New Colossus, a series of photo exhibits, focuses on local immigrants
“The New Colossus,” a series of photo exhibits by John Raymond Mireles, captures San Diego’s diverse immigrant communities. This photo is part of the exhibit themed “Homage,” which is a tribute to the cultural pride of immigrants.A new series of photo exhibits focuses on San Diego’s diverse immigrant communities. The series can be seen for free at community venues, such as City Hall and libraries across San Diego.
The exhibit title was inspired by the title of a poem at the base of the Statue of Liberty, called “New Colossus” by Emma Lazarus and her words “Give me your tired, your poor. Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free…” “I chose each of the themes for this project so that I could better tell a more complete story of immigration and immigrants here in this country. Each theme looks at this complex issue from a different point of view, whether it’s of the individual in the photo telling their story, emphasizing the historical context of immigration or it’s seeing how an immigrant experiences the duality of living in two different cultures,” Mireles said.
“The exhibition not only takes its name, The New Colossus, from the poem located at the base of the Statue of Liberty, but it serves a similar purpose as the statue itself: to welcome immigrants into our homeland,” Mireles said.
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