CutCommunityHeroes: Djali Brown-Cepeda’s NuevaYorkinos is an emotional, impactful historical record in which she, as well as her community, can see themselves, see their ancestors. She isn’t just documenting history; she’s creating it
Photo-Illustration: by The Cut; Photo: Elissa Salas/Courtesy of Djali Alessandra Brown-Cepeda Djali Brown-Cepeda didn’t grow up surrounded by a bunch of happy family photos. “I was longing for the Black and Latinx experience — the one cookouts, parties, thousands of aunts, uncles, and cousins playing games at the family reunion,” the native New Yorker tells The Cut.
Historical photographic archives tend to be exclusive, Brown-Cepeda says. “I don’t ever want people to feel like they can’t share their story, I’m creating a platform for everyone to be able to share,” she adds. It’s especially important to Brown-Cepeda that as gentrification changes the New York she grew up in, all of that rich history is documented and preserved.
She’s had enough of hearing words like “resilient” and “willpower” when it comes to describing communities of color. That’s not what her platform is about — it’s about joyfully celebrating where we came from and where we’re going, not “in the face of” anything, just for pure pleasure’s sake.Jenay and her Nani, the Bronx, October 1999 Photo: Courtesy of Nuevayorkinos “I have a special place in my heart for all the mother-daughter photos I receive through Nuevayorkinos.
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