Momentos (various), 2022, Video

Momentos is a documentary project that explores the memories of a Mexican family and their relationship to a house in unincorporated East Los Angeles. This house, that has raised three generations, continues to immortalize the emotional history of my family as we age and move further away from those moments of joy. The shared video snippets capture emotions unclouded by the layered veils of familial life that often distract us when we live through them the first time. Momentos, and this house, exists as a reminder of a collective history of the people who created what we call HOME.

Soy Tejeda #1 (Tejeda Family Photo), 2018 Digital/Photograph

Revisiting family photos reminded me that photography is about capturing our history, the way we want to be seen, and about preserving our joy for future generations to experience. This photograph serves as a reminder of some of the lives shaped in and by Los Angeles. The collaged texture and added text of this artwork demonstrates the authority we all hold to choose how our histories are documented and preserved.

Soy Tejeda #2 (Grandpa, Francisco R. Tejeda), 2018, Digital, Photograph

Revisiting family photos reminded me that photography is about capturing our history, the way we want to be seen, and about preserving our joy for future generations to experience. This photograph serves as a reminder of some of the lives shaped in and by Los Angeles. The collaged texture of this artwork demonstrates the authority we all hold to choose how our histories are documented and preserved.