>> Sreenivasan: A BOSTON
PHOTOGRAPHER IS HIGHLIGHTING THE
CONTRIBUTIONS OF IMMIGRANTS.
NEWSHOUR WEEKEND'S MORI ROTHMAN
REPORTS.
>> YOU TURN THE CORNER, AND ALL
OF A SUDDEN YOU SEE A THREE-
STORY FACE ON A... ON A TREE OR
ON A BUILDING.
IT'S UNEXPECTED.
>> Reporter: WALK AROUND BOSTON
AND YOU MAY RUN INTO THE WORK OF
PHOTOGRAPHER ERIK JACOBS ON
ICONIC BUILDINGS, BRIDGES AND
PARKS.
LAST SUMMER, JACOBS GREW
FRUSTRATED WITH THE NEGATIVE
TONE OF THE DEBATE ON
IMMIGRATION AND STARTED A PUBLIC
ART PROJECT CALLED "BOSTON
STANDS WITH IMMIGRANTS."
IT WILL SHOW 18 PROJECTIONS IN
PUBLIC SPACES AROUND THE CITY.
>> THIS PROJECT IS AN ATTEMPT TO
SHINE A LIGHT ON IMMIGRANTS AND
THEIR... AND THEIR
CONTRIBUTIONS.
>> Reporter: JACOBS USES A 60-
POUND CINEMA QUALITY PROJECTOR
AT EACH SITE.
SO FAR, THEY'VE SHOWN FAMOUS
IMMIGRANTS LIKE DOMINICAN RED
SOX SLUGGER DAVID ORTIZ AT
FENWAY PARK; AND BOSTON'S FIRST
MUSLIM POLICE CAPTAIN, HASEEB
HOSEIN.
THERE ARE IMMIGRANTS FROM ALL
WALKS OF LIFE.
>> WE WANTED TO REPRESENT A
WIDER SECTION OF IMMIGRANTS THAN
JUST THE MOST WELL KNOWN AND THE
MOST RECOGNIZABLE.
>> Reporter: CUBAN IMMIGRANT
JENNIS PEREZ WAS OVERWHELMED
WHEN SHE SAW HER PICTURE
PROJECTED ON THE MASSACHUSETTS
STATE HOUSE.
>> I THINK I WILL CRY, MAYBE.
( LAUGHS )
>> Reporter: PEREZ IMMIGRATED TO
THE U.S. TWO YEARS AGO, SEEKING
AN ESCAPE FROM THE MEAGER
CIRCUMSTANCES OF HER FAMILY'S
LIFE IN CUBA.
>> ONE DAY, I WAKE UP.
I THINK I NEED GIVE BETTER LIFE
FOR MY DAUGHTER.
>> Reporter: AFTER A SIX-MONTH
JOURNEY, PEREZ MADE IT TO BOSTON
WITH NOTHING.
SHE'S TAKING ENGLISH CLASSES AND
HAS A JOB CLEANING A CO-WORKING
SPACE, AND HOPES TO MAKE ENOUGH
TO BRING HER SEVEN-YEAR-OLD
DAUGHTER TO THE U.S.
>> I THINK THAT APPEALING TO THE
HUMANITY OF OUR SUBJECTS,
LIKE, THAT IS THE MOST
UNASSAILABLE STORY WE CAN TELL.
AND TO EVERY DEGREE PEOPLE WHO
MAY NOT AGREE THAT IMMIGRANTS
ARE GREAT FOR OUR SOCIETY CAN
SEE THESE PEOPLE AS HUMAN
BEINGS, I FEEL LIKE WE'VE
SUCCEEDED.
>> Reporter: PICTURES OF ALL 18
PLANNED PROJECTIONS WILL BE
SHOWN IN BOSTON'S EDWARD M.
KENNEDY INSTITUTE LATER THIS
YEAR.
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