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Manman DouDou (2016)

“Manman Doudou” is a study of my mother in the lens of self-liberation and cultural freedom. The photo-series follows my mother as she makes her way to a rusty white chair with a veil in front of a piece of velvet fabric. The velvet represents the “bloodshed” she had to go through to assert her identity as a Haitian-Syrian, an identity that is disregarded and not taken seriously. The veil represents her release-- some sort of validation that she will take ownership of herself at the end of the series. The idea of the veil generally represents “hiding” or “masking,” however she is taking it to unveil/uncover her identity. Lastly, throughout the series, my mother’s face is hidden in some photos to show her doubts and tribulations in her fight for validation and self-acceptance.

My mother’s struggle is very similar to mine. However, she had to fight ten times harder, and because of that, she made my fight for identity and acceptance a lot easier.

“Manman Doudou, papa cheri, kite m’ viv san w’ pas poze m’ kesyon sou egzistans mwen,” she would sing to me at night. It translates to: “Mother my love, father my dear, let me live without questioning my being.” Mwen Se Yon Balon (2016)

A series about birthing a hybrid identity: being Haitian and Syrian.