a San Antonio determine whose work has contributed considerably to the town’s tutorial, cultural, and civic life.

EXHIBITION INFORMATION

Ricardo Romo: 50 Years of Photography
Dock Space Gallery & Lone Star Gallery
107 Lone Star Blvd
San Antonio, TX 78204

Opening Reception
Saturday, September 12, 2026
4:00 PM – 9:00 PM

Exhibition Dates
September 12 – September 24, 2026

Gallery Hours
Tuesday & Thursday
10:00 AM – 4:00 PM

Appointments exterior designated gallery hours could also be scheduled by contacting:
Bill FitzGibbons
(210) 723-3048

MEDIA CONTACT
Emma Garcia
Gallery Manager
Dock Space Gallery & Lone Star Gallery
[email protected]
(210) 887-9744

Dock Space Gallery

Free

04:00 PM – 09:00 PM on Sat, 12 Sep 2026