From the Project / No Me Llames Trigueña; Soy Negra
Cuyón, Aibonito, Puerto Rico
#Art#Documentary#Photography#Portrait
May 22, 2021
Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum, says that to answer the question Who am I? will depend to a large extent on who the world around us says who we are? What message is reflected to me in the faces of my community? -- Zaida, 37, poses for a portrait in Cuyón, Aibonito, Puerto Rico. May 22, 2021. No Me Llames Trigueña; Soy Negra, is the quest for a Black identity and belonging in a socio-cultural context where Blacks are systematically invisibilized. Looking deeper into my experience growing up, by doing mixed-media photography and intervening with archives, I analyze colonization and racialization in Puerto Rico in an attempt to dismantle colorism and the notion of “otherness” surrounding the Afro-Puerto Rican identity.
