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Essential Immigrant Stories - Photo Book 2021

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Title (Dublin Core)

Essential Immigrant Stories - Photo Book 2021

Description (Dublin Core)

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

Date (Dublin Core)

September 11, 2021

Creator (Dublin Core)

Self

Contributor (Dublin Core)

Arlette Cepeda

Type (Dublin Core)

photography book
documentary

Link (Bibliographic Ontology)

Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)

English Art & Design
English Immigration
English Community & Community Organizations

Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)

immigrant
community
art
portrait
short story
discrimination
empathy

Contributor's Tags (a true folksonomy) (Friend of a Friend)

immigrants
essential
Staten Island Immigrants
Essential Workers SI
Never Forgotten
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Date Submitted (Dublin Core)

03/23/2023

Date Modified (Dublin Core)

04/04/2023

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This item was submitted on March 23, 2023 by Arlette Cepeda using the form “Share Your Lockdown Staten Island Story” on the site “Lockdown Staten Island”: https://covid-19archive.org/s/lockdown-staten-island

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