Marta
Cuando alguien se va alguien se queda
When someone leave, someone stays
A family album project that was born due to emigrating from Venezuela, my hometown and that I made with Cristina, my twin, at a distance.
After I left the country, I didn’t know I wasn’t coming back, so the pain grew inside me once I realised I would never see my house again. My anxiety about saving memories led me to build this project and helped me let go, it was my therapy.
I feel nostalgic for that place that saw me grow up and for the people around me, especially my sister, from whom I had never been separated. I remember Marta as in the book La Casa de Bernarda Alba; a home full of women caring for the family becomes cyclical. I managed to leave and become independent, but Cristina remained in those empty spaces, waiting to meet us again.
Cristina and I were back together, and all our family was worldwide.
![making of the photobook](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e6692868edce218568d0c1b/094e2b26-daf9-4f58-ad45-b375c1de0fce/2017-05-16+15.04.04.jpg)
![Family Album parents marriage](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e6692868edce218568d0c1b/3d587507-41ff-4391-a6b9-b41681b22dac/spreads+4.jpg)
Documentary project based on the family album.
I left my home, Marta, in 2015. This book is the only memory I have of her. I handled the nostalgia of not being there by exploring my family album and sharing pictures with my twin, who was still there at the time.
Photobook Marta Video
Exhibitions / Publications
2016. Visionado sobre la cama con María Sanchéz en RoomArtFair
2016. PLURAL 16’ Exposition Marta, UnoNueve-EFTI. Madrid, Spain.
2016. PHOTOESPAÑA. International Photography Festival. Portfolio reviews Finalist. Madrid, Spain.
2016. Encontros Da Imagem. Marta, International Photography Festival. Braga, Portugal.
2016. FOTOPROYECTOS 13. Screening Marta, UnoNueve-EFTI. Madrid, Spain.
Our photos give us a platform to communicate our thoughts, emotions, feelings, and memories.
My idea is to create a place or platform where people can share or channel their frustration of being in a different environment, creatively working with them to go through the process of resilience and generate awareness of how we respond to our external stressors and work and strengthen our relationship with the a new community.
Build Your Family Album
Workshop
Build Your Family Album Exhibition
Build Your Family Album Workshop
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This workshop is part of my Learning Together suite.
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