Amor y Recuerdos

 

As a First-generation Honduran American, I felt a little isolated as an artist. Pursuing an art career is not as respected in Honduras. I am grateful to have parents who support me despite not fully understanding why I make art. When I began photographing I knew I wanted to show my culture in my work. Being the only artist in my immigrant family makes me feel out of place in my home. I am conveying my experience in my family through my photography. When photographing my family and the space around them they are becoming more open and understanding of me being an artist. In this project, I focus on family life and my Honduran upbringing. Showing that I grew up with Honduran culture in Boston by looking back at old family photos from both places. I capture moments in my family's everyday routine. Being raised in the United States as a child of immigrants, I felt like I was living in two worlds. Honoring Honduran traditions while also navigating American culture and traveling to Honduras to show life where most of my family live. I capture moments that go unnoticed because of my family's everyday routines. Like the way the light hits through the window of my kitchen casting a shadow of the plants on the wall, My mother getting ready in the mirror before dinner in Honduras, and My father gardening in the front of our house in the Springtime. I photograph these moments to preserve these memories and moments of what is here now but won’t always be.