Fui Sin Haber Nacido
Edition of 200
58 pages
Published with Antenna
Purchase here
Fui Sin Haber Nacido is a photo book that documents my relationship between New Orleans and Latin America, specifically using archival material from my family, as well research done about the Latinx community in New Orleans in the 20th century. Preserving a history through documents and newspapers about the community that was built during the banana trade. The book navigates, in chronological order, the impact of Latin Americans in New Orleans until present day post-Katrina, and traces the community of migrants who reconstructed our city. Today, Louisiana is rapidly becoming the epicenter for migrant detention, with prisons being built in rural areas and collecting asylum- seekers for profit and political gain.
"Al ojear cada pagina me hizo recordar los domingos en casa de mi abuela paterna y como pasaba horas revisando sus álbumes que albergaban instantes de su infancia en Camagüey o su adolescencia en el barrio de Miramar. Es extraño ver imágenes de personajes desconocidas y que te produzcan nostalgia a pesar de no estar ligado a esas memorias y recuerdos. Se me hace super valioso como además de registrar el pasado lo pones en sintonía con las vivencias actuales de nuestros migrantes en eeuu. Hace falta mas trabajos como el tuyo que nos adentran a una narrativa poética, política, histórica pero sobretodo íntima."
-Eduardo Giralt Brun
If It Hurts Don't Stop: Memories from the 7th Ward to Chalmette
Risograph
Edition of 50
5x8
red and black ink on cream-colored paper
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