Media typically portrays Latinx people under a limited viewpoint of stereotypes and tropes as imagined by a person outside of the community. These vague, generic, and oftentimes damaging interpretations leave out layers of complexity and truth.
The Latinx American community is not a monolith. We come from a range of countries, speak different languages, have distinctive physical characteristics, hold various traditions, and have diverse interests, goals, and lives. Latinx Series is an ongoing project that documents Latinx people from a Latinx American perspective. A series of environmental portraits show the individuals photographed in a location and clothing they felt represented them, giving them agency over their image. These photographs show the wide complexity, range, and depth of Latinx Americans in our current and ever evolving socio-political climate.