Leeway Grant recipient Jardyn Lake will be showing at the Green Line Locust from December 22nd through January.
Jardyn’s Statement:
“Paraiso: The Spirit of Salvador da Bahia is a photographic art collection from a three month journey I embarked on in Salvador, Bahia in 2009. It is a storytelling of the legacy and history of Black people of Salvador. The photos in this collection represent a resiliency and self-determination that Afro-Brazilians have had in preserving their African culture.
By traveling to Salvador, Brazil, the center of Afro-Brazilian culture, I had firsthand access to capture images of Afro-Brazilian people and ways of life that reflect the essence of their African heritage. This essence is reflected all around, but is particularly visible in the traditions of Candomble, an African-based religion that has been one of the sole forces in preserving African culture. In this exhibition you will find: symbols of the tradition of Candomble, practitioners and priestesses of the tradition, as well as sacred places and celebrations.
Finally, this exhibition seeks to offer a simplistic sense of realism of the class, racial, religious, and economic politics of Afro-Brazilian people. It also seeks to counter the myth that the media presents of Brazil as a white nation and to help “re-imagine” the “face” of Brazil as a Black nation.
It is my hope that Paraiso invokes a sense of inspiration in sharing the legacies and histories of Afro-Brazilian people.”
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