For some time now, I’ve felt that I’ve been blending my own interests and those of Ni Aquí, Ni Allá almost to a fault. Therefore, I’ve decided it was time to create a second blog; my own personal artist blog, separate from Ni Aquí, Ni Allá, whose purpose I feel is to be more multidimensional.
Welcome to my sketchbook.
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Eritrea, photo essay by photographer Swiatoslaw Wojtkowiak.
why does the last one look sooo familiar -_-
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Carrie Mae Weems | Kitchen Table Series, 1990
“… an invented love story that revolves around a woman’s identity in relation to her male partner and child.”
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Fantasy No. 1,2004. Jen Davis
Jen Davis looks to self-portraiture as a way to deal with her insecurities about her body image. See the stunning work accompanied with an essay by Hannah Frieser here on Flak Photo.
“The fact that these images are self-portraits alters the way they should be understood. Davis is not being watched and judged by these images, and instead is shaping each scenario both as the author and the subject. While she has little control on how society sees her in daily life, she has unlimited control of how she decides to photograph and present herself. It is her active choice to use a frank and self-inquisitive style in photography to examine concepts of beauty, desire, and body image. “Photography is the medium that I use to tell my story through life,” Davis writes in her artist statement. It is “an outlet for revealing my thoughts and opinions about the society in which we live. A society that dictates beauty based on one’s physical appearance.”
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Gabazzini Zuo. Enugu, Nigeria, 2008.
from Nollywood series by Pieter Hugo
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Easter Parade, Brassaï
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Hi All,
This 44x60” print is now up for grabs. Please email me at gm@groanamelendez.com for details.
TAKING AIM: Professional photographer Rusidah, 44 years old, took a picture in Purworejo, Indonesia, Tuesday. She shoots weddings and parties and has a small studio at home, where she resides with her husband and son. She has been in the photography business for nearly 20 years. (Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images)
Founded by two second-generation Dominicanas, NI AQUÍ, NI ALLÁ (NaNa) was initially imagined in 2009 and eventually created in early 2010.
Inspired by the coils of our curly hair, the radiant color of our skin, the trials and tribulations of our immigrant families, the seasonings of our food, the pulsating rhythm of our music and the beauty of this grand earth in which we live in, we created this blog with the hopes of providing a raw and uncensored perspective on life & the overall experience of living between two worlds...neither here, nor there.
Through the publication (and sometimes re-publication) of analytical insights, thought-provoking imagery and personal accounts of our own life journeys, NI AQUÍ, NI ALLÁ aims to promote dialogue and awareness on a range of topics affecting Latinos and other minority groups & communities.
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Groana Melendez was born in Brooklyn and raised between Washington Heights and the Dominican Republic. She received a B.F.A in Art Photography from Syracuse University, and is currently living and working as a photographer in New York City. [Photo courtesy of Jessica Gildersleeve @ www.jessicagildersleeve.com]
Nicole Vásquez was born in Manhattan and raised in the Bronx until the age of sixteen, later settling in Bergenfield, New Jersey. She received a B.A in Mass Communication from Lehman College of the City University of New York. When she's not hunched in front of her computer, she can be found experimenting with the latest DIY cosmetic recipe or working with city students of various age groups. Vásquez has one son, a Lhasa Apso named Poochie. [Photo courtesy of our very own Groana @ www.groanamelendez.com]
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