La Isla Del Encanto; Borikén, documents the physical damage to areas in my family’s villages, in Puerto Rico post-Hurricane Maria. These places hold the memories of my youth and areas of the countryside I explored. In early December 2017, late February 2018, and late July 2018 I traveled to Puerto Rico to check in on my family, help with any repairs, and to see with my own eyes the way life has changed and has continued pushing forward. My memories on the island and stories I would hear about the way life was on the island will always stay with me, but my ability to retrace the paths I’d explored are forever lost, leaving me with frames of my heritage the storm couldn’t take away.

La Yuca, Ponce, Puerto Rico, February 2018

Ponce, Puerto Rico, December 2017

Lares, Puerto Rico, July 2018

Barrio La Yuca, Ponce, Puerto Rico, February 2018

Villalba, Puerto Rico, December 2017

El Semil, Villalba, Puerto Rico, February 2018

Buyones, Puerto Rico, December 2017

Jurutungo, Ponce, Puerto Rico, July 2018

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