So We Leapt - Para I Hinanao-ta Mo’na
Open to the public: April 18 - August 30, 2026
"So We Leapt - Para I Hinanao-ta Mo’na" showcases photographs captured by Army photographer Frank Buchman between 1944 and 1946 in Guam. Many of these images depict everyday life for CHamorus across the island during a challenging period. The photos have been meticulously curated and digitally restored by Pulitzer Prize winner Manny Crisostomo from a collection of over 500 prints, negatives, and color transparencies taken by Buchman. Complementing Buchman’s historical works are contemporary portraits of CHamoru survivors, all in their 80s and 90s. These powerful images were captured for “Hasso,” a passion project by California Superior Court Judge Johnny Cepeda Gogo, formerly of Sinajana.
About Manny Crisostomo, Guest-Curator
Manny Crisostomo is a native of Guam and the only Pacific Islander Pulitzer prize-winning photojournalist. He won a Pulitzer Prize for his work at the Detroit Free Press featuring a series of photographs depicting student life at Southwestern High School in Detroit. For more than four decades, he has honed his eye for the decisive moment, that instant when emotion peaks among his subjects. He describes his work as “a mix of photojournalism, artistic expression and living cultural anthropology.” Currently Crisostomo is drawn to “people that look like me, places that are all too familiar and events that form and shape my cultural identity.”