Posts Tagged ‘Travels’
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Photo: 3652 Days: #176: Thank You For The Stories: ABQ, NM.
2June 25, 2010 by Citizen192
June 25 2010 8 cities. 12 months. I don’t know how to reflect on a year of recording Latinos and Latinas in the United States, so I’ll simply say thank you. I imagine my thoughts will be riddled with vignettes, flashbacks and snippets of participant’s stories for the rest of my life. Tomorrow is my last day of recording. It’s unlikely I’ll be a ball of mush. It’s just not my style. But it doesn’t mean I’m not grateful. This role – the most unique position I may ever hold – is a gift. The cuentos, historias, canciones, and dichos
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keep readingCategory 3652 Days, Photography, StoryCorps, Travels | Tags: 3652 Days, Albuquerque, June 25 2010, Travels, Work
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Photo: 3652 Days: #170: Serenatas For The History Books: ABQ, NM.
0June 22, 2010 by Citizen192
June 19 2010 Almost a year went by without an instrument in the booth for me. I found this tragic since I listen to countless men and women share stories about how music was introduced into their lives. For some people, the songs they listened to as children played as much a role in the shaping of their identity as their grandfather’s dichos, their mother’s cooking or their father’s migration. This doesn’t shock me. Yet eleven months passed before a single person introduced music into my booth. Above, two participants weave storytelling with music. A serenade of “Las Mañanitas”, “Las
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keep readingCategory 3652 Days, Music, Photography, Travels | Tags: 3652 Days, Albuquerque, Music, Travels
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Photo: 3652 Days: #163: Waiting In The Corner: ABQ, NM.
0June 13, 2010 by Citizen192
Category 3652 Days, Photography, Travels | Tags: 3652 Days, Albuquerque, Travels
