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Juanita Diaz, untitled
Para mi, yo estuve superencantada. Al principio tenía temor de tener una cámara en mis manos, porque siempre le cortaba a la gente la cabeza en las fotos que hacía en México. De hecho, nadie me pasaba a mi la cámara!
Me gusta cuando nos reunimos en grupo a celebrar los cumpleaños, pues ahora no sólo somos compañeros de clase, nos volvimos amigos.
Antes me daba miedo hablar con la gente en el pueblo. Yo sólo venía al pueblo a trabajar. Ahora cuando voy a la panadería o al banco, la gente me dice "hola" y hasta me posan. Me preguntan si las fotos salieron o si las pueden ver, les digo "más tarde". Yo estoy más abierta a la gente. Y ahora cuando voy a un lugar nuevo pienso: "ay ésta puede ser una bonita foto".
Le he contado a mucha gente de éste proyecto, y ahora ellos quieren unirse a nosotros!
Juanita Diaz Artist Statement: For me, I was super enchanted. At first I was afraid to have a camera in my hands because I had always cut off peoples’ heads in pictures I took in Mexico. In fact, no one passed me the camera!
I loved when our group got together to celebrate the birthdays, It was then I began to feel we were not just classmates, but we had became friends.
Before I was afraid to talk to people in town. I just came to town to work. Now when I go to the bank and the bakery, people say “hi”, or they pose. They ask me if the pictures came out and can they see them. I say “later on”. I am more open with people. And now when I am in a new place I think, “Oh, this would be a beautiful picture.”
I have told many people about this project and now they want to join!
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