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GROANA MELENDEZ
Laura Daydreaming
Photograph, Edition of 7
24 x 30
From the Collection of Rosie Gordon-Wallace
As a first-generation American, Melendez is interested in exploring
hybrid identities through self-representation. She is curious about the
complex relationships between a family fractured by emigration.
Unable to trace her heritage beyond her grandparents, she uses the
family album and images of the space her relatives occupy in New York
City and Santo Domingo to trace who they are, looking at the
relationship between her family, the Dominican Republic, and the
United States.
Groana Melendez was raised between New York City and Santo
Domingo, Dominican Republic. She currently works and lives in the
Bronx, NY.
www.groanamelendez.com