First Fronteras

Adriana Monsalve

• Title

  First Fronteras

• Date 2018
• Publisher Beltsville, MD: Homie House Press
• Description 72 p.; 7.2 in.; color ill.
• Language English, Spanish
• Collections Permanent Collection, MoMA Reading Room
• Summary

  First Fronteras is a collaborative action in which curator Adriana Monsalve asked a vast variety of individuals to share the first frontera they remember being confronted with. The word frontera is not limited to landscape or environment, but can be interpreted in countless ways. All of these submissions share a similar sentiment, related to the tumultuous space that is the first wall contributors can remember coming up against. First Fronteras is published by Homie House Press, a skeleton bones crew of femmes creating and publishing in the foto book medium. They are photographers, book-makers, and educators holding space for and with QTPOC artists and other underrepresented communities. They are a playground where foto become books, a safe space for secret stories, and an open house for honest content. Find them migrating through the in-between, the world wide web, and al otro lado del charco (Printed Matter). 

  Contributors: Olivia Agostini, Martha Agostini, Erica Ariza, Komi Attivor, B. Barbou, Stef Bernal-Martinez, Antonious Bui, William Camargo, Giorgia De Santi, Camila González Simon, Cristóbal Guerra Naranjo, Vanja Horonic, Andy Johnson, Carmen Johns, Hazwani Manaff, Emmanuelle Marechal, Veronica Melendez, Rudy Monsalve, Kevin O'Meara, Monica Pedraja, Anjali Pinto, Caterina Ragg, Dirar Tafeche, Margot Terc, Giulia Testori, Angel Thompson, Aden Weisel
  Edition Note: Ed. of 300
  

• Tags MoMA Reading Room, Social documentary photography, Photography, Community, Immigration, Borders and Border Studies, Artist’s book