Collected Item: “Essential Immigrant Stories - Photo Book 2021”
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Essential Immigrant Stories - Photo Book 2021
What sort of object is this: text story, photograph, video, audio interview, screenshot, drawing, meme, etc.?
Photography Book - Documentary
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Essential Immigrant Stories is a photo-documentary project by visual artist and photographer, Arlette Cepeda, that focuses on highlighting the challenges and opportunities the COVID-19 pandemic has created for Staten Island’s immigrant community members through portraits and accompanying stories. The goal of this project is to elevate and validate the immigrant experience and their impact in our Staten Island community. “Through portraits and accompanying short stories, I'm interested in documenting the experiences of the often neglected, silenced or omitted immigrant population of this particular north-shore neighborhood.” “It is my hope that this project can help create awareness, increase empathy, acceptance and understanding of our otherness, narrowing the divide and discrimination often faced by immigrants.” - Arlette Cepeda
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#Immigrants, #Essential, #StatenIslandImmigrants, #EssentialWorkersSI
#NeverForgotten, #OtherSIViews
#NeverForgotten, #OtherSIViews
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https://arlettecepeda.com/photography-%26-drawings-1
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Self
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2021-09-11