A visual essay by Kevin Serna
Colours of Identity
Presa de los Serna, Mexico
A vision by Kevin Serna
We arrive in a small mountain town located in Aguascalientes, Mexico. Over the seven year course of this project, my father is almost never directly photographed, but simply a character at the edge of the frame guiding me into the world I believe he truly inhabits. His identity was shaped by Presa de los Serna; his language, his values, and his expectations. My identity was shaped in a predominantly white suburban town outside of Chicago. I’ve always sensed our cultural differences and at times painfully so. I wanted to confront my relationship with my father through observation of the place where he solidified his identity before immigrating to the U.S. during the late 70’s. Through these photographs; mutual empathy and realisations emerge and the divide mends. This is how I am able to truly know my father.
Photography and words by Kevin Serna
Edited by Bis Turnor
Traveller/s
Kevin Serna
Photographer
Kevin Serna (b.1989) is an American photographer based in Chicago, IL. He received his education at Columbia College Chicago where he earned his Bachelor of Arts in Photography in 2012. Since then, his work has been exhibited locally and internationally. Kevin's personal work has focused on the dynamics of multiculturalism, specifically among the LatinX community of which he feels a part of.
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