July 8th, 2013
I learned a great deal this past week and everyday was as fruitful, if not more so, than the day before. I learned that to be a good picture maker you have to be connected with yourself, you want to make a certain point with your photographs. Images are a reflection of what you see in yourself and only you can stop speaking and stop your voice. This project of photographing my family must go on as I feel I have to communicate my story and their story. This project allows me to reconnect with my family and dig deep within. I recall Maggie mentioning how this project could eventually be about separation and coming together in a Latino family. To me I feel this is about family, the good and the bad. The sickness, the passing, the happiness and play, and preserving and discovering one’s identity. Perhaps by understanding family I can better understand myself? One thing is for sure: making pictures should come in second to the experience. It’s important to be there as a person and the pictures will come.