I returned from a trip to Costa Rica back to America wanting to understand what it meant to carry around this identity. Part of the exploration of what my culture is supposed to be took the form of intimate portraits and written experiences of those around me. Feeling out of place telling others' stories, I started to explore my own. I started incorporating archival images, exploring environment and experience. Generational dialogue and divide are told between families in this project. A universal experience put under the lens of trying to understand what it means to be a part of something.
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JaeAlps NJ/NY