This article explores Martin Espada’s poetic reflection on the photographic legacy of his photographer father as it takes place in the poem “Mad Love” from the collection Vivas to Those Who Have Failed (2016). The eerie moment when the corneas Frank Espada donated are being extracted triggers in the poet the need to write a poem to, once again, advocate for others; only this time, the poet interrogates the ethics of sight against historical blindness to advocate for his father’s legacy. To better appreciate Martin Espada’s critical appraisal of his father’s photography, I complement his poetic rendition of Frank Espada’s photographs with observations of selected photos included in The Puerto Rican Diaspora: Themes in the Survival of a People (2006) and two other photos from Frank Espada’s personal collection.

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疯狂的爱：马丁·埃斯帕达 (Martín Espada) 向弗兰克·埃斯帕达 (Frank Espada) 的摄影遗产致敬

本文探讨了马丁·埃斯帕达 (Martin Espada) 对他的摄影师父亲的摄影遗产的诗意反思，因为它发生在诗集 Vivas 到那些失败者 (2016) 中的诗“疯狂的爱”中。弗兰克·埃斯帕达（Frank Espada）捐赠的角膜被提取的诡异时刻触发了诗人写诗的需要，再次为他人代言；只是这一次，诗人质疑视觉伦理，反对历史盲目性，为父亲的遗产发声。为了更好地欣赏 Martin Espada 对他父亲摄影作品的批判性评价，我补充了他对 Frank Espada 照片的诗意演绎，并对《波多黎各侨民：人民生存的主题》（2006 年）和 Frank Espada 的另外两张照片进行了观察。个人收藏。