Prayer and StruggleModern plates are made of aluminum and are sensitized with a diazo coating by the manufacturer. Positive acting plates capture the image drawn on mylar or photographic transparency directly, with no reversal; negative acting plates capture the image drawn on mylar or photographic transparency indirectly. As seen in Juan Sanchez's offset lithograph Prayer and Struggle, 1990, the detail capability of these plates captures the finest of line work, wash

" He succeeded

Move to the beat

For Ortiz-Pagán

and assorted papers

—Excerpted from https://jackshainman

this print represents the precarious position of political prisoners involved in the Puerto Rican Independence Movement

distinguishes the black figures in motion

He likes the tension that develops between the line and the shapes the line makes

The ladders and steps are passages

For instance

I planned for the print to be part of my current work

My work is an exploration of questions for which I find no easy answers