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Andrew Ortiz was born in Los Angeles, CA to parents who emigrated to the U.S. from Mexico in 1942. In his series " Mi Familia: Words Unspoken, Words Unheard, the concept of "green card" permanent residency vs. legal citizenship set up an extensive source of questions for Ortiz to visually explore.

From documentary photography that presented "found moments" or broad snapshots of urban society, he began to transition into digital media to begin to explore intensely personal issues about ethnicity and identity.

In a series of digital images begun in 1999 titled, "Disconnection/ Reconnection," he visually explores and comments on his feelings of cultural alienation and his attempt to ”reconnect" with his heritage. Currently, Ortiz is working on a body of work titled, "Blackbird Speaking," that explores issues of non-communication, resulting in allegorical
portraits of crows .