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Jorge Luna united states
title
Minority Artists After the 2016 American Election
The journey that we went through as minority artists through the election process was quite the trying one. How do we recuperate?
For this series I started capturing portraits a week after the election. Artists included are all minority actors, stage managers, producers, makeup artists, dancers, writers, etc.
The words I chose are deliberate, aggressive, and in general they propagate action and change. During the shoot I said these words out loud one at a time and captured my subject’s reactions. These include: hate, love, tolerance, immigration, deported, racism, Xenophobia, transsexual, fear, islamophobia, whitewashing, mourning, equality, women, silence, homophobia, etc.
The aim of this portrait series is to quench my obsession with exertion and recuperation- a journey that speaks loads without having to push the subject to the brink of falsehood. Thus allowing the subject full expression in front of my camera.
This is my passion project; to defend injustice- to give a voice to all of those who feel neglected by society while tedium chips away at their souls- a horrible nightmare.
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entry description
After the 2016 American Election results I felt I was thrown into a dark abyss of artistic oblivion. Pursuing art in the US has always been something reminiscent of the prohibition era- it’s alright to do it if you belong to a specific race. If not, you’re working in the dark. Even before the election I have always felt that my prospect to make a living as an artist in the United States has been overshadowed by a constant gloom of prejudices that murk around my potential.The journey that we went through as minority artists through the election process was quite the trying one. How do we recuperate?
For this series I started capturing portraits a week after the election. Artists included are all minority actors, stage managers, producers, makeup artists, dancers, writers, etc.
The words I chose are deliberate, aggressive, and in general they propagate action and change. During the shoot I said these words out loud one at a time and captured my subject’s reactions. These include: hate, love, tolerance, immigration, deported, racism, Xenophobia, transsexual, fear, islamophobia, whitewashing, mourning, equality, women, silence, homophobia, etc.
The aim of this portrait series is to quench my obsession with exertion and recuperation- a journey that speaks loads without having to push the subject to the brink of falsehood. Thus allowing the subject full expression in front of my camera.
This is my passion project; to defend injustice- to give a voice to all of those who feel neglected by society while tedium chips away at their souls- a horrible nightmare.
about the photographer
Jorge’s first camera was a Kodak Ektralite 10 when he was twelve years old- a gift from his father. He carried that thing everywhere. His life has been marked by a clear photographic memory. His late teenage years and early twenties were highly influenced by multiple jobs including dj, car mechanic, personal trainer, waiter, grill guy, photographer and actor. Self-taught in photography, Jorge’s formal training is in acting. He holds a MFA in Acting from Brooklyn College and trained in classical theatre at the prestigious Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, UK- camera in hand always.back to gallery